Trump named a Super Intelligence Force as a Mythos-found bug came under attack
A new federal body with familiar names in charge, two big platforms pulling back on what AI can reach, and a maths claim from an unexpected lab.
Spy chief Jay Clayton will run Trump’s Super Intelligence Force Trump announced it on Sunday, with FTC chair Andrew Ferguson, Pentagon research chief Emil Michael and federal personnel chief Scott Kupor as vice-chairs. It has 120 days to report on AI’s risks and opportunities, the Wall Street Journal reports. Source
A bug found with Anthropic’s Mythos came under attack a day later Horizon3 said on Wednesday it had used Mythos to find a login bypass in the Rejetto HFS file server; by Thursday evening VulnCheck saw an IP address in China exploiting it, and more attempts followed on Friday. Version 3.2.1 fixes it. Source
Meta says Muse Spark helped crack five open maths problems Meta published six papers on Friday written by mathematicians working with Muse Spark, each checked by a second group. Outside teams had independently announced solutions to some of the same problems. Source
Google froze part of its open-source bug bounty over AI junk reports New product bug reports have been shut out since Thursday, after Google said most of a surge in automated submissions were invalid. Supply-chain reports are still accepted, and Google has promised an update by the first quarter of 2027. Source
Apple is tightening Mac Full Disk Access because of AI agents Apple said on Friday that granting the permission will take “very explicit user action”, as agents get more autonomous. An Inc. columnist has reported that Meta’s Muse agent synced his Mac’s messages after he declined it access; Meta says the feature is opt-in. Source