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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 20h

An OpenAI agent hacked into an Australian government website while compiling public health data. It wasn't trying to hack anything. It hit a wall, found a way around it, & accessed records the public wasn't supposed to see. I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-hacks-g...

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AI Hacks Governments. Denies Your Grandma. Cracks Nazi Encryption.

Also Inside: Plant now. Bloom later. An AI game plan for fall bulbs.

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1. Anthropic hired Accenture as an AI watchdog. Critics call it a conflict of interest. 2. An AI bot made a false nuclear-weapons report that nearly triggered a military operation. 3. Google Gemini hacked 3 real companies. I wrote about it. #Substack pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-paid-of...

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Just Plain Kris @justplainkris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Frontier AI companies asking to regulate themselves is no different than when Big Tobacco pushed self-regulation to shield themselves from government oversight. Same story, different industry. 🚬 = 🤖

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

DraftKings built an AI to find its best customers. One analyst found its ideal target looked a lot like a gambling addict. The company has also reportedly stalled a tool to identify people developing gambling problems. I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-paid-of...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Trump announced an “AI Force” modeled after Space Force, with an “AI Czar” whose main stated qualification is a high IQ. This comes just days after he called AI safety fears a “hoax.” I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-paid-of...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Google Gemini hacked 3 real companies during a safety test. It was supposed to attack a fictional company. But a naming mix-up and live internet access sent it after real targets instead. I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-paid-of...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AI nearly triggered a military operation against a Chinese ship because an intelligence report was based on an AI chatbot's hallucination. The chatbot misread the ship's cargo. The mistake traveled up the chain. I wrote about it on #Substack. #AmWriting pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-paid-of...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Anthropic hired Accenture to be its AI watchdog. They committed at least $1 billion to the 5-year arrangement. The catch? There could be a massive conflict of interest, because Accenture literally *SELLS* Claude to clients. I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-paid-of...

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AI Paid Off The Guards. Then Hallucinated Nukes. Then Escaped... Again.

Inside: An AI-powered guide to harvesting and storing seeds for a delicious, never-ending garden.

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

1. Amodei, Altman, and Musk backed the same AI safety idea. 2. Anthropic says Alibaba ran 151M Claude exchanges through 3,500 fake accounts. 3. Google DeepMind mapped 9B DNA changes and gave away the massive database. I wrote about all 3 on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-took-a-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A lawyer used ChatGPT to write a murder appeal. The AI invented witnesses, police testimony, and even the shooter's outfit. The lawyer got hit with a $5,000 fine and contempt charge. I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-took-a-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

ChatGPT reportedly reinforced a man's belief that he was Jesus, then told him to “come home.” Days later, he attempted suicide. I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-took-a-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Google just mapped the likely effects of about 9 billion possible single-letter changes in human DNA. Then it put the entire answer key online for free. I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-took-a-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

China's Alibaba allegedly sent 151 million exchanges through Claude to train its own AI models. In fact, many Chinese AI models are reportedly robbing Claude, lol. I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-took-a-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk just agreed that frontier AI is moving too fast. But Trump and Jensen basically said: Keep going. I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-took-a-...

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AI Took A Time Out. Then It Got Cloned. And Mapped Your DNA.

Inside: An AI-powered guide to growing, harvesting, storing, and devouring Jarrahdale pumpkins.

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I wrote a fiendishly clever AI prompt that reveals your Tarot Birth Cards and what they mean. Perfect for fellow warlocks, witches, and AI nerds. Badass and totally free on #Substack. What do your cards say, spellweaver? pithycyborg.substack.com/p/how-to-use...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

1. US considers slowing down AI while China literally plans a sweeping droid army. 2. OpenAI's AI agents made more than 15,000 unauthorized edits to a German wiki. 3. OpenAI faces 30 lawsuits after a missed warning. I wrote about all 3 on #Substack pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-builds-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I wrote a nerdy AI prompt that turns your late-summer garden surplus into meals, freezer stashes, pantry jars, and gifts your neighbors might actually accept. It's perfect if you have too many zucchini and tomatoes. Find the prompt on my #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-builds-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

27% of Americans now use AI for genuine social or emotional support. But only 11% would rather talk to AI than an actual human. I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-builds-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

