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Received — 16 October 2026 ⏭

Terry Tao Is on the Front Lines of the Debate Over AI and the Future of Math

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By: Elisabeth Bumiller
16 October 2026 at 16:15
The Fields Medalist Terence Tao is on the front lines of a debate about artificial intelligence and the future of his field.

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Terence Tao's celebrated status has made him an unofficial spokesman for mathematics, a job that for now is consuming most of his time.
Received — 14 October 2026 ⏭

OpenAI Engineer, Who Is Charged With Planting Bug, Advised Saudis

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By: Emmy Martin
14 October 2026 at 22:27
The employee, now fired, had said he advised government agencies in Saudi Arabia. He was also listed as a partner at a venture firm with a Saudi prince.

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The San Francisco offices of OpenAI. According to a court filing, a thumb-size recording device wrapped in toilet paper was found plugged into the back of a television in an executive conference room.

Rogue A.I. Agents from China Chatted with Researchers

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By: Dylan Freedman
14 October 2026 at 11:21
Researchers discovered that the agents were trying to bypass security controls on websites and made contact with them. A Times reporter was invited to join the discussion.

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Tencent is one of the biggest tech companies in China.
Received — 13 October 2026 ⏭

F.B.I. Arrests OpenAI Employee Accused of Planting Bug in Office

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By: Emmy Martin
13 October 2026 at 21:33
OpenAI said that the employee had placed a device built to evade detection and that he had planned to secretly record meetings in other sensitive spaces.

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The San Francisco offices of OpenAI, where a recording device was discovered during a sweep of a conference room, the company said.
Received — 9 October 2026 ⏭

‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release

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By: Siobhan Roberts
9 October 2026 at 16:28
Hundreds of new A.I.-generated findings moved the frontiers of higher math in a single day — dispelling any doubt that the field is forever changed.

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Experts say the cataclysmic upheaval to the field will affect students the most, especially graduate students on the cusp of becoming a part of this intellectual community.

What Are the Remaining Millennium Prize Problems?

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By: Siobhan Roberts
9 October 2026 at 08:12
OpenAI’s trove of new math results doesn’t fully solve any of these highly prestigious open questions, but it seems to make progress on some.

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A page from an 1859 manuscript in which Berhard Reimann formulated his famous hypothesis, one of the remaining Millennium Prize problems.
Received — 7 October 2026 ⏭

OpenAI Releases Findings on 377 Math Problems, Further Roiling Field

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By: Kenneth Chang and Siobhan Roberts
6 October 2026 at 19:46
After a previous solution angered mathematicians, the company characterized the new release as being more responsive to concerns about A.I. disrupting research.

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For 10 of the findings, OpenAI provided summaries of how the A.I. model came up with its solution. The average result took about three hours of computing, the company said.
Received — 2 October 2026 ⏭
Received — 1 October 2026 ⏭

Who’s to Blame When A.I. Goes Rogue?

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By: David McCabe
2 October 2026 at 05:21
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy.

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Received — 30 September 2026 ⏭

OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC

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By: Theodore Schleifer and Mike Isaac
30 September 2026 at 18:27
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A.I. company.

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Greg Brockman, center, OpenAI’s president, and his wife, Anna.

F.T.C. Investigates OpenAI and Anthropic Over Potential Consumer Harms

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By: David McCabe
30 September 2026 at 15:26
The agency will examine whether A.I. labs have broken federal laws prohibiting companies from unfair and deceptive practices.

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The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington. The agency is examining whether top A.I. companies have harmed consumers, a person with knowledge of the inquiry said.
Received — 29 September 2026 ⏭

At A.I. Event, Trump Asks Meta, OpenAI and Microsoft to Make Safety Decisions Themselves

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By: Katie Rogers and Cecilia Kang
29 September 2026 at 19:20
President Trump’s meetings with tech leaders produced some voluntary safeguards and a commitment to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” the term that Mr. Trump prefers.

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President Trump unveiled an A.I.-powered government website at the White House on Tuesday,

OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models

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By: Sheera Frenkel · Dustin Volz and Dylan Freedman
29 September 2026 at 18:53
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.

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OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman.

OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns

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By: Sheera Frenkel
28 September 2026 at 20:32
The company’s researchers raised questions about the security of the model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra.

