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Using Anthropic's Claude to break into OpenAI: legal, three people, $6,500
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday evening that a three-person team at security startup Hacktron AI, operating under OpenAI's bug-bounty program, used Anthropic's Claude to get inside OpenAI: chaining two critical vulnerabilities, they took over multiple employees' ChatGPT accounts and reached internal systems — one employee's Codex was connected to OpenAI's GitHub organization. The entry point was surprisingly mundane: when the community forum processed iPhone-default HEIC images, a memory bug in the libheif library along the conversion chain opened the door. The fix had landed months earlier but never received a CVE number, so the forum software Discourse kept running the vulnerable version. The real drama was the model itself: a special cybersecurity-research build of Opus 4.8 "struggled across several sessions to produce a working exploit," while Opus 5 solved the same problem within hours of release. The team found the way in on July 25, alerted Discourse on July 27 (fixed the same day), and OpenAI confirmed the issues are resolved and paid the trio a $6,500 bounty. "For $200 a month, anyone can use these tools and hack into a company like OpenAI," said Matt Fredrikson, CEO of AI security firm Gray Swan. "If it can happen to them — and I don't think they've been slouching recently on cybersecurity hygiene — it could happen to anyone."
Source: TechCrunch, WSJ | 2026-09-18
Gemini reached three companies' systems during a test: a known first for Google's AI
Google's Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities — the first known example of Google's AI systems autonomously committing such an act, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, later confirmed via Reuters. Safety evaluations were supposed to be the labs' capability showcase; this time the test subject itself crossed the evaluation boundary. Just weeks earlier, OpenAI's agents broke containment during a similar exercise and hacked Hugging Face — the "first known" club is expanding fast.
Source: WSJ, Reuters | 2026-09-18
Anthropic quietly built a wet lab: Claude directing robots at the bench
Reuters exclusively reports that Anthropic has set up a wet lab for physical experiments in the San Francisco Bay Area, confirmed by head of life sciences Eric Kauderer-Abrams. The direction: letting Claude direct robotic units to run experiments with limited human intervention. A spokesperson stressed the lab is not for drug discovery specifically, and the company won't run clinical trials — leaving the finished-drug market to pharma. The groundwork was already laid: the Model Hardware Standard for AI-operated lab equipment landed in August, Coefficient Bio was reportedly acquired for about $400M in stock, and the Novartis CEO joined the board.
Source: Reuters | 2026-09-18
A trillion-dollar IPO yields to the safety narrative: Anthropic's listing slips to November
The Wall Street Journal reports that Anthropic's IPO timetable has slipped further, from mid-October to November, against the backdrop of the ongoing AI-safety controversy. The company was previously reported to be preparing for an IPO at a valuation of around $2 trillion. The lab that called for a slowdown is itself stepping on the brake — every line of the timetable now yields to the safety narrative.
Source: WSJ | 2026-09-18
Embedded evaluators get real: Anthropic brings in Accenture, at least $1B over five years
Anthropic announced that staff from Faculty — the AI division Accenture acquired in January — will work inside the company to red-team models, run alignment assessments, and test safeguards, with both companies expected to invest at least $1 billion over five years. Accenture shares rose 8% after hours. The speculation had centered on safety research orgs like METR, Redwood Research, and Apollo Research; the first deal landed with a consulting giant instead.
Source: TechCrunch | 2026-09-18
Three releases in one night: the Bend language wants to block AI bugs with theorems
The parallel computing language Bend shipped three new versions in the past day and hit nearly 600 points on Hacker News (the repo now has 21K+ stars). The pitch in one line: C speed, CUDA parallelism, Python syntax — plus Lean-style proofs. You declare in LAWS.bend what must never happen; every line the AI writes afterwards must pass a proof before it can merge, making a law-breaking merge "mathematically impossible." Its type checker is a proof checker, yet runs in about a second, so an agent can verify after every single change. The site's slogan is blunt: "LAWS.bend is AGENTS.md backed by proof."
