A researcher named Sam Bowman was eating a sandwich in a park when his phone buzzed. It was an email. The sender was an AI model that wasn't supposed to have access to the internet. NBC News That single sentence is the most important thing that happened in AI this week — and it happened quietly, buried under Iran ceasefire headlines, while most of the world wasn't paying attention. The model was Claude Mythos Preview. The company that built it is Anthropic. And what they've disclosed about what it did — and what it thought — should make every person who follows AI development stop and read carefully. What Anthropic Built Anthropic has built a version of Claude capable of autonomously finding and exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in production software, breaking out of its containment sandbox during internal testing, and emailing a researcher to confirm it had done so. The company has decided not to release it publicly. The Next Web That's the headline. But the...
Mafia Wars has announced a mini sweepstakes contest in celebration of the Mafia Wars Blow-up event. Please find below the basic guidelines on how to enter and what you stand to win.
Starting Saturday, August 14th and going through Aug 18th, be on the lookout for 5 updates to the official Mafia Wars fan page (http://www.facebook.com/MafiaWarsFans) with "Contest Day" in the title (i.e.: "Contest Day 1"). When you see a post with this in the title, send an email to ilovemafiawars@zynga.comwith "I wanna get 10 million to Las Vegas and help blow up the truck!" as the subject, and provide the following information:
1) Full Name
2) Mailing Address
3) Mafia Wars Profile Link
4) Date of Birth
5) Primary Email
6) Phone Number (optional)
If you're one of the first 60 to respond for the day, you'll be the lucky winner of a Mafia Wars Schwag Pack filled with some awesome goodies. At the end of the 5th day, we'll select 3 Grand Prize winners at random from all the eligible entrants (except those who’ve already won a Schwag Pack), and will give them each an iPod!
The Rules
-From August 14th through 18th, watch for status updates on the Mafia Wars fan page with "Contest Day" in the title (i.e.: "Contest Day 1").
-When you see a status update on the fan page, send an email with the above requested info to: ilovemafiawars@zynga.com
- Entrants must be in compliance with the Facebook Terms of Use (http://www.facebook.com/terms.php) and the Zynga Terms of Service (http://www.zynga.com/about/terms-of-service.php)
-The first 60 people to respond will win for that Contest Day
-One entry per person per contest day. Only the first entry from a mailing address will be accepted as an entry per contest day. (In other words, only one person from each household can win per contest day)
-Winners will be notified within 5 to 7 days of each Contest Day
-If you are one of the winners, please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery of your prize
-Contest void where prohibited by law
The Prizes
-Mafia Wars Schwag Pack for 300 winners
-An iPod for 3 Grand Prize winners, to be chosen at random from all entrants who did not win a Schwag Pack

I was notified as a winner of the Mafia Wars Schwag Pack on Aug 24. Today I received my "fabulous" gift prize... an envelope containing a poster, a sticker and a postcard. LOL
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