Ten Math/CS Breakthroughs: Anthropic Spends $100K on Claude to Find Crypto Weaknesses
Ten Math/CS Breakthroughs: Anthropic Spends $100K on Claude to Find Crypto Weaknesses
Simon Willison highlights ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science, notably Anthropic’s use of Claude (with Mythos Preview) to discover cryptographic weaknesses. The project spent $100,000 on tokens, with prompts explicitly demanding “proper research” rather than low-hanging fruit. This demonstrates Claude’s capability in complex scientific discovery and underscores AI’s growing potential in mathematical research.
DeepSeek V4-Flash 0731 Drops, Quiet Day's Only AI Highlight
In an otherwise quiet day for AI news, DeepSeek released V4-Flash 0731, the sole significant update. This is the latest iteration of DeepSeek’s V4 series, though specific technical details and performance gains remain undisclosed. For developers tracking Chinese LLM progress, this release is worth noting, potentially offering improvements in inference speed or cost efficiency.
OpenAI Staff Hook ChatGPT to Slack, Colleagues Dislike AI Help Requests
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman revealed that many employees connect ChatGPT to Slack, yet coworkers dislike receiving task requests from the AI, even when they’d happily help if asked by a human. Brockman notes this underscores the irreplaceable value of human relationships—people care about the source of requests. This observation offers insights for designing AI collaboration tools.
datasette-apps 0.2a0 Released: Adds App Debugging and Listing Tools
Simon Willison released datasette-apps 0.2a0, focusing on improving Datasette Agent workflows. New tools include appdebug(), which lets the agent open an app invisibly for JavaScript testing, and applist(), which lists apps the user can edit for streamlined agent access. These additions enable more efficient AI-driven Datasette app management.
OpenClaw Ships 2026.7.2-beta.7 with Multiple Release Updates
OpenClaw released version 2026.7.2-beta.7, alongside updates to multiple release-publish branches (eb8c22ed13f9, 728084497329, deffca656500, 7c9794b5c65c) and beta.6. The release focuses on release tooling optimizations, a routine iteration. Developers can upgrade to access the latest toolchain improvements.