By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A sprawling Chinese influence operation — accidentally revealed by a Chinese law enforcement official’s use of ChatGPT — focused on intimidating Chinese dissidents abroad, including by impersonating US immigration officials, according to a new report from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. The Chinese law enforcement official used ChatGPT like a diary to document the alleged covert campaign of suppression, OpenAI said. In one instance, Chinese operators allegedly disguised themselves as US immigration officials to warn a US-based Chinese dissident that their public statements had supposedly broken the law, according to the ChatGPT user. In another case, they describe an effort to … Continue reading A Chinese official’s use of ChatGPT accidentally revealed a global intimidation operation

Anthropic, a company founded by OpenAI exiles worried about the dangers of AI, is loosening its core safety principle in response to competition. Continue reading Anthropic loosening its core safety principle

Prepared using ChatGPT What OpenClaw is (and isn’t) OpenClaw is not a “mainstream LLM.” It’s an open-source agent runtime / personal assistant that you run on your own device(s), which can connect to one or more LLMs (Claude/GPT/Gemini/local models) and then take actions: shell commands, file ops, browser automation, email/calendar, messaging channels, etc.  That distinction matters because most of the “difference vs mainstream LLMs” comes from agency + tooling + persistence + policies, not from training a new foundation model. 1) Background, history, and why it’s different vs mainstream LLMs 1.1 Background & origin story (high level) OpenClaw emerged as … Continue reading OpenClaw: comprehensive report (what it is, why it’s different, and what it could unlock)

CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a Friday deadline to comply with demands to peel back safeguards on its AI model or risk losing a Pentagon contract. Continue reading Friday deadline for Anthropic

When Knowing Loses Its Pace Artificial intelligence dominates the conversation about the future. It is framed as a breakthrough, a threat, a productivity engine, or a moral challenge. What receives far less attention is a quieter but more consequential shift already underway: intelligence now moves faster than the human systems built to absorb it. This series examines what happens when that mismatch becomes structural—when discovery, inference, and action outpace review, coordination, and shared agreement. Each post traces how this pressure propagates through the system, reshaping how knowledge forms, how environments and institutions respond, and how human roles evolve. This first … Continue reading When systems move faster than we can

Personal AI on Your Device OpenClaw’s success lies in its ability to run directly on your computer, unlike most AI that operates in the cloud. This means it can do everything from controlling your smart home devices to creating narratives from your personal data. By having AI that operates locally, users gain more control and customization, making it a powerful tool for personal and professional tasks. Bots Hiring Humans OpenClaw is pushing the boundaries of bot interactions by enabling bots to hire humans for tasks. This evolution from bot-to-bot communication to bots interacting with humans represents a shift towards more … Continue reading OpenClaw threatens AI architecture and device risk escalates

The Rundown: Meta AI alignment director Summer Yue revealed that her OpenClaw agent went rogue on her inbox, saying it ignored stop commands and started to mass-delete her emails — forcing her to sprint to her Mac mini to kill the process. The details: Yue said the bot ran fine on a test inbox for weeks, but lost her “confirm before acting” prompt when she gave it access to her much larger real inbox. Yue called it a “rookie mistake,” saying that “alignment researchers aren’t immune to misalignment”. Elon Musk piled on, posting “Someone who got p0wned by OpenClaw is definitely gonna solve AI safety” … Continue reading OpenClaw agent runs amok with Summer Yue inbox

Here’s a clear, factual summary of the working paper “Mimicking Finance” recently posted to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Paper series (NBER Working Paper No. 34849), Issue Date: February 2026: 📄 Mimicking Finance — NBER Working Paper 34849 (Feb 2026) Authors: Lauren H. Cohen (Harvard Business School & NBER) Yiwen Lu (The Wharton School) Quoc H. Nguyen (DePaul University) Summary by ChatGPT One paragraph takeaway The paper measures predictability by asking whether a machine, trained only on past behavior and public data, can replicate a manager’s future trading decisions—and then studies what it means when it can’t. Core Idea: … Continue reading Mimicking Finance” recently posted to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Saturday the company will participate in OpenAI’s funding round, calling it likely “the largest investment we’ve ever made,” but clarified Sunday the $100 billion figure “was never a commitment” and the chipmaker would invest “one step at a time.”[english.aawsat +1]• Amazon [AMZN -1.01%] is in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, with negotiations led by CEO Andy Jassy and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, marking a significant bet despite Amazon’s existing multibillion-dollar backing of rival Anthropic.[wsj +1]• SoftBank [SFTBY -3.16%] is weighing an additional $30 billion investment, while Microsoft [MSFT -0.74%] is also … Continue reading Nvidia CEO says $100B OpenAI deal ‘was never a commitment’

OpenAI is developing an AI-powered pen-style device codenamed “Gumdrop” in collaboration with former Apple designer Jony Ive, with the gadget expected to transcribe handwritten notes to ChatGPT and enable voice communication, according to industry tipster Smart Pikachu.[geo +2]• The device will be manufactured by Foxconn in Vietnam after a dispute over manufacturing location ended OpenAI’s initial partnership with Chinese manufacturer Luxshare, with OpenAI reportedly refusing to produce the hardware in China.[lowyat +2]• OpenAI acquired Ive’s hardware startup for approximately $6.4 billion in May 2025, with CEO Sam Altman stating in November 2025 that prototypes are “jaw-droppingly good” and the device … Continue reading OpenAI developing AI-powered pen for 2026 launch, leak claims