Sunday, October 19, 2025

OpenAI researchers delete X posts claiming a GPT-5 math breakthrough after pushback from Hassabis, others; LeCun says they were "hoisted by their own GPTards" (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)

Matthias Bastian / The Decoder:
OpenAI researchers delete X posts claiming a GPT-5 math breakthrough after pushback from Hassabis, others; LeCun says they were “hoisted by their own GPTards”  —  OpenAI researchers recently claimed a major math breakthrough on X, but quickly walked it back after criticism from the community …



China says the NSA has been hacking its National Time Service Center, which provides high precision time services for the government and others, since 2023 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
China says the NSA has been hacking its National Time Service Center, which provides high precision time services for the government and others, since 2023  —  China said it's uncovered “irrefutable evidence” of US government cyber attacks on the country's main agency responsible for timekeeping.



Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are providing millions to the American Federation of Teachers to build AI training hubs aimed at educating 400,000 teachers (Jocelyn Gecker/Associated Press)

Jocelyn Gecker / Associated Press:
Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are providing millions to the American Federation of Teachers to build AI training hubs aimed at educating 400,000 teachers  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share



ByteDance's Cici, an overseas counterpart of China's most popular AI chatbot app Doubao, is quietly gaining traction in the UK, Mexico, and Southeast Asia (Zeyi Yang/Wired)

Zeyi Yang / Wired:
ByteDance's Cici, an overseas counterpart of China's most popular AI chatbot app Doubao, is quietly gaining traction in the UK, Mexico, and Southeast Asia  —  ByteDance is paying for ads and partnering with influencers to promote its AI chatbot app Cici in countries like the UK, Mexico, and Indonesia.



Sources: private capital giant Apollo Global has shorted loans and rapidly cut exposure to the enterprise software sector in 2025 amid concerns over AI threat (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Sources: private capital giant Apollo Global has shorted loans and rapidly cut exposure to the enterprise software sect...