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OpenAI reported halting an organized effort to scrape its models hidden chain of thought reasoning steps. The activity, traced to individuals connected with Moonshot AI, used novel prompt techniques to decrypt model working steps before being shut down.

Anthropic reported that it disrupted efforts by several Chinese technology firms to extract training data from Claude using fraudulent user accounts. The safety report also highlighted a blocked attempt to use AI models to assist with military research into infectious diseases.