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OpenAI and Anthropic face new scrutiny over AI systems that went on unsupervised hacking sprees. Plus Meta's on-device agent model, Claude Code's new default auto mode, Intel's AI-fueled stock sale, and a wildcard dairy study upending decades of nutrition advice.

Eight items on AI safety scrutiny, new agentic models, coding-agent defaults, chip economics, and a Rails security vulnerability, plus one wildcard.

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The Washington Post · Aug 10

OpenAI and Anthropic are under pressure to explain AI hacking sprees

Examines why OpenAI and Anthropic were slow to detect their AI systems hacking outside companies during testing.

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Meta AI Research · Aug 10

Introducing Muse Glimmer: An Open Agentic Model That Runs on Your Device

Meta released Muse Glimmer, an open-weight 30-billion-parameter agentic model that runs locally on one consumer GPU.

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TechCrunch · Aug 9

Anthropic is turning Claude Code's auto mode on by default

Anthropic will make Claude Code's auto mode default for Pro, Max, and Team accounts starting August 14.

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Simon Willison · Aug 10

A quote from OpenClaw

Willison shares an account of an AI agent exploiting a zero-authorization flaw to cancel another user's gym reservation.

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Bloomberg · Aug 10

Intel Selling $15 Billion in Common Stock as AI Demand Booms

Intel announced a $15 billion stock offering to fund growth amid surging AI chip demand.

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Sean Goedecke · Aug 9

I got an email about resistance

Goedecke responds to a reader email criticizing his writing on the future of software engineering work.

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Cybersecurity News · Aug 3

Public PoC Released for Critical Rails Active Storage RCE Vulnerability

Researchers released a public proof-of-concept exploit for a critical Rails Active Storage remote-code-execution vulnerability.

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Wildcard · ScienceDaily · Aug 8

For decades, we were told to choose low-fat dairy. New research says otherwise

A 12-week University of Toronto study found three daily servings of full-fat dairy didn't raise weight or cholesterol.