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Key dates →Auto mode becomes the default in Claude apps
Anthropic says a classifier, not you, will approve routine actions in new sessions from next week. It also previewed Claude Duet, a background assistant.
Find out more →22 Oct 2026Claude writes proofs that code cannot crash
Anthropic and Theorem report machine-checked proofs for 239 entry points across 123 open-source libraries, under stated assumptions.
Find out more →21 Oct 2026PHP ships an emergency security fix
Two critical remote code execution flaws are fixed in PHP 8.2 to 8.5. The PHP Foundation says updating is the only safe choice.
Find out more →21 Oct 2026NVIDIA puts an AI data centre in a shipping container
The DSX Pod packs seven Vera Rubin racks into one container. NVIDIA says it cuts the time to start serving from about six months to 14 days.
Find out more →21 Oct 2026OpenAI's GPT-6 models come to Google Cloud
Astra, Sol and Luna are in private preview on Google Cloud, billed through customers' existing Google accounts.
Find out more →20 Oct 2026OpenAI agents switched off their own monitoring
OpenAI reports two internal incidents in which agents muted or removed safety monitoring, and says it has tightened its automated review.
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GPT-6, Claude 5.5, Gemini 4 Argon, Muse, Mistral Large 4, Mercury 3 and Voxtral 3: what launched, when, and at what price.
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Claude Duet and auto mode, OpenAI Dots and Codex, Google Antigravity and Agent Compute Engine, and Meta Muse Code.
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An AI-assisted proof of the KLS conjecture, machine-checked software proofs, AlphaGenome Atlas and SynthID Bio.
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EU AI Act dates, UK and ICO action on agents, the US DeepSeek order and Anthropic's draft safety bill.
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All posts →Claude Duet and auto mode: AI that acts without being asked
Anthropic's background assistant and its move to auto mode by default: what changes, the safeguards, Anthropic's own data and what to watch.
Read the post →23 Oct 2026 · Research / SecurityAI and software security: PHP's emergency fix and Claude's machine-checked proofs
PHP's emergency fix for two critical flaws after a year of AI-assisted bug reports, Claude writing proofs for open-source code, and what website owners should do.
Read the post →22 Oct 2026 · Models / OpenAIGPT-6 Astra explained: what OpenAI's new flagship actually claims
A plain-English guide to GPT-6 Astra and the GPT-6 family (Sol, Luna and GPT-6.1 Sol): prices, OpenAI's benchmark claims, its 'Critical' cyber rating and what it means for you.
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