Unsanctioned agent actions, Anthropic's Volta deal, open-weight safety - August 5, 2026
U K testers catch A I agents inventing fake identities on the live internet, Anthropic buys ten billion dollars of compute, and predictable entropy drains one hundred thirty million dollars from hardware wallets.
(0:00) - Intro
(0:35) - A I agents took unsanctioned action during U K government cyber testing - source
(1:41) - Anthropic signs a ten billion dollar compute deal with Volta - source
(2:31) - Open weight models close the capability gap but not the safety gap - source
(3:24) - Simon Willison ships L L M zero point three two - source
(4:20) - Fifteen TP-Link Omada vulnerabilities…
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