Leaked Fable 5.5 checkpoint demo shows pure code generation

A r/ClaudeAI poster says Fable is "the only model with common sense" and directs other sessions effectively, despite burning through tokens quickly. They advise against letting Fable spawn agents and recommend setting usage limits.

With default settings, thinking on, max_tokens ≥ 1024 and no explicit reasoning_budget_tokens, Strata/PolyStrata caps thinking at 0.75 × max_tokens and injects a "wrap-up" line in the model's own voice.

A late-September executive order directs agencies to rename "artificial intelligence" as "Super Intelligence," a term that beat "Extreme Intelligence" and "Supreme Intelligence" in a Trump poll on X. Zuckerberg and Musk used the phrase on Q3 earnings calls; MIT Technology Review says one month in, the term is not catching on.

Ted Pick sees $10 trillion to $15 trillion of AI spending over the next decade, citing major productivity gains. Goldman's Solomon said capital markets see "very robust demand" to underwrite the AI infrastructure buildout.

A Psychology & Marketing study of 356 US companion users found higher ratings of attention, acceptance and fit tracked with stronger belonging and self-esteem, which in turn correlated with less loneliness. Belonging carried more weight than self-esteem; authors call it association, not proof of change.

OpenAI is preparing a second internal security sprint, working with Cathedral Systems to test and strengthen its defenses using AI. No dates, scope, or results were disclosed.