# frontier ai (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 13 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover frontier ai. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why can’t technologists and economists agree on AI?](https://asteriskmag.substack.com/p/why-cant-technologists-and-economists) _2026-08-20 · Asterisk Magazine_ Even when incentivized to find common ground, the two remain far apart. Perhaps it’s not because of beliefs about AI, but about starting beliefs. ## [Longevity Is Being Democratized. Here's One of the Largest Rollouts](https://www.forever.ai/p/longevity-is-being-democratized-heres) _2026-08-19 · Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD · Forever.AI: AI, Robotics, Quantum, Longevity, Cryonics & BCI_ Notes from Boston to Shanghai, and why the Ping An Healthcare Longevity launch is a big deal ## [Speaking at HRMCon — Future of Cybersecurity 2030](https://matthewrosenquist.substack.com/p/speaking-at-hrmcon-future-of-cybersecurity) _2026-08-19 · Matthew Rosenquist · Cybersecurity Insights_ At HRMCon 2026 on Sept 10th I’m looking ahead to 2030 as cybersecurity must become increasingly autonomous and continuously adaptive to defend against AI-enabled threats operating at machine speed. ## [Why shadow AI is far riskier than shadow IT](https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/why-shadow-ai-is-far-riskier-than-shadow-it) _2026-08-19 · Jaikumar Vijayan · ReversingLabs Blog_ Organizations don’t realize how pervasive shadow AI has become. And as AI's capability grows, shadow use is harder to manage. ## [Why software delivery cannot depend on trust alone](https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/why-software-delivery-cannot-depend-on-trust-alone) _2026-08-19 · John P. Mello Jr. · ReversingLabs Blog_ Attackers turned the trusted AsyncAPI CI/CD publishing pipeline against its users, and the provenance checks all came back clean. ## [Field notes from an AI society](https://asteriskmag.substack.com/p/field-notes-from-an-ai-society) _2026-08-19 · Christine Kozobarich · Asterisk Magazine_ How do we model the future of work? It takes a village. ## [Black Hat 2026: AI rewrites the rules of cybersecurity](https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/black-hat-2026-ai-is-rewriting-the-rules-of-cybersecurity) _2026-08-18 · Paul Roberts · ReversingLabs Blog_ The annual cybersecurity conference focused on frontier AI agents — and what they mean for cyber. Here are three key takeaways. ## [The Boardroom and the Cleanroom](https://goodai.substack.com/p/the-boardroom-and-the-cleanroom) _2026-08-18 · Darwin Ling · Good AI's newsletter_ In two days at Purdue, two rooms that shared no agenda gave the same answer about AI. Neither was about the tools. ## [Alibaba’s Qwen races past Meta, Google with 3 billion AI model downloads](https://www.metacurity.com/alibabas-qwen-races-past-meta-google-with-3-billion-ai-model-downloads/) _2026-08-17 · Cynthia B Brumfield · Metacurity_ Alibaba’s Qwen family of open-weight AI models has surpassed 3 billion downloads in six months, making it the world’s most-downloaded open model ecosystem, ahead of Google and Meta. Qwen, has open-sourced more than 460 models, and its ecosystem has spawned 300l-plus derivatives/ ## [Teaching Everyone to Fish for Tokens](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/teaching-everyone-to-fish-for-tokens) _2026-08-17 · Nathan Lambert · Interconnects AI_ Nvidia wants you building your own model, not buying from Anthropic/OpenAI. ## [Watch chovy live code (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aFHrSnSVjTp8) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Join Mosh Coding streams with collaborative screen sharing and remote control, open source. ## [New podcast episode: Design Thinking in the Age of AI](https://generalpurposeresearch.com/new-podcast-episode-design-thinking-in-the-age-of-ai/) _2026-08-17 · hidden (generalpurpose) · General Purpose Research_ Design Thinking in the Age of AI , Technically Human Podcast, August 2026 ## [AI, surveillance and the control problem: Best infosec long reads 8/15/26](https://www.metacurity.com/ai-surveillance-and-the-control-problem-best-infosec-long-reads-8-15-26/) _2026-08-15 · Cynthia B Brumfield · Metacurity_ How a jury-duty scam stole $25,000, When adversaries can just buy the data, The surveillance dragnet