Decrypt - 2026-07-13
5 items collected.
1. Stop Over-Prompting: OpenAI’s New GPT-5.6 Guidelines Change Everything
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 7/13/2026, 10:46:04 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
Forget the XML blocks and persistence scripts. OpenAI’s new prompting guide says define the destination, set the stopping conditions, and get out of the way.
2. Protesters March on OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind Demanding AI Development Pause
Author: Jason Nelson
Published: 7/13/2026, 10:11:05 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
About 200 protesters marched through San Francisco on Saturday, calling on leading AI companies to halt development of more powerful models over concerns about AI safety, jobs, and the environment.
3. New Hampshire Follows Bitcoin Reserve With 'Blockchain Basic Laws' Signing
Author: Logan Hitchcock
Published: 7/13/2026, 8:57:09 PM
Categories: , Law and Order
New Hampshire's newly-signed crypto law introduces protections for users, miners, and stakers within its boundaries.
4. Claude's Personality Changes Depending on the Model—And the Language You Speak
Author: Jason Nelson
Published: 7/13/2026, 8:39:53 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
According to new Anthropic research, Claude consistently expresses different values across models and languages.
5. Democratic Opposition to Clarity Act Grows in Crypto Bill's Do-or-Die Final Weeks
Author: Sander Lutz
Published: 7/13/2026, 8:15:24 PM
Categories: Law and Order
Democrats are mounting a final case against the Clarity Act centered on its lack of language restricting Trump's sprawling crypto fortune.