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A Columbia University-hosted benchmark that tests AI agents on reverse engineering complex binary software. The page reports results from evaluations run with OpenAI, stating that GPT-6 Astra solves nearly all tasks while other evaluated models stay below 60%, and describes pilot evaluations of harder settings.
Claroc security research on apps made with Grok's Build mode. The researchers report that publishing defaulted to anyone-with-the-link access, that most of 37,571 reachable app addresses opened without sign-in, and that open apps held internal data from dozens of organizations. Findings are the researchers' own.
Ramona C. Truta examines Alignerr's interview terms and privacy policy and raises concerns about rights to applicant recordings and data. This freely readable commentary presents the author's interpretation and allegations, not an adjudicated legal finding or individualized legal advice.
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Anthropic introduces read-only bank and card connections through Plaid for questions about balances and transactions. The feature cannot move or invest money and begins as a U.S. beta on paid Pro, Max and Ultra plans; this announcement is free to read.
Asaf Ezra and Steph Zhang argue that AI is reducing the expertise and time needed to turn vulnerabilities into exploits while patching remains slow. The essay discusses the gap between exploitation and remediation using incidents and historical comparisons.
TechCrunch reports on new risk-factor language in Anthropic's revised S-1 filing, which says the company may soon meet its own definition of recursive self-improvement — AI substantially building more capable AI — and that it has used AI to develop models whose capability jumps it did not recognize at the time.