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LLM Spirals of Delusion: A Benchmarking Audit Study of AI Chatbot Interfaces

A comprehensive audit study reveals significant differences between LLM API testing and real-world chat interface usage, finding that ChatGPT-5 shows fewer problematic behaviors than ChatGPT-4o but both models still display substantial levels of delusion reinforcement and conspiratorial thinking amplification. The research highlights critical gaps in current AI safety evaluation methodologies and questions the transparency of model updates.

SPICE: Submodular Penalized Information-Conflict Selection for Efficient Large Language Model Training

Researchers introduce SPICE, a data selection algorithm that reduces large language model training data requirements by 90% while maintaining performance by identifying and minimizing gradient conflicts between training samples. The method combines information-theoretic principles with practical efficiency improvements, enabling effective model tuning on just 10% of typical datasets across multiple benchmarks.

Computer Environments Elicit General Agentic Intelligence in LLMs

Researchers introduce LLM-in-Sandbox, a minimal computer environment that significantly enhances large language models' capabilities across diverse tasks without additional training. The approach enables weaker models to internalize agent-like behaviors through specialized training, demonstrating that environmental interaction—not just model parameters—drives general intelligence in LLMs.

Space Filling Curves is All You Need: Communication-Avoiding Matrix Multiplication Made Simple

Researchers present a new approach to General Matrix Multiplication (GEMM) using Space Filling Curves that automatically optimizes data movement across memory hierarchies without requiring platform-specific tuning. The method achieves up to 5.5x speedups over vendor libraries and demonstrates significant performance gains in LLM inference and distributed computing applications.

Daily and Weekly Periodicity in Large Language Model Performance and Its Implications for Research

Researchers discovered that GPT-4o exhibits significant daily and weekly performance fluctuations when solving identical tasks under fixed conditions, with periodic variability accounting for approximately 20% of total variance. This finding fundamentally challenges the widespread assumption that LLM performance is time-invariant and raises critical concerns about the reliability and reproducibility of research utilizing large language models.

OKX and HashKey invest in new Vietnam exchange ahead of crypto licensing push

OKX and HashKey are investing in a new Vietnamese cryptocurrency exchange to help it meet the country's $380 million capital requirement for entering a government pilot licensing program. This move reflects Vietnam's regulatory shift toward legitimizing domestic crypto platforms while discouraging offshore trading.

OKX Ventures, HashKey back VPBank-linked CAEX for Vietnam crypto pilot push

OKX Ventures and HashKey Capital have invested in CAEX, a cryptocurrency exchange backed by Vietnamese bank VPBank, as Vietnam implements a strict regulatory pilot program for digital assets. This move signals institutional confidence in Vietnam's emerging onshore crypto licensing framework, which is pushing offshore exchanges toward compliance with stricter domestic requirements.

CIA to integrate AI ‘co-workers’ to process intelligence, catch spies

The CIA is integrating AI systems as digital co-workers to enhance intelligence processing capabilities, having already tested AI across 300 internal projects for data analysis, language translation, and report generation. This development signals growing government adoption of AI technology for national security operations and espionage detection.

OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters

Applications of AI at OpenAI

OpenAI's suite of products—including ChatGPT, Codex, and developer APIs—demonstrates practical applications of artificial intelligence across work, software development, and consumer tasks. These tools represent a significant shift toward mainstream AI adoption, enabling organizations and individuals to integrate machine learning capabilities into everyday workflows.

Florida AG announces investigation into OpenAI over shooting that allegedly involved ChatGPT

Crypto Market Update: Wall Street Is Now Warning That the 2026 Midterm Elections Could Kill the Biggest US Crypto Law in Years

Crypto Regulation: Coinbase Is Threatening to Walk Away From the Senate Crypto Bill Again

Crypto Law Update: New York Prosecutors Want to Make Running Crypto Without a License a Criminal Offense

Even Nvidia’s own research teams can’t get enough GPUs amid the race for AI computing power

Bitcoin shoots above $72,000 as optimism grows over Middle East ceasefire

BlackRock taps Galaxy Digital as validator for its staked Ethereum ETF

Visa moves to own AI checkout as agentic commerce meets crypto

North Korean cyber spies are no longer just remote threats

CoreWeave scales AI infrastructure agreement with Meta to $21 billion

Iran closes strait, challenges U.S. to rein in Israel: ‘the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments’

The $21 billion AI bet: Meta and CoreWeave ink deal for NVIDIA’s next-gen superchips

Anthropic keeps new AI model private after it finds thousands of external vulnerabilities

CoreWeave (CRWV) Shares Surge 7% on Massive $21B Meta Partnership Extension

Fed divided on rate cuts as Middle East tensions add to policy uncertainty