OpenAI Researchers Deny Wrongdoing

Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.

OpenAI faces backlash over fired researchers; Claude adds live dashboards as AI tools uncover a hot, Earth-sized exoplanet in NASA data.

• Hottest AI News

• Top AI & SaaS Tools

• AI Tutorial: Produce 3D Scenes in Blender With Claude

• Top AI & Tech News

• AI Art Spotlight

• Prompt of the Day: Pre-Launch Prompt for Vibe Coders

• Featured Video

• Course of the Day: Building AI Agents by Microsoft

Hottest AI News

OpenAI

OpenAI Faces Backlash as Fired Researchers Challenge Misconduct Claims

OpenAI fired safety researchers Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang and Mikita Balesni over alleged mishandling of sensitive data. Currently, all three are challenging the claims, warning that sudden rule changes could silence staff.

Details:

• They deny leaking to The Information about less-monitorable AI. They say their external safety work, including the Hugging Face probe, was within policy and known to senior leaders

• Wang says OpenAI granted her an executive's email use for hiring, then failed to revoke it. She says she flagged an accidentally opened sensitive email within minutes and asked IT again

• The trio wants embedded outside auditors, monitorable AI and open debate, fearing an auditor pullback. OpenAI endorses those goals but denies retaliation, citing a "pattern of misconduct"

After Superalignment turmoil and a recent safety exit over culture, Anthropic's embedded evaluator raises the bar. OpenAI needs to follow through.

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Anthropic

Claude Adds Live Dashboards and Editable Motion With Adobe Tools

Claude is moving beyond answers. Anthropic launched two beta tools to turn business data into live dashboards and ideas into fully editable animations. Docs, Slides and Design also left beta and work on F-r-e-e plans.

Details:

• Connect Snowflake, BigQuery or Salesforce, ask why sales dropped, and Claude builds dynamic charts that refresh with the data. Check the query and last refresh behind every chart

• Claude Motion animates reports, charts or ideas into short clips using editable code, not AI footage. Fix words, numbers or timing without remaking it, then export MP4

• “Send to Adobe” opens Motion in Firefly Video Editor. Rearrange clips, tweak pacing, color and sound, add footage or generate scenes. Adobe’s Deepti Pradeep demonstrated the workflow online

Adobe’s Claude plugin adds 80+ tools from Photoshop, Premiere, Acrobat and Express. AI creates the first version; you can polish it with full control.

Top AI & SaaS Tools

• Hello Aria (Life-time Deal): Chat-based productivity assistant that converts text, voice notes, and images into organized tasks, reminders, notes, meeting minutes, and calendar events

• Zernio: Provides marketing infrastructure that lets developers integrate multiple communication and advertising channels through a single API

• MAI-Code-1.1-Flash: AI coding model that builds websites, apps, and software by writing, editing, and debugging code through GitHub Copilot [F-R-E-E to Try]

• Google Labs Playground: Experimental gaming platform where users in the US can create and play their own games without any coding experience [F-R-E-E to Try]

• Voyager: Open creative harness for producing professional-quality video, graphics, music, and games with AI models and external creative software

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AI Tutorial

How to Build 3D Scenes in Blender With Claude Code

Imagine telling Blender what to create instead of building everything by hand. With Claude Code and BlenderMCP, you can connect AI directly to Blender and control parts of your scene using everyday language.

1. Install Blender

   Download and install Blender, then open it normally and make sure everything is working before adding MCP.

2. Install MCP Extension

   Install the Blender MCP extension. In Blender, go to Edit → Preferences → Add-ons, find Blender MCP, and enable it.

3. Start Blender MCP

   Open the BlenderMCP panel and start its connection. Keep Blender open so Claude Code can communicate with the active scene.

4. Connect Claude Code

   Open Terminal in your project folder and run:

   claude mcp add blender uvx blender-mcp

   This registers BlenderMCP as a tool Claude Code can use.

5. Check MCP Setup

   Run:

   claude mcp get blender

   You can also use claude mcp list to check whether Blender appears among your configured MCP servers.

6. Ask Claude to Verify It

   Give Claude a prompt like:

   “Check my Blender MCP connection before editing anything. Confirm Blender is reachable, verify the MCP configuration and connection, and tell me when the scene is ready for commands.”

