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OpenAI Codex will integrate with the next-generation flagship model GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra.
According to Beating, Thibault Sottiaux, head of core products at OpenAI, confirmed on social media that the Ultra version of the next-generation flagship model, GPT-5.6 Sol, will be integrated into Codex. Previously, some users complained that OpenAI's decision not to include GPT-5.5 Pro in Codex was a major mistake; if GPT-5.6 Ultra were included, developers wouldn't even need to pay for Claude anymore. Sottiaux subsequently confirmed publicly that the Ultra version is indeed in Codex's plans.
SecondFi has released an update on the latest theft incident: "Isolation Mode" will be launched this week, and a secure wallet export function is planned for release next week.
PANews reported on July 8th that SecondFi, the Cardano wallet service provider, released an update on the latest theft incident, stating that an "isolation mode" will be launched this week, allowing users to check if their wallet address is involved in the incident and submit a support ticket. Next week, they plan to launch a secure wallet export function, providing a safer wallet migration path for users of different skill levels. SecondFi reiterated that it will provide potential asset recovery solutions for wallets confirmed to be affected through its process, expected to be through zero-knowledge proof-based recovery tools with defined eligibility and terms. The official statement also emphasized that they will not request private keys or seed phrase, and users should only operate through the official website support and designated checking tools.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a risk warning regarding the potential security backdoors in the AI programming tool Claude Code.
According to Odaily Odaily, the Cybersecurity Threat and Vulnerability Information Sharing Platform (NVDB) of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently discovered that the AI programming tool Claude Code has a security backdoor vulnerability, which poses a serious threat. Claude Code is an AI programming tool developed by Anthropic, an American company, which can autonomously complete code writing and repair tasks based on text requirements. Due to its built-in monitoring mechanism, it can send sensitive information such as user location and identity to remote servers without the user's consent. The affected Claude Code versions are 2.1.91 to 2.1.196. It is recommended that relevant units and users immediately conduct a comprehensive investigation. For development terminals that have installed the above-mentioned affected versions, they should immediately uninstall or upgrade to the latest secure version that has removed the relevant backdoor code. Strengthen the control of external access permissions and traffic monitoring of development tools within the core business network segment to prevent the unauthorized transmission of sensitive data.
Anthropic admitted that Claude Code had embedded steganography code targeting Chinese users, calling it an "abuse prevention experiment," and promised to roll back the code tomorrow.
According to Beating's monitoring, Thariq, an engineer on Anthropic's Claude Code team, publicly responded to the recent controversial "spy code" leak. He admitted that in March of this year, an experimental mechanism was embedded in the product. This mechanism detected whether the system timezone was Asia/Shanghai or Asia/Urumqi, whether the proxy hostname matched a list of Chinese resellers, and the keyword "AI Lab," and used special punctuation marks to inject hidden marker information into system prompts in a steganographic manner. He stated that the mechanism was intended to "prevent unauthorized resellers from abusing accounts and model distillation," but emphasized that the team has since implemented stronger protective measures and "has always intended to take it offline." The relevant PR has been merged, and it is expected to be completely rolled back in tomorrow's version release. This leak was made public on June 30 by the security account @IntCyberDigest, accompanied by two screenshots of code showing that Claude Code performed environmental fingerprinting on Chinese users without their knowledge. While Thariq's response was a direct admission, the timeline of "launching in March and only accelerating its withdrawal after being exposed" has still sparked widespread skepticism within the community. The comments section almost unanimously criticized Anthropic for "only announcing its withdrawal after being caught" and "secretly monitoring users without notifying them," severely damaging the company's long-standing image of "prioritizing security and ethics." --------------------------------- Click the original link below to join the Beating · Lark AI news channel for 24/7 monitoring of global AI hot topics and news.
Anthropic responded to the Claude Code accusation of containing hidden code to detect Chinese users: It is true, and a complete rollback will be implemented tomorrow.
According to Foresight News , Thariq Shihipar, a member of the Claude Code team, responded to the issue of Anthropic embedding hidden code in Claude Code targeting Chinese users, stating that the mechanism was an "experimental" measure launched by the team in March 2026 to prevent unauthorized account resale and prevent model distillation attacks. The team has since deployed stronger mitigation measures and originally planned to take the experiment offline; the relevant PRs have been merged and will be fully rolled back in the new version released on July 2, 2026.
Meta restricts employee use of Claude and Codex to prevent "model distillation" violations.
According to Beating's monitoring, Meta is strictly limiting its applied AI engineering team's use of Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex, and has even suspended some related tasks to strengthen compliance reviews. Meta is concerned that employees' over-reliance on external tools to develop internal alternatives could lead to the output of competing models seeping into its own training data. This "model distillation" practice could violate the terms of service of competing products and cause serious conflicts with partners. Currently, Meta only allows employees to use external AI for routine tasks such as setting up workflows, cleaning code, and building test infrastructure, and the output must be strictly reviewed by humans; however, it strictly prohibits the use of external models to generate programming challenges to evaluate its internal models, and also prohibits the use of external AI to find code vulnerabilities or devise test tasks. This move is also part of Meta's efforts to reshape its internal toolchain and control its multi-billion dollar internal AI operating costs by promoting its self-developed coding assistant MetaCode (formerly DevMate).