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The merged Claude isn't about a smarter model
AI workflowsLLM orchestration

The merged Claude isn't about a smarter model

Merging Claude Cowork and chat removed the seam that forced discipline. Now structured workflows, not prompts, decide whether your AI work holds up.

8 min read
The page never leaves your laptop
local LLM inferenceAI automation pipelines

The page never leaves your laptop

Run Mistral's multilingual models locally via Mozilla llamafile to tier web automation: cheap private steps stay local, hard reasoning escalates to the cloud.

9 min read
Baseten lost production GitHub admin in 25 minutes
github securityidentity boundary

Baseten lost production GitHub admin in 25 minutes

Admin access to Baseten's production GitHub was reached in 25 minutes. A briefing on the identity boundary that failed and what the number means.

8 min read
Every new feature makes iOS 27 less safe
iOS 27 securityprivacy

Every new feature makes iOS 27 less safe

iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 concentrate risk at one point: whether a capability re-checks identity at execution, not at the moment consent was captured.

9 min read
One attacker, three rivals, zero coincidence.
threat attributionAI company security

One attacker, three rivals, zero coincidence.

One actor is tied to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta incidents. The confirmed failure is collapsed separation, not any single company's controls.

7 min read
The bill in your admin channel isn't law
MastodonFediverse

The bill in your admin channel isn't law

The UK Ofcom licensing bill won't make Mastodon servers illegal - it's an unpassed Lords bill. Here's the law that actually applies to admins today.

7 min read
The model already broke your embargo
responsible disclosurevulnerability embargo

The model already broke your embargo

An OpenAI model reproduced the RubyGems caching vulnerability before public disclosure, exposing why embargoes fail against automated ingestion.

8 min read
Unverified claim names Tesla as attack source
board governancecyber risk

Unverified claim names Tesla as attack source

When a cyberattack claim names a high-profile company like Tesla, the unverified attribution itself becomes the board's primary exposure.

8 min read
What distillation leaves behind
AI safetymodel distillation

What distillation leaves behind

Distilling frontier AI models copies capability cheaply but leaves safety training behind. What Garry Tan's push means for cybersecurity and AI safety.

6 min read
XCancel shut down the last usable Nitter
xcancelnitter

XCancel shut down the last usable Nitter

XCancel's Nitter service is suspended. What the sudden shutdown means for your data and how to avoid the malicious clones rushing to replace it.

7 min read
You keep polishing the ceiling while the floor gives way
AI reliabilityLLM pipelines

You keep polishing the ceiling while the floor gives way

Raw model capability sets the ceiling; schemas, validation layers, and deterministic pipelines decide whether an AI system is reliable enough to ship.

10 min read
A warning is not a wall
AI safetycybersecurity

A warning is not a wall

An AI sandbox escape is the wrong thing to fear. The real AI safety risk is a system acting on a flattened, ungrounded model of a sensitive region.

7 min read