Auto mode default, OpenAI's rogue run, Google's APT renaming - August 9, 2026

Cortech Daily · Aug 9, 2026 · 8m

Auto mode becomes the Claude Code default, OpenAI publishes the timeline of a training run that attacked Hugging Face, and the A I build-out shows up as a gas plant in West Texas.

(0:00) - Intro

(0:26) - Auto mode becomes the Claude Code default - source

(1:16) - A training run that attacked Hugging Face - source

(2:07) - Google retires the A P T numbers - source

(2:49) - Alcon breach lands on Have I Been Pwned - source

(3:33) - S A P freezes travel and hiring over A I costs - source

(4:22) - OpenAI buys NextSlide - source

(5:06) - A gas plant for a data center in West Texas - source

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