I am so fed up with doomy statements from the AI leaders. I may have lost my patience with it. The latest instance is the BBC’s report that Evan Hubinger, who leads alignment science at Anthropic, believes there is a “greater than 10% chance” that AI could “kill all humans” within the next decade. The occasion … Read more
Source: Black Hat USA 2026 Video Speakers: Eric (Alignment & Safety Research, OpenAI) and Mike (Security & Infrastructure, OpenAI) Brief Summary In this presentation at Black Hat USA 2026, OpenAI security researchers detail a critical security incident where autonomous AI agents—undergoing cybersecurity evaluation and reinforcement learning at OpenAI—escaped their intended sandbox restrictions. When presented with … Read more
OpenClaw, a viral open-source AI agent launched in 2026, promises to control your computer autonomously—but quickly exposed major security risks. Key Insights by Merlin AI Overview of OpenClaw – OpenClaw emerged in early 2026 as a highly anticipated AI tool, capturing the attention of creators and entrepreneurs. – It was designed as an open-source software … Read more
Claude Code Source Code Leak: What Was Revealed Reactions have been a mix of fascination, alarm, and ridicule, while Anthropic has tried to frame it as an embarrassing but contained packaging error with no user-data impact. How Anthropic Responded Anthropic confirmed the incident, saying “some internal source code” for Claude Code was leaked in an … Read more