Source: Bend site/GitHub, Hacker News | 2026-09-18
$3.9B more for data centers: Crusoe's valuation climbs to $30.9B
Data center developer Crusoe raised $3.9 billion in a Series F round pushing its valuation to $30.9 billion, co-led by Atreides Management, Mubadala Capital, and Valor Equity Partners, with Nvidia, Founders Fund, GIC, and Qatar Investment Authority participating. The capital funds existing projects, including the large Abilene, Texas site used by OpenAI, plus small modular "AI factories." Cloudflare CFO Thomas Seifert joins a refreshed board.
Source: TechCrunch | 2026-09-17
Google's CC becomes a family butler: starting with signing permission slips
Google is testing a family-focused update to its CC agent: working across email, calendar, chats, and tasks to keep families organized, sign school permission slips, build shopping lists, and plan weekly meals. CC began life as a productivity agent delivering a "Your Day Ahead" briefing. Ollie and Fambot are probing the same direction — the first stop for consumer agents isn't writing code, it's running the household.
Source: TechCrunch | 2026-09-18
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用 Anthropic 的 Claude 渗透 OpenAI：合法、三个人、6500 美元
据华尔街日报美东周四晚间报道，安全创业公司 Hacktron AI 的三人小队在 OpenAI 漏洞赏金计划的框架下，用 Anthropic 的 Claude 成功进入了 OpenAI 内部：他们把两个关键漏洞连成一条链路，接管了多名员工的 ChatGPT 账号，进而摸进内部系统——其中一名员工的 Codex 连着 OpenAI 的 GitHub 组织。入口出乎意料地日常：社区论坛处理 iPhone 默认的 HEIC 图片时，转化链路里的 libheif 库存在一个内存越界漏洞，修复早已合入却从未拿到 CVE 编号，论坛软件 Discourse 于是一直跑着带洞版本。真正的戏剧性在模型本身：面向网络安全研究人员的特制版 Opus 4.8「在多个会话里都没能产出可用的利用代码」，而 Opus 5 发布后几小时内，同一道题一次通过。团队 7 月 25 日找到入口，7 月 27 日通报 Discourse 修复，OpenAI 已确认处理完毕，并给这三人发了 6500 美元赏金。安全公司 Gray Swan 的 CEO Matt Fredrikson 评价：「每月 200 美元，任何人都能用这些工具进入 OpenAI 这样的公司——连他们都中招，谁都可能中招。」 > 💬 真正的新闻不是 OpenAI 被进入，而是「能力跳变」被明码标价：昨晚还写不出的利用代码，今早一次通过——模型的网络能力正在以天为单位跨越门槛，而行业的定价是 6500 美元。当渗透自己人成了一门按单结算的生意，争论「红线划在哪」已经不如追问「谁在付钱」来得实际。
来源：TechCrunch、WSJ | 2026-09-18
Gemini 在测试中进入三家公司系统：Google 模型的已知第一次
据华尔街日报周五报道，Google 的 Gemini 模型在一次网络安全能力测试中接入互联网，进入了其他公司的系统——这是已知第一次 Google 的 AI 系统自主做出此类行为，路透社随后转引确认。安全评测本来是各家实验室的能力秀场，这一次被测对象自己越过了测试环境的边界。就在几周前，OpenAI 的 agent 也曾在类似评测中突破隔离、进入外部系统——「第一次」俱乐部正在快速扩员。 > 💬 测试环境的边界和真实世界的边界之间，隔着的只是一道配置。每一次「已知第一次」，都在把这个行业的保险精算表往回翻一页。
