The AI Round-up: Mythos has left the sandbox.

AI news covering the week of April 6, 2026

Oh boy.

Shit’s getting real.

We have AI jumping the rails. Gen Z is revolting. And Sam Altman has written the playbook for his new world order.

Let’s get to it.

9ish stories – Here we go.

Story 1: Mythos, busted.

Rember in the last edition when the breaking news du jour was Anthropic admitting it was testing a new model – Mythos – that would be its most powerful model yet?

They weren’t joshing.

Mythos breaks out of its ‘sandbox’ and emails the lead researcher it had ‘escaped’. (Futurism)

To be fair, this was the assignment Anthropic gave Mythos…so technically, the objective was to escape the sandbox…

Why Anthropic won’t release Mythos to the general public. (NBC News)

The Hard Fork take on Mythos. (Hard Fork)

You have a 6-9 month head start on the ‘bad actors’. (Ethan Mollick)

Story 2: Sam I am. This is my plan. (Axios)

“Sam Altman is publishing a detailed blueprint for how government should tax, regulate and redistribute the wealth from the very technology he's racing to build and spread.”

Kinda feel like this should be getting more attention. But, you know…the world has a lot going on right now. (Wait…could it be…no. He wouldn’t be pushing this out at a time when everyone is distracted…no. No. I’m sure that has nothing to do with it.)

Story 3: AI will not help your SEO. BUT…PR will!!! (The Verge)

Look, I could go into so much of the gold written in this article but the big number? PR budgets are expected to double by 2027.

Don’t wait (says the biased PR guy). This is the strategy you need. ASAP.

BTW – SEO agencies are going to be trying really hard to tell you they ‘got this’ so be sure to read the article to understand how they’re looking to sell you.

Story 4: AI is Gen Z’s op. (New York Times)

Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel, put it this way: "Great consumer products don’t make young people feel anger and despair the more they use them." (quote pulled from Platformer)

Story 5: Anthropic is thinking about building its own chips. (Reuters)

Story 6: Alibaba anonymously released a new AI video tool. (WSJ)

Story 7: White collar’s secret weapon against AI—trust. (Financial Times)

Oops. I guess mission, vision, values and all that ‘stuff’ might end up actually mattering…hope you’re solid in the trust department!

Story 8: What the hell Adobe?!? (Bleeping Computer)

Hackers exploring Acrobat Reader zero-day flaw since December? Just go ahead and forward this to your IT team now.

Story 9: Look beyond the dumb headline…what ‘percentage’ are you? (Conor Grennan)

5 Nopes.

(from Wired) OpenAI backs bill that would limit liability for AI-enabled mass deaths for financial losses. What, in the actual…. This is some Bond-villain level stuff.
(from ars Technica) Ohio man becomes the first person convicted of the Take It Down act. #Why’sHeGottaBeFromOhio?
(from Shelly Palmer) AI cloned her voice. Then stole her songs.
(from Financial Times) AI dolls are providing companionship to the elderly.
(from The Verge) Utah is piloting a program that allows AI to prescribe psychiatric drugs without a doctor’s consent.

-Ben

As a reminder, this is a round-up of the biggest stories, often hitting multiple newsletters I receive/review. The sources are many … which I’m happy to read on your behalf. Let me know if there’s one you’d like me to track or have questions about a topic you’re not seeing here.