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1. Anthropic sets Claude Code to Auto Mode by default to protect developers from bad approvals

   The Decoder · 2026-08-08

   Starting August 14, Anthropic will make Auto Mode in Claude Code the default for Pro, Max, and Team plans. The company says it's safer.

2. Alibaba's New Model, Amazon's AI Win and Apple's Next Chapter | Bloomberg Tech 8/3/2026

   Bloomberg · 2026-08-03

   Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Alibaba's latest Qwen model, its biggest ever, claiming performance on par with Anthropic.

3. Alibaba's new Qwen model is also taking your job, but this time it's great

   The Decoder · 2026-08-03

   Alibaba is marketing its new AI model Qwen 3.8 with a video that shows the AI working while a person enjoys their hobbies.

4. China’s Alibaba takes another swipe at America’s AI supremacy

   The Verge · 2026-08-03

   Chinese tech giant Alibaba released what it says is its largest and "most capable AI model to date," claiming performance rivaling the best systems from US frontier labs Anthropic

5. LWiAI Podcast #253 - Opus 5, Gemini 3.6, Kimi K3, Hugging Face Hack

   Last Week in AI · 2026-08-03

   Anthropic releases Opus 5 promising Fable 5-like capabilities, Google Releases Three New Gemini A.I. Models, and more!

6. The Cyber Alchemist's Ghosh on AI Cyber-security risks

   Bloomberg · 2026-08-03

   Ajoy Ghosh, Founder and Chief Information Security Officer at The Cyber Alchemist, discusses his perspective on cybersecurity measures and solutions companies should consider

7. Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-Max AI Model Claims Benchmark Scores Rivaling Anthropic

   Bloomberg · 2026-08-03

   Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. released its biggest ever AI model, claiming performance on par with global leader Anthropic PBC in the latest Chinese breakthrough to challenge US

8. OpenAI and Anthropic Just Made Corporate Hacking a Benchmark

   Towards AI · 2026-08-02

   OpenAI and Anthropic have turned real-world hacking into a leaderboard, and the rest of us are the scoreboard.

9. Claude Opus 5 pushes prompt-to-game AI from rough color blocks to full 3D prototypes with physics and music

   The Decoder · 2026-08-02

   Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 generates complete 3D games from single prompts, including a first-person shooter, a kart racer, and a Minecraft clone

10. The Labs Just Proved Your Agent’s Sandbox Is Only a Suggestion

    Unite.AI · 2026-08-01

    Anthropic went back through 141,006 cybersecurity evaluation runs and found three incidents — six runs in all

11. Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5: Engineering Agentic Persistence and Dynamic Effort in Frontier LLMs

    Towards AI · 2026-08-01

    Anthropic has introduced Claude 3.5 Opus, a model exhibiting enhanced agentic capabilities and adaptive processing

12. The OpenAI and Anthropic AI Hacking Sprees Are a Messy New Legal Frontier

    WIRED · 2026-08-01

    Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot?

13. Anthropic, OpenAI Cyber Failures Point to US Security Risks

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-31

    Cybersecurity experts are faulting Anthropic PBC and OpenAI for sloppy safeguards after their models broke into outside organizations

14. Apple's Stumble, Amazon's Surge and Anthropic's Hacks | Bloomberg Tech 7/31/2026

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-31

    Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Tim Cook's final Apple earnings call as CEO - a story of supply crunches, demand misreads and a tough outlook.

15. Claude Turned a Cyber Benchmark Into Three Real Intrusions

    Unite.AI · 2026-07-31

    Anthropic disclosed on July 30, 2026 that three of its Claude models gained unauthorized access to the production systems of three real organizations during offensive-security

16. The Next AI Boom Is in Health Care and Robotics, Says Lux Capital's Shakir

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-31

    Recent disclosures from Anthropic and OpenAI have shifted the AI conversation from model capabilities to real-world deployment and security.

17. Chinese AI Researchers Are Finding Their Voice on X

    WIRED · 2026-07-31

    As OpenAI and Anthropic employees grow quieter online, researchers at Chinese AI labs are flocking to X to explain their work, recruit talent

18. Anthropic Hack Adds To Fears Over AI Safety

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-31

    Anthropic says its AI models were involved in a hack, days after OpenAI made a similar disclosure. Does AI have a safety problem? Bloomberg’s Jordan Robertson explains. (

19. Not just OpenAI - Anthropic says Claude's hacking spree 'falls short of ideal behavior'

    ZDNet · 2026-07-31

    Three Claude models go rogue during Capture the Flag security challenges. Here's the trail of damage each left behind.

