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...
Blizzard is all set to launch Starcraft II, Wings Of Liberty on July 27. The game is set to arrive in the United States , Canada , Europe, South Korea , Australia , New Zealand , Russia , Mexico , Singapore , Indonesia , Malaysia , Thailand , the Philippines , and the regions of Taiwan , Hong Kong, and Macau starting on July 27, 2010. Blizzard has also announced the new BATTLE.NET ACCOUNT Beginning with World of Warcraft ® , the new Battle.net account grants access to Blizzard Entertainment games, websites, and online services - all with a single e-mail address and password. The solo campaign for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will continue the epic saga where it left off in StarCraft: Brood War ® . The story line chronicles the exploits of marshal-turned-rebel-leader Jim Raynor and features both familiar faces and new heroes. Players will be able to tailor the experience, choosing their own mission path and selecting technology and research up...