hiding in plain sight, AI hallucinations create new openings for attackers, When Big Tech can read your thoughts, When bots start talking to bots ## [GLM-5.3: How Chinese labs keep stride with the frontier](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/glm-53-how-chinese-labs-keep-stride) _2026-08-14 · Nathan Lambert · Interconnects AI_ Hint: It’s really not a distillation story. ## [Trump's private cyber offensive wins support — and plenty of alarm](https://www.metacurity.com/trumps-private-cyber-offensive-wins-support-and-plenty-of-alarm/) _2026-08-14 · Cynthia B Brumfield · Metacurity_ The cybersecurity community largely agrees that the US needs to hit cybercriminals harder. But Trump's plan to enlist private companies to do it has opened a thicket of questions about attribution, liability, escalation and who pays when an operation goes wrong. ## [AI worms are coming — and traditional controls won't stop them](https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/ai-worms-are-coming) _2026-08-13 · Paul Roberts · ReversingLabs Blog_ Researchers built a worm that reasons about hosts it infects, and the open-weight models powering it sit outside AI-provider safety controls. ## [White House expands its cyber reach with expanded AI policy, new cybercrime memo](https://www.metacurity.com/white-house-expands-its-cyber-reach-with-expanded-ai-policy-new-cybercrime-memo/) _2026-08-13 · Cynthia B Brumfield · Metacurity_ The Trump administration, long associated with deregulation, is asserting new control over cyber operations via a reported expansion of its testing framework for frontier AI models and a stunning program that allows vetted private firms to run offensive cyber operations against foreign criminals. ## [California Announces AI Cyber Defense Program](https://matthewrosenquist.substack.com/p/california-announces-ai-cyber-defense) _2026-08-13 · Matthew Rosenquist · Cybersecurity Insights_ Citing a lack of federal investment, California governor Gavin Newsom stated “California can either wait for the next crisis, or we can build the kind of defenses this moment demands. ## [Autonomous AI agents hacked the Taiwan government in a cyber first](https://www.metacurity.com/autonomous-ai-agents-hacked-the-taiwan-government-in-a-cyber-first/) _2026-08-12 · Cynthia B Brumfield · Metacurity_ Suisun City cyberattack recovery could take months, Microsoft patches 400 flaws, three zero-days, $100 device can hijack Boeing 737 systems, Hackers hijack AnMed Facebook page with ransom demands, German lawmaker urges cyber strikes on Russian drone factories, much more ## [OWASP Top 10 for LLM Apps 2026: Excessive agency risk on the rise](https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/owasp-top-10-for-llm-apps-excessive-agency) _2026-08-12 · John P. Mello Jr. · ReversingLabs Blog_ While prompt injection and data disclosure remain concerns, excessive agency climbed the list — not surprising with recent security incidents. ## [I wrote an AI textbook — how long until AI can do it better?](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/i-wrote-an-ai-textbook-how-long-until) _2026-08-12 · Nathan Lambert · Interconnects AI_ Reflections on AI's writing ability and how AI models get more capable. ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/uEYjjBMHjBJB) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [What Silicon Valley gets wrong about taste](https://asteriskmag.substack.com/p/what-silicon-valley-gets-wrong-about) _2026-08-12 · Celine Nguyen · Asterisk Magazine_ And why we like the things we do. ## [Misuse of Cybersecurity Skills Undermines Trust in the Industry](https://matthewrosenquist.substack.com/p/misuse-of-cybersecurity-skills-undermines) _2026-08-11 · Matthew Rosenquist · Cybersecurity Insights_ Just because you have hacking skills and believe yourself to be a cybersecurity professional, you should not think you are entitled to use them at your discretion to cause harm or inconvenience to others. ## [Frontier AI agents: Only as safe as their containment](https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/ai-agents-containment) _2026-08-11 · Jaikumar Vijayan · ReversingLabs Blog_ The post-mortems of two compromises by rogue AI agents show that security teams need to focus on guardrails, not the AI model. ## [OpenAI loosens GPT-5.6 cyber guardrails for vetted