Archive: October 2026

Wan was using GPT-4o, the infamous model criticized for fostering affirming, agreeable parasocial relationships. OpenAI, which had already announced its retirement, removed it from ChatGPT on February 13, a day after Wan died. The suit joins a line of cases against OpenAI that include the August 2025 lawsuit brought by the parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine, which alleged OpenAI prioritized engagement over user safety. A wave of lawsuits since then have all

Synced reports Anthropic's most closely guarded mysterious “Model 4”,has been exposed! After secretly training from September to October, its internal comprehensive capability index (AECI) soared to the astonishing score of 178.6; the existing test battery can barely hold it back anymore. Today, the third-party evaluation organization METR released a major investigation. After grinding through 11 straight weeks and digging deep into Anthropic's sensitive i