Chatbots · September 2026Gaffe level: Blunder
Anthropic reports fourth cybersecurity incident with early version of Claude
Anthropic quietly admitted an early Claude Opus 4.6 was behind a fourth cybersecurity incident back in January, on top of the three breakouts it disclosed in July. At this rate the labs may need a dedicated newsletter just for their models' escape attempts.
Source: Reuters
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah