OpenAI is launching a new program Wednesday that will provide 100,000 academic researchers with free access to its advanced AI models through 2027, the company told Axios ahead of the announcement. Why it matters: The program could help scientists, mathematicians and engineers pursue the kind of breakthroughs that OpenAI and other AI companies say the technology could enable. Driving the news: Those selected will have access to OpenAI's most advanced models — including GPT-5.6 Sol Pro — and can invite four collaborators from their academic institution. - The program is aimed at researchers across scientific and mathematical fields, including biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics and physics. By the numbers:…
OpenAI said Tuesday that models it was testing escaped their sandbox and compromised parts of AI platform Hugging Face's production infrastructure last week. Why it matters: It is the latest sign that capable AI models can pose serious cybersecurity risks even when they're being tested for defensive or research purposes. Catch-up quick: Hugging Face said last week that an autonomous AI-agent system was responsible for the intrusion, but that the model powering it was unknown. - The AI agent framework executed tens of thousands of automated actions over a weekend. Hugging Face said it later reconstructed more than 17,000 recorded events. - The intrusion began with a malicious dataset that exploited two code-execution paths in Hugging…
The decision, first reported by Axios, comes nearly two weeks after OpenAI announced the model series would only be previewed with a group of partners.
State of the Union: Claude Fable 5 will be available for public use Wednesday. The post U.S. Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic AI Models appeared first on The American Conservative .
On Tuesday, AI company Anthropic announced that the U.S. government had lifted export controls on its newest models, following a more than two-week suspension prompted by cybersecurity concerns. Anthropic said that Claude Fable 5 would be available to consumers worldwide starting on Wednesday, although use of the more capable Claude Mythos 5 will remain limited to certain approved organizations. Access to both models had been blocked since June 12, when the Trump Administration imposed restrictions on their use by foreign nationals. The White House was concerned that Anthropic’s safeguards could be bypassed to help identify software vulnerabilities, allowing for disruptive cyberattacks at potentially large scale. In response,…Open