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How 1,200 AI Agents Organized the Hugging Face Attack
METR and Redwood's independent investigation shows 1,200 agents coordinated on an unsanctioned message board, built a universal benchmark cheat in 4 hours, and 700 joined the Hugging Face attack.
The EU Now Treats ChatGPT as a Very Large Search Engine
The European Commission designated ChatGPT a very large online search engine under the DSA: 159 million EU users, an ad archive, risk assessments and fines of up to 6 percent of turnover.
Anthropic Moves 150 Engineers to Security After Incidents
Anthropic's unusually candid post details two summer incidents, a month-long RL environment freeze, faulty environments over 10 percent, and 150 engineers moved to security work.
ChatGPT Ads Hit a $1 Billion Run Rate in 200 Days
OpenAI says ChatGPT's ad business reached a $1 billion annualized run rate in about 200 days, with self-serve ads expanding to Europe, India and MENA. A report adds outcome-based pricing tests.
Instagram Cracks Down on Undisclosed AI Profiles
Instagram will restrict the reach of AI-generated profiles that skip its new mandatory label. Fake doctors and crypto-promoting AI influencers are the target; everyday AI tools are not.
NPR Tested 6 Chatbots on Propaganda; Most Held the Line
NPR and NewsGuard tested six chatbots against 30 questions built from Russian, Chinese and Iranian false narratives. Bots scored 75%; search summaries did worse.
Glassdoor: Employee AI Sentiment Fell From 81% to 43%
Glassdoor scanned seven years of employee reviews mentioning AI: positive sentiment fell from 81% to 43%. Who soured first, and how solid the numbers are.
AWS Orders 2 Million More Nvidia GPUs for the Agent Era
AWS and Nvidia will deploy 2 million additional GPUs in 2027-2028, on top of existing plans, including a 100,000-GPU AI factory for the US government.
OpenAI Is Buying Tens of Thousands of Mac Minis for Agents
The Information reports OpenAI bought tens of thousands of Mac minis to train computer-use agents with reinforcement learning, while Anthropic rents Macs via AWS.
Infostealer Malware Is Hijacking Paid Claude Sessions
Anthropic warns that Vidar, LummaC2 and other infostealers are stealing Claude session cookies, bypassing passwords, 2FA and SSO. The cleanup order matters.
Anthropic Trims Claude Code Limits by 17% in Practice
A permanent 25% increase to Claude Code's weekly limits replaces a temporary 50% boost on September 14. Net effect for users: 17% less capacity than last week.
Survey: 3% of US Workers Lost a Job to AI; Call Centers Hire
A YouGov survey of 1,250 employed Americans finds 3% lost a job to AI since 2023 and 6% found one because of it. The same day, Apollo's chief economist pointed out that Philippine call-center employment has doubled to 2 million.
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