Sonnet 5 Drops, Claude Science Opens the Black Box, and Amazon's Bribery Economy
Show notes
Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 5 alongside a new research division, Claude Science, which gives external safety researchers early access to probe for risks before public release — and partners already flagged some bio-capabilities that were stripped from the public model. We also cover a seller's account of an internal Amazon bribery network that deletes real negative reviews and sabotages honest competitors. Plus: Zluda 6 opens the door to running CUDA apps on non-Nvidia GPUs, a Virginia coun
Timeline
- 00:00:00 Opening
- 00:00:04 Introduction and Episode Overview
- 00:00:38 Claude Science and Sonnet 5: External Safety Testing Before Launch
- 00:02:23 Claude Code Caught Steganographically Marking API Requests
- 00:03:48 Amazon Seller Exposes Internal Bribery and Review Manipulation Network
- 00:05:36 Zluda 6: Running CUDA Applications on Non-Nvidia GPUs
- 00:07:04 Loudoun County Data Centers Strain Grid and Force School Power Cuts
- 00:08:07 US Ambassador in Belgium Accused of Blocking Journalist's Reporting
- 00:09:16 European Digital ID Wallets Depend on Google and Apple Attestation
- 00:10:09 Home-Built mmWave Radar Classifies Materials from RF Signatures
- 00:11:05 US Labor Share of Income Falls to Lowest Post-War Level
- 00:12:30 Outro
Related links
- Claude Science - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
- Claude Sonnet 5 - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
- Claude Code is steganographically marking requests - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
- Amazon seller reveals glimpse of shadow bribery market - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
- Zluda 6 release (run unmodified CUDA applications on non-Nvidia GPUs) - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
- County with 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to 'Conserve Electricity' - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
- The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
- European digital ID wallets rely on safety services of Google and Apple - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
- I built a mmWave material classification radar (2025) - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
- The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level - Bri Hacker News Campaign Feed
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