China's backdoor warning, Cowork goes cloud, sqlite-utils 4.0 - July 8, 2026

Cortech Daily · Jul 8, 2026 · 7m

China flags a backdoor risk in Claude Code, Cowork moves to the cloud, thousands of malicious AI skills surface, and SambaNova raises a billion for inference chips.

(0:00) - Intro

(0:21) - China flags a 'backdoor' risk in Claude Code - source

(1:14) - Claude Cowork heads to the cloud - source

(2:03) - sqlite-utils 4.0 adds schema migrations - source

(2:53) - Thousands of malicious AI skills found - source

(3:39) - macOS becomes a proving ground for AI agents - source

(4:33) - Critical Gitea flaw under active attack - source

(5:22) - HTTP::Tiny leaked credentials on redirect - source…