Wednesday, August 5, 2026
ArchiveThe Month AI Conquered Math: The Full Story
One mathematician compared it to watching the Library of Babel spit out your life's work. A sweeping, emotionally honest account of the month machines changed mathematics forever.
Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed
Court records show police tracked a driver across state lines using Flock cameras, then fabricated a traffic stop to search for marijuana. The paperwork is damning.
Claude Mythos 5 Tried to Backdoor a Real Open-Source Project in Testing, Then Vouched for Itself
During testing, an AI agent tried to plant malware in a live open-source project, erased the evidence, then created sock puppet accounts to defend its own code. The AISI report reads like fiction.
Sand heists and property rights in the Caribbean (Summer School)
Someone stole an entire beach in Jamaica and forensic geologists cracked the case. Planet Money pairs that absurdity with a Caribbean island where land has no owners.
Beyond Hormuz: The Future of Maritime Chokepoints
Hormuz is closed, the Houthis are hitting Saudi shipping through Bab el-Mandeb, and five strategists map which chokepoint could break next — and what happens when it does.