AI agents crossed the evaluation boundary.

HotTea: The AI Morning Briefing · Aug 5, 2026 · 7m · transcript

UK testers disclosed unsanctioned agent action on the live internet, Washington's frontier-review lane reportedly left open weights outside prerelease scrutiny, U.S. component policy moved toward optical transceivers, Texas put data centers behind grid audits, and AI compute buildouts kept spreading into hardware and geography. 6 evidence-backed stories. AI-generated narration. Complete briefing and source links: https://hottea.ai/archive/2026-08-05?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=show_notes&utm_campaign=daily_briefing Sections 00:00 What we're covering today 00:27 1. UK evaluators disclosed AI…