7. Create 3D Scene

   Test it with:

   “Use Blender MCP to create my initials as large 3D letters. Add chrome materials, floating metallic spheres, dramatic lighting, and a cinematic camera angle like a futuristic event poster.”

   From there, keep giving Claude plain-English instructions to change the objects, materials, lighting, or camera.

Note: Ask Claude to inspect the current scene before making large changes so it understands what objects already exist.

Top AI & Tech News

• A researcher used Claude Code and Codex to find strong evidence of a hot, Earth-sized exoplanet hidden in seven years of NASA TESS data, plus a possible second planet

• Ben Affleck impressed the internet by demonstrating deep AI expertise and advocating for ethical, artist-focused uses of the technology in filmmaking

• Anthropic’s latest annual usage policy bans “sustained and needless” abuse of Claude, marking its first rule specifically aimed at protecting the AI itself

• Association for Human Mathematics criticizes OpenAI’s release of over 700 AI-generated math papers, warning they undermine scientific research standards

AI Art Spotlight

Create Your Own Photo Like This Using the Prompt Below:

Create a 4:5 vertical ultra-premium HP OMEN marketing poster titled “UNLEASH,” built around OMEN’s signature design philosophy: precision, power, minimal aggression, dark luxury, and engineered performance. Avoid Nike-inspired visuals, sneaker advertising, gaming-room aesthetics, RGB chaos, cyberpunk, and gaming clichés. Transform the iconic OMEN diamond into the entire visual architecture, using oversized geometric structures, angular light cuts, architectural shadows, and illuminated diamond forms. Feature a hero HP OMEN laptop floating centrally at a precise three-quarter angle, rendered like a luxury performance machine in Porsche GT3 automotive photography, combining Apple-like restraint with OMEN’s aggressive identity. Make “UNLEASH” dominate nearly 50% of the canvas in ultra-wide futuristic geometric typography, integrated into the architecture like laser-cut lettering. Use a deep matte-black environment with graphite gradients, gunmetal surfaces, titanium reflections, sharp shadows, subtle fog, and sophisticated depth. Add refined industrial graphics, blueprint annotations, measurement marks, grid references, and micro typography featuring “OMEN PERFORMANCE DIVISION,” “POSTER NO. 08,” and “ENGINEERED FOR VICTORY.” Establish a clear copy hierarchy: primary headline “UNLEASH”; secondary headline “PERFORMANCE WITHOUT LIMITS”; body copy “Every frame matters. Every decision counts. Designed for players who demand precision. Built for those who refuse compromise. Victory starts here.” Include a premium automotive-style specification grid: INTEL® CORE™ ULTRA 9, NVIDIA® RTX™ 5090, 240HZ QHD DISPLAY, and OMEN TEMPEST COOLING. Use matte black, graphite gray, titanium silver, and ice white, with subtle electric cyan and minimal OMEN red accents. Apply commercial product photography, precision spotlights, automotive-grade reflections, controlled edge lighting, geometric highlights, cinematic contrast, deep shadows, architectural light beams, floating shadows, diamond reflections, and subtle atmospheric haze. Preserve luxurious negative space, flawless typography spacing, precise alignment, and a cohesive product-first composition. The result must feel unmistakably HP OMEN: powerful, engineered, expensive, precise, and trustworthy. Deliver ultra-photorealistic 8K HDR quality, hyper-detailed product rendering, luxury industrial aesthetics, Cannes Lions-caliber creative direction, Behance-featured design, and magazine-cover-quality execution. Strict 4:5 vertical aspect ratio.

Model: ChatGPT Images 2.5 / Nano Banana 2.1

Prompt of the Day

The Must-Have Pre-Launch Prompt for Vibe Coders

This prompt helps vibe coders prepare their apps for launch by checking usability, performance, security, mobile responsiveness, error handling, and overall product quality. It guides you through commonly overlooked details before going live, helping you identify problems early, improve the user experience, and launch with greater confidence.

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AI Course of the Day

Practical Deep Learning for Coders by Fast AI

This course teaches you how to apply deep learning and machine learning to real-world problems through practical, hands-on projects. You’ll learn computer vision, NLP, tabular data, recommendation systems, model deployment, and how to work with tools like PyTorch, fastai, and Hugging Face.