
Anthropic FlashProve, CrowdStrike AI deals, XCPE botnet - November 4, 2026
Anthropic open-sources a way to prove which model answered, CrowdStrike buys two AI security startups, and Google takes down a 1.3 million-device TV box botnet.
(0:00) - Intro
(0:28) - Anthropic open-sources FlashProve, its provable inference prototype for MoE models - source
(1:25) - CrowdStrike to shell out nearly $500M for 2 AI security startups - source
(2:14) - Google disrupts XCPE botnet, bans the company behind it - source
(3:03) - Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins - source
(3:47) - Open-source file sync tool rsync 3.5.2 fixes a CPU exhaustion flaw - source
(4:20) - Apple…
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