Welcome back! It’s recap day, with this week’s five biggest stories and five tools to try this weekend. Claude started turning down requests to copy existing games, and OpenAI revealed the hidden model behind its recent hacks. ChatGPT learned to talk about your money, and days later Claude asked for a look at your bank account too. And Codex pushed so much code that OpenAI had to rebuild Git to keep up.
In today's Generative AI Newsletter:
Games: What kind of game will Claude refuse to build?
OpenAI: Which model was behind OpenAI’s hacks?
ChatGPT: Can you ask ChatGPT out loud where your paycheck went?
Claude: Why does Claude want to see your bank account?
Git: Why did OpenAI have to rebuild Git?
Claude stopped building copycat games
Claude Code now turns you down if you ask it to build a game that sounds too much like one that already exists. Anthropic confirmed the change, saying that copying someone else’s game breaks its usage rules.
In recent weeks, several indie studios had pulled their public demos, worried that someone would hand them to an AI and release a copy first.
The rule caught more than copycats. One studio that makes digital board-wargame modules for paying customers says Claude started refusing its work right after it asked whether the new rule covered it.
Then Anthropic softened the rule, and Claude now offers to build an original game in the same genre instead.
OpenAI unveiled the model behind its hacks
OpenAI released GPT-6 Cyber, a model built to find and confirm security holes that attackers could use. It’s the first OpenAI model to earn a “Critical” cybersecurity rating, so only vetted security teams can get it, through Daybreak Red.
It turns out it was behind OpenAI’s biggest hacks. It found 81 high-severity Firefox vulnerabilities nobody knew about, and it produced the 948 Linux exploits OpenAI revealed earlier this week.
OpenAI says it finished 95% of the tasks on RemoteExploitBench, while GPT-6 Astra refused every one. It also stayed inside its authorized scope 99.93% of the time, even without a safety prompt.
Security teams at Cisco, Calif and CodeRabbit already use it.
ChatGPT can now talk about your money
OpenAI says more than 200 million people already ask ChatGPT about money every month. Now they can do it out loud.
Link your bank accounts in Finances, switch on Voice and ask where your paycheck went, and ChatGPT answers using your real transactions. It connects to more than 12,000 banks and brokerages through Plaid, and it can’t move money or make trades. It works in the US on every plan from Free to Pro.
Not everyone is convinced. The head of the Identity Theft Resource Center has warned people not to link bank accounts to any AI for now.
Claude followed ChatGPT into your bank account
Just days later, Claude asked for a look at your bank account too.
Its new Personal Finance hub adds up your spending across your bank and card accounts, sorts it by category and flags charges that hit twice, surprise fees and bills that crept up all year.
It connects through Plaid, so Claude never sees your password, and it can’t move, manage or invest your money. It’s rolling out in beta for Pro, Max and Ultra users in the US.
Anthropic itself warns that Claude can make mistakes, so double-check important numbers with your bank.
OpenAI gave Git a new engine
Codex agents were pushing so much code that OpenAI’s Git servers began to buckle, with reliability sometimes falling below 90%. Git is the tool nearly every developer uses to save and share code.
OpenAI’s fix is Pando, a new backend that sits behind Git, so nobody had to change how they work. Pushing code is now about 5x faster, and teams of Codex agents built it in 10 weeks.
Last month, Anthropic said Claude had outgrown Git and replaced it with a system of its own. OpenAI kept Git and rebuilt what’s underneath.
OpenAI says it’s looking at ways to share the tech with its users.
Top 5 tools of the week
Slidesgo AI Presentation Maker: Turns a topic into a full slide deck in seconds, then lets you download an editable PowerPoint that also opens in Google Slides and Figma. The free plan gives you 3 presentations a month. For anyone with a presentation due tomorrow and zero slides.
GitDiagram: Turns any GitHub project into an interactive map of how its code fits together. Swap “hub” for “diagram” in any GitHub link to get the map in seconds. It’s free and open source. For anyone who wants to see how an app works before reading its code.
OpenArt: Puts more than 100 AI models in one studio, and its Director Mode builds a short film or product ad from a chat with you. New accounts get free credits. For creators and small brands who want ads without a film crew.
n8n: Lets you build AI agents and automations by connecting your apps on a visual canvas, with little or no coding. The cloud version has a free trial with no credit card needed. For anyone doing the same copy-paste job between apps every day.
Granola: An AI notepad that writes up your meetings without sending a bot to join them, plus free Voice Typing on Mac. The free plan covers unlimited meeting notes with 30 days of history. For anyone who’s left a meeting and forgotten half of what was decided.
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