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Over 100 companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google warn of a coming wave of AI-enabled cyberattacks, as Anthropic preps its IPO prospectus for after Labor Day and signs a $45 billion Nscale compute deal. Plus Claude gets its own browser, Salesforce and Anthropic launch Claudeforce, and a wildcard: a 324-million-year-old fossil rewrites how insects conquered land.

Ten items on AI labs' security warnings, compute deals, and enterprise partnerships this week, plus software engineering and a wildcard on insect evolution.

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Lucas Ropek · TechCrunch · Aug 27

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI

Over 100 companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, sign an open letter urging coordinated defense against AI-enabled cyberattacks.

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Reuters · Aug 27

Anthropic plans to publicly unveil IPO prospectus after Labor Day, the Information reports

Anthropic plans to unveil its IPO prospectus after Labor Day, targeting a listing in late September or October.

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Lucas Ropek · TechCrunch · Aug 26

Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in $45 billion deal with Nscale

Anthropic agrees to a six-year, $45 billion deal renting Nvidia-powered compute from British infrastructure firm Nscale.

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Anthropic · Aug 26

Claude gets its own browser in Cowork

Claude Cowork adds a built-in browser so Claude can navigate websites and complete tasks without a user's own browser.

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Salesforce · Aug 26

Salesforce and Anthropic Announce Claudeforce

Salesforce and Anthropic launch Claudeforce, embedding Claude into Salesforce's data, workflows, and agentic experiences for pilot customers.

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Zac Hall · 9to5Mac · Aug 26

OpenAI expands free ChatGPT for Teachers to 55 school systems across 20 states

OpenAI expands its free ChatGPT for Teachers program to 55 more school systems across 20 states.

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Gergely Orosz · Pragmatic Engineer · Aug 26

Why performant code matters (but gets widely ignored), with Casey Muratori

Gergely Orosz interviews Casey Muratori on why software performance is overlooked and his critique of clean code.

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Richard MacManus · Latent Space · Aug 26

Lovable CTO: The Future of SaaS Is Apps That Agents Can Use

Lovable's CTO describes exposing app functions as MCP tools so AI agents can use software without a human interface.

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Claudio Baccigalupo · Rails · Aug 21

Banner or no banner, that's the question

This week's Rails roundup covers a new --no-banner console option and other framework updates.

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Wildcard · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Aug 27

324-million-year-old fossil reveals how insects conquered land

A 324-million-year-old fossil with paddle-like limbs suggests insects passed through a long amphibious phase before going fully terrestrial.