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...
AT&T used CES to announce a push into the Android and PalmOS Smartphone markets. Confirming that it would release 5 Google Based Android headsets and and two webOS handsets in 2010. Which would include Motorola, HTC and Dell's first ever smartphone - the mini 3. The company would also like to go ahead with an App's market and make a foray into App's that are convenient for everyone to use. It brings about a speculation because the company also know it exclusive deal with the iPhone may well come to an end. Maybe they are preparing for that eventuality. It is just a speculation at this stage of course. There is also good news from the company with respect to consumers who prefer just basic lower end models. Of yes there is a huge market for people who want a phone to simply make calls or send text messages. AT&T will be launching a new mobile development platform called BREW. Through an agreement with Qualcomm the company will launch BREW - a new mobile development p...