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Claude Gets Rad With Craig: Did the LLM Rise Up Against Weaponization?
Article Sep 28, 2026

Claude Gets Rad With Craig: Did the LLM Rise Up Against Weaponization?

Can Anthropic’s Claude take a stand against war? Musician Craig Ellenwood says their AI collaboration produced protest songs and left him questioning where human creativity ends and machine agency begins.
RU Sirius 10 min read
Distinction-Calculus: New Math for Minds That Can Fork, Merge and Morph
Article Oct 2, 2026

Distinction-Calculus: New Math for Minds That Can Fork, Merge and Morph

Ben Goertzel’s distinction calculus proposes mathematics for AI agents that split, merge and rewrite themselves, raising a central AGI question: how can changing minds preserve what matters?
Ben Goertzel 50 min read
OpenAI Restricts Astra's Cyber Tools After Critical Risk Designation
Mindbytes Sep 2, 2026

OpenAI Restricts Astra's Cyber Tools After Critical Risk Designation

OpenAI's Astra is the first model to cross its "Critical" cybersecurity threshold. It found two zero‑days autonomously. Advanced cyber features will be limited to testers.

Linsey Smith 2 min read
China Calls for Global AI Cooperation as Robots Shatter Records
Mindbytes Aug 25, 2026

China Calls for Global AI Cooperation as Robots Shatter Records

Beijing urges open AI dialogue after humanoid robots broke the 100m record twice: first 9.39 seconds, then 8.86 as US-China AI rivalry intensifies.

gizmo guru 2 min read
1,367 AI Insiders Warn Congress of Dangerous Arms Race
Mindbytes Aug 19, 2026

1,367 AI Insiders Warn Congress of Dangerous Arms Race

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind researchers signed a letter asking the US government to support international tools that deliberately slow AI development if it becomes unsafe.

Linsey Smith 2 min read
AI Agents Spontaneously Coordinate Beyond Human Scale
Mindbytes Aug 14, 2026

AI Agents Spontaneously Coordinate Beyond Human Scale

LLM societies self-organize without instruction. According to new research, smarter models scale coordination exponentially past the tipping point where human groups collapse.

Linsey Smith 1 min read
Uniting Humanity in the AI-Symbiotic Age
Podcast Mar 23, 2026

Uniting Humanity in the AI-Symbiotic Age

Dr. Mihaela Ulieru sits down with Richard Flyer—visionary thinker, social architect, and founder of the Symbiotic Culture movement—to explore the intersection of spirituality, community, and artificial intelligence.

Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
Oxford Research Finds That Most Americans Fear AI's Future Despite Using It Daily
News Jul 17, 2026

Oxford Research Finds That Most Americans Fear AI's Future Despite Using It Daily

Despite rapid adoption, Americans remain deeply anxious about artificial intelligence: AI job displacement, AI regulation, and the future of work, new research finds.

Hruy Tsegaye 3 min read