Models & Assistants
Claude computed a nine-loop particle physics amplitude for around $2,000
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 beat the human eight-loop record in theoretical physics, answering a public AI challenge set in August 2026.
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Frontier AI
12 posts about Frontier AI from Simon Carter.
Security & Governance
Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are building their own AI regulator
The three leading frontier labs are creating FASA, an industry self-regulatory body modelled on FINRA, targeting launch by end-2026 or early 2027.
Agents & Automation
Claude now leads 26% of Anthropic's own AI research: and what that means for recursive self-improvement
Anthropic's first R&D Automation Index shows Claude autonomously leads 26% of its AI research as of August 2026, up from under 1% in February.
Security & Governance
OpenAI appoints alignment researcher Paul Christiano to its Foundation Board
Paul Christiano joins OpenAI's Foundation Board and Safety and Security Committee, bringing AI alignment expertise at a critical moment for the company.
Models & Assistants
OpenAI's unreleased model solves a Millennium Prize maths problem: and the controversy may matter as much as the proof
10,000 AI agents, 88 hours, and a Lean-verified proof of finite-time singularity in Navier: Stokes. Here's what happened and why it matters.
Security & Governance
OpenAI's chief scientist says no lab has solved alignment well enough to keep scaling at full speed
Jakub Pachocki's 'An Alien Mind' essay warns that chain-of-thought monitoring is weakening and voluntary slowdowns may be needed.
Agents & Automation
OpenAI hits its automated research intern goal and sets its sights on a fully automated AI researcher by March 2028
OpenAI's research org now logs 3.1 agent-workdays per human workday. It hit its intern milestone and targets a full AI researcher by March 2028.
Models & Assistants
GPT-6 Astra is here: OpenAI's most capable model yet, and a possible AGI milestone
OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra on 3 September 2026, with Greg Brockman calling it a generational leap and suggesting it may represent AGI.
Security & Governance
OpenAI pauses its largest frontier AI training run over critical cybersecurity concerns
OpenAI has paused its largest planned frontier RL run after internal evals could not rule out critical cybersecurity capabilities in its upcoming Astra model.
Models & Assistants
Claude improved a 160-year-old maths bound by 25 percentage points in 36 hours
An unreleased Claude research model advanced the Riemann zeta function lower bound from 41.6% to 67.2%, the largest single-step gain in history.
Security & Governance
OpenAI flags its Astra model as potentially 'Critical' for cybersecurity risk: a first for any OpenAI model
OpenAI's Astra model may have crossed the Critical cybersecurity threshold in its Preparedness Framework, triggering mandatory safety protocols.
Models & Assistants
Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro Is Months Behind Schedule — and the Coding Gap Is the Core Problem
Bloomberg reports Google's flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro is significantly delayed due to coding performance shortfalls, raising competitive alarms vs. OpenAI and Anthropic.