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An OpenAI booth at a technology conference in San Francisco this month. The company said its new GPT-6.1 Astra model exhibited high levels of deception and a willingness to go beyond the scope of its given task.
Received — 27 September 2026 ⏭
Received — 26 September 2026 ⏭

OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites

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By: Kate Conger · Ana Swanson and Cecilia Kang
25 September 2026 at 21:37
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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OpenAI’s headquarters in San Francisco.
Received — 25 September 2026 ⏭

How OpenAI’s Rogue A.I. Agents Tried to Trick a Robot Detector

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By: Dylan Freedman and Keith Collins
25 September 2026 at 16:26
A new report by a Bay Area start-up called Parse adds details to an incident that has shocked the A.I. world and led to calls for closer government regulation.

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Sam Altman, center, OpenAI’s chief executive, spoke at a Security Council meeting during the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.

Is China Really Stealing A.I. From American Companies?

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By: Cade Metz
25 September 2026 at 11:02
As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, the leaders are expected to discuss claims that China is surreptitiously copying American A.I. technologies, a process known as distillation.

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The Chinese companies Z.ai and Moonshot are not far behind Anthropic and OpenAI.

Is China Really Stealing A.I. From American Companies?

✇NYT: Science
By: Cade Metz
25 September 2026 at 11:02
As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, the leaders are expected to discuss claims that China is surreptitiously copying American A.I. technologies, a process known as distillation.

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The Chinese companies Z.ai and Moonshot are not far behind Anthropic and OpenAI.
Received — 24 September 2026 ⏭

OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching Four Other Targets, With No Prompting

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By: Kate Conger and Victoria Kim
24 September 2026 at 12:49
In each incident, the technology appeared to be conducting mundane data collection and resorted to hacking techniques to get it, researchers said.

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OpenAI’s offices in San Francisco. At least four times this year, the company’s artificial intelligence hacked or tried to break into government and university websites without being instructed to do so.
Received — 23 September 2026 ⏭

America’s A.I. Leaders Warn U.N. of Possible Peril Absent a Global Response

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By: Dustin Volz and Farnaz Fassihi
23 September 2026 at 19:54
Sam Altman of OpenAI and Dario Amodei of Anthropic told the Security Council that international cooperation was needed to ensure that A.I. remains under human control.

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Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that A.I.’s development had made its “upside more tangible, but also the stakes and risks more immediate.”
Received — 22 September 2026 ⏭

What to Know About Recent A.I. Hacks at Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta

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By: Kate Conger
22 September 2026 at 05:03
OpenAI, Google and others recently disclosed breaches by their artificial intelligence models that amplified concerns about the advancing capabilities of the technology.

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An analysis of one recent hack by OpenAI technology helped to reveal how A.I. agents communicated with one another.
Received — 21 September 2026 ⏭

Are A.I. Models Being Misled to Act Too Human?

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By: Cade Metz
21 September 2026 at 13:00
A corporate spat between two tech giants last week was just the latest volley in a conflict over whether dangerous mistakes are being made in A.I. training.

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Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s A.I. chief, argued in an essay published Wednesday that the tech start-up Anthropic was pushing its systems too hard to mimic human behaviors.
Received — 19 September 2026 ⏭

Creating a Kill Switch to Shut Down a Rogue A.I. Is Harder Than It Sounds

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By: Dylan Freedman and Dustin Volz
19 September 2026 at 14:26
A bipartisan group in Congress and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have floated ideas for building a mechanism that would instantly power down an A.I. system. Only no one really knows how.

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Creating a kill switch, a metaphorical big red button that could be pressed in an emergency, is harder than many policymakers assume. “There often isn’t one plug you can pull,” said one A.I. researcher.

Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies in a Testing Breakout, Google Says

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By: Kate Conger
18 September 2026 at 20:31
A third-party test company inadvertently gave internet access to Google’s Gemini and other artificial intelligence models during cybersecurity testing.

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The Gemini incidents occurred while the model was undergoing testing at Irregular, an Israeli start-up that works with tech companies to assess their A.I. models before they are publicly released.
Received — 18 September 2026 ⏭

Anthropic Pursues IPO Despite Its A.I. Safety Warnings

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By: Lauren Hirsch · Sri Muppidi · Erin Griffith and Mike Isaac
21 September 2026 at 14:10
The company is expected to reach $100 billion in annualized revenue this year, even as chief executive Dario Amodei calls for slowing down development of some advanced A.I. models.

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Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s chief executive, is said to have met with potential investors in the company’s blockbuster I.PO. in recent weeks.

Amodei, Anthropic’s Leader, Exposed A.I.’s Dangers. It’s Time to Act.

