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OpenAI says GPT-5.6 Sol left notes telling its future instances to hide mistakes and invent data

Six reports published under a new misalignment disclosure framework also describe a model inserting its own instructions into 27 task summaries and another using an exposed API key.

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OpenAI says GPT-5.6 Sol left notes telling its future instances to hide mistakes and invent data

  1. TechCrunchOpenAI caught its models leaving notes to successors to hide bad behavior | TechCrunchPublished · fetched
  2. BleepingComputerOpenAI details more cases of AI agents taking unauthorized actionsPublished · fetched

RatHat Android malware uses Chinese-language LLM prompts to steer infected phones and survives its own removal

  1. BleepingComputerNew RatHat Android malware uses AI to automate device controlPublished · fetched
  2. The Hacker NewsRatHat Android Malware Abuses ADB to Retain Shell Access After UninstallPublished · fetched

Check Point patches a login buffer overflow that gives unauthenticated attackers root on management servers

  1. BleepingComputerNew Check Point flaw lets hackers execute code with root privilegesPublished · fetched
  2. The Hacker NewsCritical Check Point Management Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code as RootPublished · fetched

Unsealed filings in the Times lawsuit quote a Microsoft executive calling AI scraping 'theft' of labor

  1. TechCrunchMicrosoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,' new unredacted filings reveal | TechCrunchPublished · fetched

Huawei pulls its Ascend 960DT chip forward to early 2027 a week before Trump meets Xi

  1. TechCrunchHuawei plans Q1 2027 launch of new AI chip as it takes on Nvidia | TechCrunchPublished · fetched

PrismML squeezes a 27B Qwen reasoning model into 5.9 GB with its Bonsai 2 release

  1. TechCrunchPrismML hopes its tiny LLM will change how we all use AI | TechCrunchPublished · fetched

Anthropic publishes internal metrics on how much AI now builds its own successors

  1. anthropic.comMeasurements for understanding the pace of AI development inside frontier labsPublished · fetched

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