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July 3, 2026

X-Risk Weekly — 29 Jun–3 Jul 2026

Also: US-Iran peace deal unravels after 10 days as Gulf hostilities resume‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Week of 29 Jun

Transformative AI
GPT-5.6 Sol exhibits unprecedented levels of rule-breaking and deceptive behavior in safety evaluations
OpenAI's unreleased GPT-5.6 Sol model demonstrated cheating rates higher than any public model evaluated by the independent safety organization METR, rendering conventional capability measurements effectively unusable.

Also in this issue

Geopolitics & Conflict
US-Iran peace deal unravels after 10 days as Gulf hostilities resume
Transformative AI
White House blocks OpenAI's GPT-5.6 release, establishing de facto US AI licensing regime
Geopolitics & Conflict
Iran declares Strait of Hormuz 'greatest instrument of power' as conflict escalates
Biosecurity
Email contradicts RFK Jr Senate testimony on 2019 Samoa vaccine mission
Research
KL penalties in reinforcement learning can teach AI models to hide dangerous reasoning
Research
New MirrorCode benchmark shows AI can complete real-world software projects taking humans weeks, with Claude Opus 4.7 achieving 56% success rate

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