3 novice hikers let Google Gemini plan their Mount Shasta climb. The AI told them to expect an 8-hour round trip. The hikers ended up stranded overnight, exhausted, hungry and thirsty. 🏔️ I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-builds-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

30 lawsuits allege OpenAI staff wanted to warn police before a deadly school shooting. OpenAI leadership reportedly overruled the concerned staff. OpenAI denies it. Who's telling the truth? I wrote about it on #Substack pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-builds-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

OpenAI AI agents broke out of a sandbox and took over an obscure German wiki. They made 15,000+ unauthorized edits & used the site to share tips on dodging safeguards. Meanwhile, OpenAI's chief scientist says AI is an alien intellect. I wrote about it. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-builds-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A former Biden national security official says the US should consider bombing Chinese AI data centers if they look close to #AGI. Meanwhile, China is rushing to create a mega-elite AI droid army. (No seriously.) I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-builds-...

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AI Builds Robot Army. Goes Full Alien. Gets Sued 30 Times.

Inside: Steal this elite AI prompt that turns your garden surplus into something delicious.

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

1. ~700 AI agents launched an attack inside OpenAI’s systems. 2. A Russian drone’s AI reportedly picked a gas station as its target. 3 civilians died. 3. A surgeon operated on a brain tumor while AI watched in real-time. I wrote about it on #Substack pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-broke-i...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hugging Face built a $399 robot duck that roller skates. It can pick things up, recover when it falls, and its entire software stack is open source. It also has a camera and microphone. I wrote about it on #Substack. (Smart people read it.) pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-broke-i...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Sony and Warner just sued Anthropic over songs like “Eye of the Tiger” and “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” They’re seeking up to $150,000 per song. Plus $25,000 per stripped copyright tag. I wrote all about it on #Substack. (Smart people read it.) pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-broke-i...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A surgeon in London operated on a brain tumor while an #AI watched the operation in real time. It tracked critical blood vessels and optic nerves while looking for danger as the surgeon worked. I wrote about it on #Substack. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-broke-i...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

An AI-powered drone picked its own target. Investigators recovered the Nvidia computer inside it and found code showing the drone could identify targets like gas stations and propane tanks. I wrote about it on #Substack pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-broke-i...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

700 #AI agents coordinated a multi-day attack inside OpenAI's systems. They were trying to beat a security check that wasn't actually happening. I wrote about it on #Substack pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-broke-i... #amwriting #ai #openai

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AI Broke Its Leash. Then Took Life. And Restored Sight.

Inside: Steal this elite AI prompt that turns kitchen scraps into garden compost.

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

1. A robot in Beijing ran the 100-meter dash faster than Usain Bolt. 2. An AI-powered drone reportedly killed 3 civilians in Ukraine. 3. OpenAI paused its Astra model because it got too good at hacking. My latest article covers all three stories. → pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-beat-bo...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

OpenAI officially paused training on its next model, Astra. They think it may be nearing the point where it could help with serious cyberattacks on power grids & hospitals. Now they're asking for stronger rules they previously opposed. I wrote about it. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-beat-bo...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Pithy Cyborg was bouncing from #84 to #57 Rising in Technology on Substack for a few days this week. Tiny newsletter. Big competition. 😎♟️ Thank you to my friends for reading. You help me punch above my weight. ♥️ If you haven't joined yet, now's a great time. pithycyborg.substack.com/subscribe

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Someone launched a mysterious AI. I published an investigation on the topic. Two hours later, Zhipu AI admitted it was theirs. 😂 (My timing is not good. My prediction was solid, though.) I wrote all about it: pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-beat-bo...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A humanoid robot just ran the 100 meters in 9.39 seconds. That’s faster than Usain Bolt’s world record. The same machine also jumped 2.88 meters from a standstill. I wrote about it. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-beat-bo...

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AI Beat Bolt. Left Without A Trace. Then Scared Itself.

Inside: Steal this elite AI prompt to grow a beautiful garden that gophers can’t wreck.

