Anthropic's Samsung chip, a self-writing agent, Safari's MCP server - July 3, 2026

Cortech Daily · Jul 3, 2026 · 8m

Anthropic courts Samsung for custom silicon, AI's real bill comes due at Google and Amazon, and a Meta AI chatbot hands over high-profile Instagram accounts - plus Pegasus spyware, a Scattered Spider extradition, and a stealthy new Mac stealer.

(0:00) - Intro

(0:20) - Anthropic explores a custom chip with Samsung - source

(1:09) - Simon Willison ships an agent that wrote itself - source

(1:59) - WebKit ships a Safari MCP server - source

(2:46) - Zuckerberg concedes AI agents are lagging - source

(3:35) - AI's real cost shows up in Google and Amazon emissions - source

(4:32) - A spyware…