THE MORGUE, MINUS THE COBWEBS
PAST EDITIONS
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SEP. 16, 2026
Universal sues DistroKid over alleged infringement and AI spam
The complaint—not a verdict—draws a line between clearly disclosed AI-assisted music and allegedly deceptive mass uploads. Australia’s copyright proposal, the industry’s unenforced safety consensus, and two big power stories join the desks.
OPEN EDITIONSEP. 15, 2026
Apple finally ships the AI-powered Siri rewrite
The English beta reaches Apple’s major operating systems with personal context, onscreen awareness, and app actions. Ornith 9B gets a real home-hardware verdict, while Perplexity’s Windows agent misses both reference machines.
INDEXEDSEP. 14, 2026
Music distributors adopt a voluntary anti-fraud checkpoint for the AI era
The new Streaming Integrity Initiative leads with stronger identity, rights, and content checks—but no blanket ban on AI-assisted music. Frontier slowdown pledges face an enforcement test, and a UK committee proposes a comprehensive AI law.
INDEXEDSEP. 13, 2026
Frontier AI leaders call for speed limits—but have not stopped racing
Dario Amodei’s call to pace capability development leads with a concrete evaluator-access pledge, two harder coordination proposals, and a clear label on his dramatic forecast. AI-assisted ballot matching and the mathematics community’s wider concerns join the desks.
INDEXEDSEP. 12, 2026
OpenAI’s math claim faces a research-credit and data-use dispute
The edition separates mathematical validation from disputed questions about collaboration, credit, and training data. Anthropic’s reports on attempted weapons misuse and boundary-crossing security tests join the three desks.
INDEXEDSEP. 11, 2026
Anthropic says it blocked dangerous biological misuse of Claude
The distinction between an attempted request and a successful attack leads the edition. OpenAI’s Agents API, California’s child-chatbot law, and Universal’s planned AI remix platform join the three desks.
INDEXEDSEP. 10, 2026
Senators demand records on OpenAI’s rogue-agent incident
Formal congressional inquiries led—with every accusation labeled as an allegation. The edition also checked the Navier–Stokes claim, listened to Suno v6 outside its demo, and explained why Windows had a giant patch month.
INDEXEDSEP. 9, 2026
OpenAI claims an AI solved the Navier–Stokes Millennium problem
The potentially historic math result led—with outside validation and the data-use dispute still unresolved. Suno v6 shipped, Meta launched Muse, and GLM-5.3 received a blunt home-hardware verdict.
INDEXEDSEP. 8, 2026
Claude turns Fermat’s Last Theorem into a computer-checked proof
The distinction between proving and formalizing leads the edition; a new Local Models to Try desk adds practical picks for everyday, creative, and visual work.
INDEXEDSEP. 7, 2026
OpenAI’s chief scientist says frontier labs need safety brakes
A signed warning about recursive self-improvement led the edition; OpenAI’s research-intern claim and a new publisher lawsuit received a reality check.
INDEXEDSEP. 6, 2026
Open models become the sensible default for routine work
AT&T’s reported cost savings led a quiet Sunday edition; Perplexity’s hybrid Mac setup received an exact-match verdict for the 32 GB M4 mini.
INDEXEDSEP. 5, 2026
OpenAI acknowledges the wiki incident; local AI gets two practical releases
K2 Horizon and llama.cpp 0.4.0 receive home-hardware verdicts, while Suno v6 remains only a teaser and Lyria 3.5 actually ships.
INDEXEDSEP. 4, 2026
Astra leads; Project Zenith and Gemini 3.8 join the morning edition
OpenAI’s AGI claim gets a reality check, PAIR gets a home-hardware verdict, and Microsoft makes a 64 GB bet on local AI.
INDEXEDSEP. 3, 2026
Astra launch coverage begins
The first reporting lands on OpenAI’s new frontier model, its cybersecurity restrictions, and its planned rollout to paid ChatGPT users.
INDEXEDAUG. 31, 2026
AI music litigation opens two new fronts
Music publishers sue Anthropic over lyrics; artists challenge Suno over names and likenesses.
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