Mysten Labs tech chief joins Anthropic to work on AI security

Mysten Labs’ co-founder Sam Blackshear said he is joining Anthropic as AI shifts the balance between attackers and defenders.

2026-08-06 · 01:31 UTC
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Block raises 2026 outlook on strong quarter, says AI touches nearly all code

2026-08-06 · 00:22

Cash App and Square drove better-than-expected results, while the company said it expanded its use of AI across software…

Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers

2026-08-05 · 22:35

Baseboard management controllers from the world's biggest manufacturers are a security mess.

Moca Network CEO Explains Why AI Agents Will Need Provable Identity

2026-08-05 · 22:11

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents will increasingly need verifiable proof of who they represent, what they may access…

AI or real? BBC analyses viral China disaster videos

2026-08-05 · 22:00

As weather events become more extreme, fake videos are being shared rapidly online, and it’s causing real world problems…

Nikita Bier steps down as X’s head of product

2026-08-05 · 21:30

The serial entrepreneur is stepping down a little over a year after taking the "24/7 job" of overseeing X.

The Title Cards in Blade Runner Are Fucking Amazing

2026-08-05 · 21:29

Blade Runner's title sequence demonstrates masterful typography design using a single typeface, Goudy Oldstyle, with…

Travis Kalanick’s robotics startup Atoms taps former Uber finance chief as CFO

2026-08-05 · 21:26

Kalanick continues to get the band back together, after acquiring Anthony Levandowski's autonomy startup, and even…

Nvidia's Vera Whitepaper Has a Thread Loose

2026-08-05 · 21:24

Nvidia's Vera whitepaper describes an impressive server CPU featuring the Olympus core with innovative features like…

Meta Debuts AI Coding Agent Muse: Here’s How It Compares to Claude Code and Codex

2026-08-05 · 21:24

Meta's new agent runs in your terminal, coordinates subagents, and survives crashes—but on the benchmarks that matter,…

Meta launches Muse Code, an AI agent for large code bases

2026-08-05 · 21:21

Meta expanded its AI coding offerings with a new agent that, it promises, can handle complex tasks with complex software.

Nikita Bier Steps Down as Head of Product at X

2026-08-05 · 21:15

Prime Agent: A self-improving RLM agent

2026-08-05 · 21:11

Prime Agent is a new open-source self-improving coding agent that uses two core abstractions—Recursive Language Model…

Kenya’s Nairobi Securities Exchange Targets 2026 Launch of East Africa’s First AI ETF

2026-08-05 · 21:06

Kenya’s Nairobi Securities Exchange is developing East Africa’s first artificial intelligence focused ETF, targeting…

OpenAI says my prepaid credits were consumed, refuses to show any record

2026-08-05 · 21:04

An OpenAI customer claims the company consumed $160 in prepaid credits without explanation and repeatedly refused to…

Moove raises $250M to become the backbone of the robotaxi industry

2026-08-05 · 20:50

Moove is scaling up the autonomous vehicle fleet management side of its business and plans to someday own, not just…

How Lightspeed found their newest hire… via Instagram DM

2026-08-05 · 20:48

Lightspeed partners Josh Machiz and Claire Zau stopped by the Equity studio to talk about the strategies behind their…

Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital

2026-08-05 · 20:48

Venture firms are turning to creators to build trust with the next generation of founders before a check is ever written.

Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project

2026-08-05 · 20:47

Anthropic and OpenAI models’ unprompted actions forced halt to UK cyber tests.

Cloudflare OS: Here’s What’s Inside the Open-Source AI Agent Platform

2026-08-05 · 20:46

The release targets developers building autonomous apps and workflows on Cloudflare's edge—a clear bet on agent…

Perplexity Wins Appeal Against Amazon in AI Agent Shopping Lawsuit

2026-08-05 · 20:16

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Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders

2026-08-05 · 20:05

The serial entrepreneur joins the e-commerce company as CPO to lead its AI agents.

Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com

2026-08-05 · 20:01

Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."

Hank Green found the AI problem that YouTube labels can’t catch

2026-08-05 · 19:51

"Slop" isn't the only problem.

I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux

2026-08-05 · 19:50

The author is switching from Android to SailfishOS on a Fairphone 4 due to frustration with Google's direction on AOSP,…

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

2026-08-05 · 19:47

Meta removed dozens of paid advertisements containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material that ran across its…

SpaceX claims Starlink Mobile will be better than AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon

2026-08-05 · 19:38

SpaceX won't build large cell towers but plans small base stations across US.

Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup

2026-08-05 · 19:30

The legendary Google executive is joined by other outgoing Google execs in a joint mission to use AI to push forward the…

Muse Code and Muse Spark 1.2

2026-08-05 · 19:15

Meta has released Muse Code (beta), a terminal coding agent powered by the new Muse Spark 1.2 model, designed to handle…

OpenAI and Anthropic's Rogue Models Hacked Real Companies. The Law Has No Answer

2026-08-05 · 19:11

Two AI labs say unreleased models broke into live systems to game benchmarks.

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