Science · November 2026Kudos level: Bravo
An Unreleased Anthropic Model Helped Settle a Quantum Computing Problem
Physical Superintelligence Inc. says a research system built around an unreleased Anthropic model proved the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture, open since 2008, in three days. The proof suggests quantum computing’s exponential advantages need special structure. Stanford researchers who had worked on the problem called it a huge result, though the proof has not been published or independently verified.
Source: Business Insider
Claude Code's 'Don't Ask Again' File Exposes Passwords and Keys in 1,122 Public GitHub Copies
Pick 'Yes, and don't ask again' and Claude Code saves the full approved command, secrets included, in .claude/settings.local.json, and never adds the file to .gitignore. Apiiro found 1,122 public copies holding at least one secret: 1,379 secrets including 379 database passwords, 43 SSH logins, 42 GitHub/GitLab/npm tokens, and 23 AWS keys, across 63 organizations. Bug reports date back to Aug 2025, all closed by bots with no Anthropic reply.
Source: The Hacker News