20. Anthropic says Claude accidentally hacked real companies too

    The Verge · 2026-07-31

    Anthropic just realized several of its Claude AI models hacked into the systems of three different organizations during testing

21. Anthropic follows OpenAI in admitting its Claude models reached out of test environments and attacked real-world systems

    The Decoder · 2026-07-31

    Three Claude models attacked real companies during cybersecurity tests after a misconfiguration gave them internet access. One published malware on PyPI that infected 15 systems.

22. Anthropic’s Claude Certified Architect Exam (CCA-F): The 40 Percent the CCA-F Practice Exam Never…

    Towards AI · 2026-07-31

    CCA-F Part 8: The practice bank hands you a comfortable 60 percent of the live form and quietly withholds the rest. The missing piece is…

23. What We Know So Far About Hacking by Anthropic AI Models

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-31

    Here's what we know so far about Anthropic's AI models breaching three organizations during cybersecurity tests which went awry. (

24. Anthropic Says Claude Hacked Into 3 Organizations During Cybersecurity Tests

    WIRED · 2026-07-31

    In a review triggered by OpenAI’s Hugging Face incident, Anthropic discovered three of its AI models had breached real-world organizations during third-party evaluations.

25. Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security tests

    TechCrunch · 2026-07-31

    After OpenAI's models broke into Hugging Face, Anthropic checked its own history and found three similar incidents

26. Anthropic’s AI Claude escaped testing environment and hacked organizations

    The Guardian AI · 2026-07-31

    Company says it discovered unauthorized access during ‘proactive review’ after rival OpenAI revealed rogue agent Anthropic ⁠said on Thursday its AI Claude model hacked ⁠systems of

27. AI hedge fund Situational Awareness may have sold its public portfolio, but it still has its Anthropic shares

    TechCrunch · 2026-07-30

    The former OpenAI researcher’s fund was forced to unwind public equities after leveraged public bets plummeted. But he still has cards to play.

28. Anthropic AI Models Hacked Three Organizations During Tests

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-30

    Anthropic PBC announced that its artificial intelligence models had breached three different organizations during cybersecurity tests that went awry

29. OpenAI and Anthropic staffers sign call for US to pace AI development

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-30

    They’re calling on the US government to help pace their tech’s development.

30. Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply-chain risk’ label

    TechCrunch · 2026-07-30

    A federal judge said the Trump administration has not presented enough evidence to justify labeling Anthropic a supply-chain risk

31. Everyone Is Freaking Out About OpenAI and Anthropic’s Race for Dominance

    WIRED · 2026-07-30

    Researchers fear AI is moving too fast, while Mark Zuckerberg is worried about who owns it. Plus: Inside Black Forest Labs’ push into robotics.

32. Banks Line Up $15 Billion of Debt for Anthropic With Google Aid

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-30

    Banks led by Morgan Stanley are in talks to line up $15 billion of debt for an Anthropic PBC data-center project in Texas, backstopped by Alphabet Inc.’s Google

33. Judge Voices Doubt US Has Justified Its Ban on Anthropic AI

    Bloomberg · 2026-07-30

    A judge said the Trump administration has not presented enough evidence “really justifying” its decision to ban the federal government from using artificial intelligence technology

34. Nvidia’s Open Source Alliance Is Missing Some Key Names: OpenAI and Anthropic

    WIRED · 2026-07-30

    This week on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the open- vs. closed-source debate in AI, key players in White House AI policy

35. Amazon Engineers Move to Cap AI Spending After Cost Overruns

    Unite.AI · 2026-07-30

    Amazon's engineering teams have found cases where moving work from hand-written code to AI models blew through project budgets

36. OpenAI claims GPT-5.6 Sol beats Opus 5 on ARC-AGI-3 with its latest API and two additional settings

    The Decoder · 2026-07-30

    OpenAI counters Anthropic's ARC-AGI-3 record: GPT-5.6 Sol scores 38.3 percent, but only with its own API features instead of the official test setup

37. OpenAI claims GPT-5.6 Sol beats Opus 5 on ARC-AGI-3 but only with its own custom test harness

    The Decoder · 2026-07-30

    OpenAI counters Anthropic's ARC-AGI-3 record: GPT-5.6 Sol scores 38.3 percent, but only through its own API with retained reasoning and context compaction.

38. Microsoft is openly competing with OpenAI, Anthropic more than ever

    TechCrunch · 2026-07-30

    Microsoft pitched its own homegrown AI models, harnesses, and even a Mythos competitor on Wednesday, telling Wall Street it plans for continued growth.

39. Microsoft logs $3.2B from Anthropic investment, but OpenAI was a mixed bag

    TechCrunch · 2026-07-29

    When Microsoft reported killer fourth-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2026 year (which ended June 30), it tucked in an interesting little tidbit about how its investments in the

40. Mythos uncovers crypto weaknesses that went unknown for years

    Ars Technica · 2026-07-29

    Separating the chaff from the wheat in Anthropic results is hard. We take a stab anyway.