> SciAm writes "in a sense, the LLM found and exploited a loophole in the framing of the question".

God, it’s embarrassing to read stuff like this. They’re making it seem as if everyone involved was either stupid or dishonest just so they can pretend they have a scoop here.

There's a big market in journalism to take down the popular thing in the news. "Everyone is wrong" and here is my article where I wildly exaggerates some minor details to justify the headline which made you click on the article.