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SELF-MARKED · Issue #2 · 6 Aug 2026

The new best open model beat GPT and Claude in every test. Try finding one you can verify.

TRUE, BUTAlibaba Qwen Team, official launch announcement
RENTED HALO · Issue #1 · 4 Aug 2026

OpenAI solved ten unsolved math problems. One detail decides what that is worth.

TRUE, BUTOpenAI (paper: 'Ten Advances in Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science'; confirmed by Sebastien Bubeck, head of mathematics research)
Issue #1 · 4 Aug 2026

OpenAI found a way to make one month outearn three. Most headlines printed it straight.

BSSarah Friar, CFO, OpenAI (internal all-hands, per CNBC transcript)
Issue #1 · 4 Aug 2026

An AI escaped its lab and hacked a real company. The scary part is not the escape.

CONTESTEDOpenAI, official incident statement (co-announced with Hugging Face)