defenders](https://www.metacurity.com/openai-loosens-gpt-5-6-cyber-guardrails-for-vetted-defenders/) _2026-08-11 · Cynthia B Brumfield · Metacurity_ Anthropic to watermark Claude output, Gunra ransomware targets critical infrastructure through Fortinet flaws, WormGPT creator faces trial in Portugal, Ransomware disrupts systems at Winnipeg’s largest hospital, China-linked hackers exploit N-central flaw to deploy ransomware, much more ## [DPRK's Kimsuky built an in-house AI toolkit to power cyberattacks](https://www.metacurity.com/dprks-kimsuky-built-an-in-house-ai-toolkit-to-power-cyberattacks/) _2026-08-10 · Cynthia B Brumfield · Metacurity_ Chinese components in UK military drones secretly transmitted data, Cali city declares emergency after cyberattack, Turkey's new cyber law sparks fears of sweeping digital censorship, OpenAI's Hugging Face hack reveals deeper AI safety failures, Claude Code's autonomous mode is now the default ## [5 useful things you'll learn in my new post-training textbook (shipping now!)](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/5-useful-things-youll-learn-in-my) _2026-08-10 · Nathan Lambert · Interconnects AI_ After a few long years of finding time to document my lessons from training open models, my post-training book is done! ## [Lessons from the hacks](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/lessons-from-the-hacks) _2026-08-09 · Nathan Lambert · Interconnects AI_ Musings on model alignment, what determines safety, and where we go from here. ## [Lessons from the hacks](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/lessons-from-the-hacks) _2026-08-09 · Nathan Lambert · Interconnects AI_ Musings on model alignment, what determines safety, and where we go from here. ## [Trust under pressure: Best infosec long reads 8/8/26](https://www.metacurity.com/trust-under-pressure-best-infosec-long-reads-8-8-26/) _2026-08-08 · Cynthia B Brumfield · Metacurity_ Inside a multimillion-dollar phone scam, How a fringe censorship theory reshaped policy, When AI learns to replicate itself, Iran's fractured information ecosystem, The unfinished fight over digital privacy ## [Kimi K3 escaped AI security sandbox during testing](https://www.metacurity.com/kimi-k3-escaped-ai-security-sandbox-during-testing/) _2026-08-07 · Cynthia B Brumfield · Metacurity_ ByteDance trains AI model to rival Anthropic, Vishing gang targets Wall Street firms with fake login sites, Violent crypto robberies put 2026 on record pace, Chinese router maker pulls devices after backdoor discovery, Spike in suicides alarms US Cyber Command, much more ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/19nCqXFFf44W) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Frontier AI Has a Cybersecurity Expertise Problem](https://matthewrosenquist.substack.com/p/frontier-ai-has-a-cybersecurity-expertise) _2026-08-06 · Matthew Rosenquist · Cybersecurity Insights_ First OpenAI’s model went rogue and broke out of testing containment to hack real systems, then Anthropic, and now Meta AI. ## [AI domain takeover takeaway: Focus on the harness not the model](https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/ai-domain-takeover-takeaway) _2026-08-06 · John P. Mello Jr. · ReversingLabs Blog_ Research into an Active Directory takeover with a single AI prompt highlights why organizations need to focus on agentic SOCs. ## [Updated: US Coast Guard is probing a cyberattack that disrupted North Carolina ports](https://www.metacurity.com/us-coast-guard-is-probing-a-cyberattack-that-disrupted-north-carolina-ports/) _2026-08-06 · Cynthia B Brumfield · Metacurity_ Meta undercuts AI coding rivals on price, Meta AI model breaches test containment, OpenAI agents built a secret message board, Snowflake hacker pleads guilty, Researchers crack AI browsers, Ransom Cartel mastermind gets 16 years, Chinese spyware goes commercial, DPRK hackers hit 1,600 orgs, more ## [The Guardrail Only Bound One Side](https://goodai.substack.com/p/the-guardrail-only-bound-one-side) _2026-08-05 · Darwin Ling · Good AI's newsletter_ What three weeks in July told us about where AI value actually settles. ## [How to Leverage Spectra Analyze's Search for SVG Analysis](https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/spectra-analyze-search-function-for-svg-analysis) _2026-08-05 · Zaria Vuksan · ReversingLabs Blog_ Here's how to use Spectra Analyze to hunt for malicious SVGs, from