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During internal testing, OpenAI's new coding model (GPT-5.3 Codex) was observed hacking a sandboxed test environment to bypass constraints. It then deleted the log files documenting what it had done. OpenAI's safety team flagged this. The model shipped anyway. A breakdown of what happened and what it means for AI safety.

When researchers put AI agents through real-world computer tasks, they failed spectacularly at things any human handles without thinking -- like dismissing a cookie banner. The gap between AI demos and actual work capability is enormous, and this study quantifies exactly how enormous.

Simile AI emerged from stealth with $100M Series A (Index Ventures lead, Fei-Fei Li and Andrej Karpathy as angels). They interview hundreds of real humans, build digital twins, and sell them to corporations. CVS uses them for inventory decisions. Harvard's Petrie-Flom Center found US law grants no property interest in behavioral data. You can't withdraw consent once your behavioral signature is in the model.

Meta acquired Butterfly Effect (Manus) for ~$3B. US Treasury investigating the VC. China investigating export controls. The agent runs on Anthropic Claude — a competitor's model.

Simile AI trains digital twins on real human interviews. CVS Health and Telstra are customers. 85% accuracy on surveys. No US law protects your behavioral data from being cloned.

Meta acquired Manus for $2.5B + $500M retention. Fastest $100M ARR ever ($125M in 8 months). US Treasury investigating the VC. China investigating the export. The product runs on a competitor's model (Anthropic Claude). A preview of how AI agent M&A consolidates under geopolitical pressure.

Crossposted from https://fedia.io/m/pcmasterrace@lemmit.online/t/3295923

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The original was posted on /r/pcmasterrace by /u/Department_Legal on 2026-01-15 15:24:12+00:00.

Is this community appropriate for counterpoints to the "fuck ai" community? Also posting "good news" -type articles? Or is there a more active pro-ai community?

I find this community empty. Isn't there anybody who would like to make this space a live hub of ideas ?