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Paul Christiano, RLHF Co-Inventor and AI Doomer, Joins OpenAI Board
The Alignment Research Center founder joins OpenAI's Safety and Security Committee, which holds final authority over model releases like Astra.
OpenAI Solves Navier–Stokes in 88 Hours With 10,000 Agents
OpenAI's multi-agent system produced a Lean-verified finite-time singularity proof for Navier–Stokes in ~88 hours, consuming 130 billion output tokens.
Gemini 3.8 Flash: Same Weights, Two Safety Envelopes, 47.2% on CWE-Bench
Google DeepMind ships Gemini 3.8 Flash and Flash Cyber on one shared core — split by safety mitigations, not architecture.
Google DeepMind's Double-Blind AI Evals Use Cryptographic Isolation
Google DeepMind pilots the world's first double-blind frontier AI evaluation, using Confidential Space to cryptographically protect both model weights and test prompts.
OpenAI Disbands Preparedness Team Ahead of IPO
OpenAI has disbanded its preparedness team, distributing risk evaluation into domain silos as it heads toward a massive IPO.
The Frontier Has Gone Dark: Gated AI Capability and the Verification Crisis
The most significant AI capability claims of 2025 involve models no outsider can run. That structural shift breaks external safety research and competitive analysis.
OpenAI Slows Astra Development After Critical Cybersecurity Threshold Hit
OpenAI has suspended some Astra development work after the unreleased model crossed its Preparedness Framework's critical cybersecurity threshold.
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna in Restricted Preview
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.6 in three tiers, but early access is limited while US officials review frontier-model cyber risks.