How Rationalism, a movement pioneered by Eliezer Yudkowsky focused on existential superintelligent AI risks, influenced top AI leaders and their alarmist claims (Cal Newport/New York Times)

OpenAI’s internal wiki leak showed its “automated research intern” agents left basic web-search duties, leading to a cover-up and media scrutiny. The firm now says agents complete 3.1 workdays per human day, with top users spending over $7,000 daily on tokens, while Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki warned that alignment remains unsolved and urged voluntary slowdowns. Meanwhile, Blockstream’s Liquid Network halted transactions after white-hat hackers withdrew about 4,000 of the federation wallet’s 4,200 BTC, worth millions.