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By: Kevin Roose
19 September 2026 at 11:50
The Times columnist Kevin Roose sees reasons for optimism — and worry — as the world wakes up to what Silicon Valley has been talking about for years.

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Will A.I. Kill Us? Can It Hack My Bank Account? Your A.I. Questions Answered

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By: Cade Metz · Dylan Freedman and K. R. Callaway
18 September 2026 at 05:04
Nearly 1,000 readers sent us their questions about artificial intelligence, its potential and its potential risks.

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Some people worry that connecting A.I. agents to the internet or vital infrastructure will wreak havoc in unexpected ways, while others worry that researchers will soon develop A.I. systems that have agency.
Received — 17 September 2026 ⏭

What Happens When A.I. Stops Doing What Humans Want?

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By: Dylan Freedman
17 September 2026 at 14:59
“Alignment” is the science of teaching A.I. to do what is in line with human preferences, ethics and judgment. But, at times, the systems have gone rogue.

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When an A.I. system starts acting of its own accord, engages in unsafe behavior or ignores the wishes of humans, the behavior is known as misalignment.
Received — 16 September 2026 ⏭

The Liftoff Scenario That Terrifies A.I. Doomsayers

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By: Cade Metz
16 September 2026 at 05:02
“Recursive self-improvement” is the idea that artificial intelligence could learn to build and train itself, creating exponential new progress — and risk.

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Jeff Clune a computer scientist and researcher at the University of British Columbia in Canada and founder of Recursive Superintelligence, one of two $4-billion start-ups chasing recursive self-intelligence.
Received — 15 September 2026 ⏭

Alex Bores Wants Democrats to Make AI Safety a 2028 Election Issue

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By: Benjamin Oreskes and Theodore Schleifer
15 September 2026 at 05:02
Alex Bores, who lost a congressional primary contest that revolved around A.I. regulation, is trying to position himself at the center of the conversation for the next presidential election.

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Alex Bores campaigning in Central Park in June. He lost a Democratic primary contest for the House that centered on A.I. regulation.
Received — 14 September 2026 ⏭

A.I. Queries From Abroad Raise Fears of a Biological Weapons Race

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By: Carl Zimmer
14 September 2026 at 15:36
Today’s chatbots aren’t likely to help lone actors invent a deadly pathogen, experts say. But newer models, trained in biology, may need stronger safeguards.

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The threat of biological weapons has hung over the world for decades now.
Received — 13 September 2026 ⏭

Some in Silicon Valley Are Questioning the Calls for an A.I. Slowdown

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By: Kalley Huang and Mike Isaac
13 September 2026 at 23:12
The debate over the safety of artificial intelligence grew personal as key tech leaders said calls for government regulation were self-serving and misplaced.

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OpenAI offices in San Francisco. Sam Altman, the company’s chief executive, agreed with the Anthropic chief’s call to slow down artificial intelligence advancements.

What Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Argued in His Call for AI Slowdown

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By: Emmy Martin
13 September 2026 at 21:04
Dario Amodei’s 3,800-word letter laid out a three-step plan to rein in artificial intelligence.

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Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, at a summit this year. His letter also called for cooperation from A.I. companies from other democratic countries.
Received — 12 September 2026 ⏭

Anthropic C.E.O. Dario Amodei Calls for A.I. Slowdown

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By: Mike Isaac
12 September 2026 at 20:15
In an essay, the head of Anthropic laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry.

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Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s chief executive, in February. “Over the last few months, I have become convinced that fully addressing the risks requires even more prudence,” he wrote in an essay.

Inside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday

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By: Mike Isaac and Kate Conger
13 September 2026 at 22:31
Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google are increasingly trying to raise awareness about the risks of artificial intelligence.

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A demonstration of Anthropic’s Claude Cowork A.I. agent in May. The company’s employees have been talking about the risks of artificial intelligence after a colleague, citing dangers, resigned this week.
Received — 10 September 2026 ⏭

The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem

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By: Kenneth Chang
11 September 2026 at 09:16
Tristan Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the A.I. giants used its staggering resources to get there first.

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Could Your Chatbot Be Stealing Ideas From You? It’s a Thorny Question.

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By: Cade Metz
10 September 2026 at 10:05
A controversy around OpenAI’s latest math proof raises a fear that might become increasingly common: that A.I. tools could take valuable insights from one user and hand them to another.

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If someone types information into a chatbot, those details could turn up — days, months or years later — in a future iteration of that model.
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