Claude Code’s product lead talks usage limits, transparency, and the “lean harness”
“We have no grand plan,” says Anthropic’s Cat Wu—but that’s by design.
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Topic: agentic AI
Anthropic’s Claude Managed Agents can now “dream,” sort of
Also, 5-hour usage limits will double for Pro and Max users of Claude Code.
Samuel Axon
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Anthropic tested removing Claude Code from the Pro plan
Untenable demand has Anthropic exploring new approaches to rationing its service.
Samuel Axon
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New Codex features include the ability to use your computer in the background
An in-app browser allows visual feedback while building websites and more.
Samuel Axon
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OpenClaw gives users yet another reason to be freaked out about security
The viral AI agentic tool let attackers silently gain admin unauthenticated access.
Dan Goodin
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Claude Code can now take over your computer to complete tasks
But Anthropic urges caution as “research preview” safeguards “aren’t absolute.”
Kyle Orland
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Meta acquires Moltbook, the AI agent social network
The viral social network project was created with OpenClaw.
Samuel Axon
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Perplexity announces “Computer,” an AI agent that assigns work to other AI agents
It’s also a buttoned-down, ostensibly safer take on the OpenClaw concept.
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An AI coding bot took down Amazon Web Services
Blames “user error, not AI error” for incident in December involving its Kiro tool.
Financial Times
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Retraction: After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name
This story has been retracted
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Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler
The $20,000 experiment compiled a Linux kernel but needed deep human management.
Benj Edwards
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AI companies want you to stop chatting with bots and start managing them
Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Frontier pitch a future of supervising AI agents.
Benj Edwards
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With GPT-5.3-Codex, OpenAI pitches Codex for more than just writing code
The emphasis is on “mid-turn steering and frequent progress updates.”
Samuel Axon
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The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat
We don’t need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts.
Benj Edwards
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OpenAI picks up pace against Claude Code with new Codex desktop app
The macOS app does everything the CLI, IDE, and web interfaces do.
Samuel Axon
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AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it’s getting weird fast
Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.
Benj Edwards
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Users flock to open source Moltbot for always-on AI, despite major risks
The open source “Jarvis” chats via WhatsApp but requires access to your files and accounts.
Benj Edwards
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OpenAI spills technical details about how its AI coding agent works
Unusually detailed post explains how OpenAI handles the Codex agent loop.
Benj Edwards
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eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents
New policy requires “buy for me” AI tools and chatbots to obtain permission before accessing the platform.
Benj Edwards
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Hegseth wants to integrate Musk’s Grok AI into military networks this month
US defense secretary announces plans for integration despite recent controversies.
Benj Edwards
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Anthropic launches Cowork, a Claude Code-like for general computing
Users can give Claude access to a folder and tell it what to do for them.
Samuel Axon
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How AI coding agents work—and what to remember if you use them
From compression tricks to multi-agent teamwork, here’s what makes them tick.
Benj Edwards
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OpenAI built an AI coding agent and uses it to improve the agent itself
“The vast majority of Codex is built by Codex,” OpenAI told us about its new AI coding agent writing code.
Benj Edwards
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OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 after “code red” Google threat alert
Company claims new AI model tops Gemini and matches humans on 70% of work tasks.
Benj Edwards
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A new open-weights AI coding model is closing in on proprietary options
Devstral 2 model scores 72% on industry benchmark, nearing proprietary rivals.
Benj Edwards
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Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas
Report: Microsoft declared “the era of AI agents” in May, but enterprise customers aren’t buying.
Benj Edwards
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Claude Code gets a web version—but it’s the new sandboxing that really matters
Sandboxing lessens hassle, but fire-and-forget agentic tools still pose risks.
Samuel Axon
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ChatGPT Pulse delivers morning updates based on your chat history
New mobile chatbot feature analyzes conversations overnight.
Benj Edwards
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Developers joke about “coding like cavemen” as AI service suffers major outage
Anthropic outage takes down AI tools some developers rely on to create software.
Benj Edwards
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Anthropic’s auto-clicking AI Chrome extension raises browser-hijacking concerns
Malicious websites can embed invisible commands that AI agents will follow blindly.
Benj Edwards
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OpenAI launches GPT-5 free to all ChatGPT users
New model claims fewer confabulations, better coding, and “safe completions” approach.
Benj Edwards
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test
“This step is necessary to prove I’m not a bot,” wrote the bot as it passed an anti-AI screening step.
Benj Edwards
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ChatGPT’s new AI agent can browse the web and create PowerPoint slideshows
New “agentic” AI feature combines web browsing with task-execution abilities.
Benj Edwards
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Anthropic summons the spirit of Flash games for the AI age
AI chatbot codes browser-based apps from plain English with classic web vibes.
Benj Edwards
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New Claude 4 AI model refactored code for 7 hours straight
Anthropic says Claude 4 beats Gemini on coding benchmarks; works autonomously for hours.
Benj Edwards
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OpenAI introduces Codex, its first full-fledged AI agent for coding
It replicates your development environment and takes up to 30 minutes per task.
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