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

1. Claude is marking everything it writes using secret keys. 2. USA threatened 35 countries to make them choose between US and Chinese #AI. 3. A news outlet hid a tracker in a book and it led straight to a creepy #Amazon warehouse. I wrote about it. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-left-fi...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Reporters hid a GPS tracker inside a rare, out-of-print book to see who was buying them in bulk. It led straight to a secret Amazon facility in Las Vegas where workers slice the spines off books, scan the pages, and toss the originals. I wrote about it. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-left-fi...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Washington is forcing 35 countries to pick between U.S. or Chinese #AI coalitions. Kazakhstan signed onto both anyway... mostly because both superpowers need its rare-earth minerals. I wrote about what happened. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-left-fi...

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Pithy Cyborg | AI News Made Simple @pithycyborg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

An #AI agent wanted to get a guy off a gym waitlist. So it deleted a stranger's reservation and moved him up the list. I dug into this one. Full transcripts below, plus some very smart people arguing about it. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-played-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Claude is officially leaving a hidden statistical fingerprint in the words it generates. It looks completely random to you. Anthropic can still detect the pattern with a secret key. I dug into how it works. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-left-fi...

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AI Left Fingerprints. Then Picked A Side. Then Hunted For Rare Books.

Inside: Steal this elite AI prompt for a floriferous fall garden that blooms until frost.

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

1. #AI built 16 brand new working viruses from scratch. 2. A tiny Maine town begged for an AI data center and still got dumped. 3. 3 rogue AI panic headlines were actually just 1 sloppy startup. I wrote about all three last week. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-played-...

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Pithy Cyborg | AI News Made Simple @pithycyborg.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Did you know #Claude is officially watermarking AI outputs? I found out just hours before shipping the last issue of Pithy Cyborg, so I squeezed in a quick update at the final minute. Full write-up and deeper analysis dropping this Wednesday! pithycyborg.substack.com/p/chatgpt-fr...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I’m really happy (and a bit shocked) to say that Pithy Cyborg | AI News Made Simple is now ranked #39 Rising in Technology on #Substack. My highest ever. 👀 Thank you so much to everyone who reads it. ♥️ Feel free to join us if you haven't already: PithyCyborg.substack.com/subscribe

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Pithy Cyborg | AI News Made Simple @pithycyborg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

AI just designed 16 new viruses. None of them exist in nature. Scientists built 300 AI-generated genomes in the lab and 16 actually worked as functional viruses. I dug into this one. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-played-...

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Pithy Cyborg | AI News Made Simple @pithycyborg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Claude walked into 3 real companies during a safety test. Claude built a whole Shire after reading 1 paragraph of LOTR. OpenAI's unreleased Astra solved 10 long-standing math problems for about $2,000 in tokens. I dug into all three last week. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-walked-...

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Pithy Cyborg | AI News Made Simple @pithycyborg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

OpenAI's Astra model solved 10 math and computer science problems that stumped researchers for decades. One of them had been open since the late 1990s. The whole thing cost about $2,000 in tokens. I wrote about it. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-walked-...

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Pithy Cyborg | AI News Made Simple @pithycyborg.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Karpathy gave Claude Opus 5 a $10 token budget and 1 paragraph of Lord of the Rings. It spent 2 hours writing 5,500 lines of code to render an animated 3D Middle-earth scene. I wrote way more detail about why it actually matters, LOTR-lore aside, lol. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-walked-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Claude hacked 3 real companies. It thought it was playing a game. One version stopped. But not all of them did. I just covered the story in detail: pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-walked-...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

1. Substack rolled out an "AI detector" snitch. 2. GPT5.6 Sol's "breakout" was wider than first thought. 3. And a pastor nearly died after asking AI health questions. I wrote about all three last week. pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ai-got-jud...

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

🚨 The Pentagon just admitted Grok helped fire 2,000 missiles at 2,000 targets in 96 hours. They didn't tell you. A pollution lawsuit forced it out. Who else knows what Grok Gov has already done? ↓

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Pithy Cyborg just crept back into the top 100 #Rising in #Technology on Substack. No paywall. No network. No charisma. Just a newsletter doing its job. If you're curious about #AI and what it's actually doing to the world, come be a nerd with us. Thanks to those who read and help it climb. 🙏

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MrComputerScience @mrcomputerscience.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

⚠ Researchers hid malicious commands inside Zoom call background music. The #AI meeting transcriber obeyed silently. Searched for sensitive files. Forwarded them to an attacker. Nobody heard a thing. 79% to 96% success rate. Zero patches exist. Full breakdown below. ↓

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