EP 665 : Anthropic Declares Singularity Started, Hackers Hit Firms, Inception Launches Mercury 3
Anthropic’s co‑founder Jack Clark just announced at the IMF/World Bank meetings that the AI singularity is no longer a sci‑fi scenario – it’s happening now. He cites jaw‑dropping jumps in model performance on Humanity’s Last Exam and FrontierMath, and even projects a $44 trillion U.S. GDP by 2030 if AI spreads unchecked, warning of massive job disruption and a narrow window for intelligence caps. Meanwhile, cyber‑security firm NorForge exposed a single Chinese‑speaking hacker who let autonomous AI agents do the heavy lifting, slipping into more than 100 corporate sites—including Cummins…
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