September AI recap: machine-proved Fermat, GPT 6 Astra, state probes and a superintelligence ban push
peterwildeford · x · 2026-09-13
A recap of an insane September in AI:
- Sep 1–3: Fable 5.1, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, and GPT 6 Astra launch; 16 state AGs open a formal OpenAI probe; neuralese announced; Sanders-Casar superintelligence ban bill
- Sep 4: OpenAI–German wiki incident; Claude agents produce the first machine-checked proof of Fermat's Last Theorem
- Sep 6: Pachocki's "An Alien Mind"; OpenAI claims an automated research intern and publishes its research acceleration report
- Sep 8: 70+ MPs ask PM Burnham to ban superintelligence; an AI-assisted WeChat worm takes over phones; OpenAI claims a Millennium Prize problem solved; a one-person garage drug firm ships its second AI-designed candidate; Meta ships "Muse"; Jacob Coxon resigns
- Sep 9: an attacker used Codex + a DeepSeek model to compromise 395 organizations; Hawley opens an OpenAI probe over Hugging Face
- Sep 11–12: OpenAI–RubyGems incident; Dario, Sam and Elon all discuss pacing the frontier
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