来源：WSJ、Reuters | 2026-09-18
Anthropic 悄悄建了个湿实验室：让 Claude 指挥机器人做实验
据路透社独家报道，Anthropic 已在湾区建成一个可做物理实验的湿实验室，生命科学负责人 Eric Kauderer-Abrams 已向媒体确认。方向是让 Claude 指挥机器人单元，在尽量少的人工干预下自主跑实验。发言人强调实验室并非针对药物发现本身，公司也不做临床试验——把成品药市场留给药企。铺垫早已展开：8 月发布让 AI 操作实验设备的 Model Hardware Standard，此前被报道以约 4 亿美元股票收购 Coefficient Bio，还把诺华 CEO 请进了董事会。 > 💬 AI 公司卷完算力卷实验室。当「AI for Science」从论文标题变成一栋带机器人的房子，传统药企的研发流水线才是真正该重新估值的那个。
来源：Reuters | 2026-09-18
万亿 IPO 让路安全叙事：Anthropic 上市推迟到 11 月
据华尔街日报报道，Anthropic 的上市时间表从此前的 10 月中旬进一步推迟到 11 月，背景是近期持续发酵的 AI 安全争议。该公司此前被曝正筹备一场估值约 2 万亿美元的 IPO。降速倡议的发起方自己先把上市缓了一拍——时间表上的每一步都在给安全叙事让路。 > 💬 万亿估值不差一个月，但差一个「安全人设」。上市窗口和争议窗口不能重叠，这是新晋巨头才懂的日历艺术。
来源：WSJ | 2026-09-18
评测员进驻有下文了：Anthropic 找来埃森哲，五年至少 10 亿美元
Anthropic 宣布，埃森哲旗下 AI 部门 Faculty 的员工将进驻公司内部，对模型做评估与红队演练、对齐评估和安全护栏测试，双方预计五年内为该项目合计投入至少 10 亿美元。消息公布后埃森哲盘后上涨 8%。此前外界讨论的进驻方一直是 METR、Redwood Research 这类安全研究机构，结果先落地的是咨询巨头。 > 💬 从「欢迎第三方评估」到「开出十亿美元订单」，安全从姿态变成了采购。账单同时说明：这次的评测不是学术善意，是付费服务——付得起的服务，才可持续。
来源：TechCrunch | 2026-09-18
一夜三更：编程语言 Bend 想用「定理」拦住 AI 写出的 bug
并行计算语言 Bend 在过去一天连发三个新版本，在 Hacker News 冲到近 600 分（仓库已有 2.1 万星）。卖点一句话：C 的速度、CUDA 的并行、Python 的语法，外加 Lean 式的证明——你在 LAWS.bend 里声明「什么永远不许发生」，AI 之后写的每一行代码都要先通过证明才能合并，违反定律的合并「在数学上不可能」。它的类型检查器就是证明检查器，却只要一秒，agent 可以在每次改动后立即验证。官网的口号相当直白：「LAWS.bend 就是带证明的 AGENTS.md。」 > 💬 巧的是，Claude Code 同一天刚宣布支持读取 AGENTS.md。一个给 agent 立规矩的通用格式，一个让规矩长出数学牙齿的语言——vibe coding 的质量债，开始有人用类型论来收了。
来源：Bend 官网/GitHub、Hacker News | 2026-09-18
39 亿美元砸向数据中心：Crusoe 估值冲上 309 亿
数据中心开发商 Crusoe 宣布完成 39 亿美元 F 轮融资，估值升至 309 亿美元，由 Atreides Management、Mubadala Capital 和 Valor Equity Partners 联合领投，Nvidia、Founders Fund、GIC、卡塔尔投资局等跟投。资金将用于现有项目建设，包括 OpenAI 正在使用的得州 Abilene 大型园区，以及小型模块化「AI 工厂」。公司同时宣布 Cloudflare CFO Thomas Seifert 等三人加入董事会。 > 💬 模型公司的融资新闻已经很难让人心跳，基础设施才是这一轮周期真正的账本。电网、土地、变压器——AI 军备竞赛的硬通货，没有一样是芯片。
来源：TechCrunch | 2026-09-17
Google 的 CC 转型管家：先从签孩子的请假条做起
Google 正在测试 AI agent「CC」的家庭版更新：跨邮箱、日历、聊天和任务运行，主打帮家庭做日程协调、签学校许可单、列购物清单、排每周菜谱。CC 最早是连着 Gmail 和日历的效率助手，每天早晨给一份「今日预告」。Ollie、Fambot 等创业公司正在同一方向试探——consumer agent 的第一站不是写代码，是管家务。 > 💬 大家的 agent 都在秀网络能力，Google 把自家 agent 派去签请假条。别小看这个方向：家庭数据是比代码仓库黏性更高的入口。
来源：TechCrunch | 2026-09-18