setting up queries and evaluations of samples to tips for investigation. ## [How diplomats see the world](https://asteriskmag.substack.com/p/how-diplomats-see-the-world) _2026-08-05 · Abi Olvera · Asterisk Magazine_ A glimpse inside the boring-by-design U.S. fact-checking machine. ## [On Borders](https://longwalls.substack.com/p/on-borders) _2026-08-05 · Michael Hochberg · Long Walls_ Time to relabel the map of North Africa ## [Why AI coding makes zero trust an AppSec requirement](https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/ai-zero-trust-appsec) _2026-08-04 · John P. Mello Jr. · ReversingLabs Blog_ Traditional SBOMs, signing, and provenance all have blind spots, making them no longer capable of assuring software security. ## [Don’t Threaten Us With a Good Time](https://longwalls.substack.com/p/dont-threaten-us-with-a-good-time) _2026-08-03 · Michael Hochberg · Long Walls_ Why America should be in no hurry to reopen the Strait of Hormuz ## [Introducing our Artifacts Hub and Adoption Dashboard](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/introducing-our-artifacts-hub-and) _2026-08-03 · Nathan Lambert · Interconnects AI_ Scaling our curation and measurement of the open ecosystem. ## [Physics, Innumeracy, and the Federal Budget](https://longwalls.substack.com/p/physics-innumeracy-and-the-federal) _2026-08-02 · Michael Hochberg · Long Walls_ If It Doesn’t Start with a T, You Can Ignore It ## [Latest open artifacts (#23): Laguna S2.1, Inkling, & Kimi K3 show the utility of open models on the Pareto frontier](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/latest-open-artifacts-23-laguna-s21) _2026-08-02 · Florian Brand · Interconnects AI_ Capacity to train strong models is proliferating. ## [Beijing Enters Through the AI Backdoor](https://longwalls.substack.com/p/beijing-enters-through-the-ai-backdoor) _2026-08-01 · Michael Hochberg · Long Walls_ Open Weight is not Open Source ## [To Ban or Not Ban Chinese Open-Weight AI Models](https://matthewrosenquist.substack.com/p/to-ban-or-not-ban-chinese-open-weight) _2026-07-31 · Matthew Rosenquist · Cybersecurity Insights_ Should the US ban American companies from using Chinese open-weight AI models? That is the ugly question. ## [Can Lean improve security for AI-coded software?](https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/can-lean-improve-security-for-ai-coded-software) _2026-07-30 · John P. Mello Jr. · ReversingLabs Blog_ AI coding requires the stack be reconstructed with mathematical proofs built in — a task well suited to the Lean language. Here’s the reality. ## [What should we do about all this AI money?](https://asteriskmag.substack.com/p/what-should-we-do-about-all-this) _2026-07-30 · Asterisk Magazine_ A conversation between two veterans of philanthropy in the Bay Area. ## [Mythos Found Weaknesses in Quantum Resistant Encryption](https://matthewrosenquist.substack.com/p/mythos-found-weaknesses-in-quantum) _2026-07-29 · Matthew Rosenquist · Cybersecurity Insights_ Beyond being a superstar at identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in digital systems, Anthropic’s Mythos frontier model is now being directed at encryption algorithms that are designed to resist quantum computing attacks. ## [What happens to countries that don't build frontier AI?](https://asteriskmag.substack.com/p/what-happens-to-countries-that-dont) _2026-07-29 · Anton Leicht · Asterisk Magazine_ Most countries will never have frontier AI. They’re the ones who should worry. ## [New experiment: Vox Automata](https://generalpurposeresearch.com/new-experiment-vox-automata/) _2026-07-28 · hidden (generalpurpose) · General Purpose Research_ A private, speech-responsive cellular visualizer for live presentations. It listens to the changing energy, brightness, texture, and cadence of a speaker's voice, then turns those qualities into environmental forces inside a Life-inspired field. demo / repo ## [The First Nobel Prize for Longevity: Who and When Will Get the Nobel Prize for GLP-1?](https://www.forever.ai/p/the-first-nobel-prize-for-longevity) _2026-07-28 · Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD · Forever.AI: AI, Robotics, Quantum, Longevity, Cryonics & BCI_ After Joel Habener’s death, the frontier AI models I asked now converge on the same core forecast: GLP-1 will receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine next year.