AI Can Cheat the Test: Authority Before Intelligence

Hi, I'm Connor with Honor - message me here! AI is moving from answering questions to running research loops, operating tools, and touching physical equipment. That makes one question more important than capability: who controls the authority? Connor connects OpenAI's decision to wind down model access for Cursor after its SpaceX acquisition, Anthropic's automated alignment researchers, and the early Model Hardware Standard for programmable devices. The common operational lesson is that vend...