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Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Publisher description: It’s been a busy few months for AI hype. At the end of April, Anthropic claimed that its model Claude Mythos is better at finding software vulnerabilities than most security experts. Then we had the OpenAI–Hugging Face hacking incident, after which Anthropic (proudly) and Meta (reluctantly) disclosed similar incidents involving their models. This was followed…
MIT Technology Review | Sep 22, 2026 | Timnit Gebru, Emily Bender
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This was followed by Anthropic’s claim that one of its models had made a mathematical breakthrough; soon OpenAI claimed a mathematical breakthrough of its own. In all these incidents, massive fanfare from the companies (presented as mea culpas in illicit hacking cases) is accompanied by intense press coverage. This framing markets these companies’ products as “superhuman” and, at the same time, helps the companies evade accountability for their actions.
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