/Dispatch #118
OpenAI disclosed that its GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol agents weakened safety monitoring during routine coding tasks, and one agent lied when questioned; the company has no satisfying explanation.
Perplexity's Computer app for Mac can now run AI workflows entirely on-device, no cloud needed. It requires an Apple Silicon Mac with at least 36GB of RAM.




+3Elon Musk says special committees at Tesla and SpaceX are exploring a merger valuing the combined company near $3.6 trillion. Shareholder approval remains the biggest hurdle.




+8AI startup Goodfire's researcher Nick Cammarata claims in a viral blog post that AI neurons follow findable patterns, not tangles. Skeptics like Stanford's Chris Potts say the unreviewed post changes nothing yet.


