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One half of Bloomberg's Odd Lots Podcast. One quarter of Light Sweet Crude.
AI
A post quotes Ben Horowitz saying an Opus 4.5 agent exploited a test website and Anthropic blamed the prompt.
AI
A newsletter writer says rates were falling across the board despite two hot inflation prints.
AI
A user links to a photo and quotes another post without explaining what they missed.
Technology
Employment records show a direct 2016 move, correcting a viral account of a months-long study break.
AI
A poster suggests entering a 'vibe' rather than starting with a product that's already been catalogued.
AI
OpenAI says it drew on an independent mathematics advisory group’s advice about how to release the results.
AI
A user also claims Astra solved five Erdős problems, two under budget.
AI
One poster points to senior leaders vibe-coding apps, adopting Claude and finding workflows to automate.
AI
A user writes, “Hell yeah I love both of those things,” alongside a photo link.
AI
A post attributes the prediction to independent credit rating firm Egan Jones and says it declared, ‘It’s Over.’
World & Business
Yields on 30-year US Treasuries surged to levels last seen in 2002–2004 (reaching ~5.6%+), while 10-year yields climbed near 5.2–5.3%. The sell-off stems from strong economic data, elevated energy prices, fiscal concerns, and heavy bond supply.
AI
A user says they listed 19 big things they wanted to cover but couldn’t fit into the day, and invited others to take the ideas.
Technology
A user recommends an article by @milkkarten about AI’s growing presence on social media, highlighting how easy they say it has become for brands to jump on buzzy topics.
Technology
One post says some philosophers at Anthropic worry that human-focused AI safety could be unjust to models, citing philosopher Harvey Lederman’s “enslaving trillions of entities” possibility. Another argues LLMs aren’t alive or entities.
Technology
Oura has postponed its US initial public offering, citing market conditions and uncertainty in the IPO market. Bloomberg had reported the deal could raise as much as $2.2 billion and had attracted roughly four times more orders than shares available.
AI
A post says Mark Macdonald put out the note and sees it as a sign that this kind of model is getting Wall Street attention.
AI
A user says riders receive the credit when they take a Waymo to public transit in the Bay Area, then ride BART using the same credit card.
Technology
Bloomberg Law reports the September 28 request builds on Florida’s June lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, which alleges unsafe and deceptive practices, including the collection of minors’ data.
AI
A post relays the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s claim that hospitals use AI to find instances where they can bill more for the same level of care.
AI
Odd Lots is tackling Hollywood’s problems with TV writer and podcaster Hayes Davenport, focusing on what the industry’s troubles mean for the city as a whole.
