Agent turf wars, Anthropic's $2T price, OpenAI's Ultrafast mode - August 14, 2026
Anthropic's agents start a turf war, investors price the company at two trillion, OpenAI and Google both ship speed, and a heavy day of security patching.
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Intro
Anthropic's agents started a turf war
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/anthropic-set-ai-agents-loose-on-the-same-task-they-started-a-turf-war/Investors price Anthropic at two trillion
https://gizmodo.com/anthropic-investors-thinks-its-worth-2-trillion-2000798509OpenAI previews Ultrafast mode
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/openai-introduces-ultrafast-a-new-mode-that-makes-gpt-5-6-sol-work-at-14x-the-speed/Gemini three point seven Flash lands three weeks after the last one
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-3-7-flash/X open sources its ranking algorithm
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/x-open-sources-its-ranking-algorithm-letting-users-see-if-theyve-been-shadowbanned/White House clears private firms for offensive cyber operations
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/in-a-first-us-will-allow-some-private-firms-to-carry-out-cyberattacks/Flock tightens rules as the surveillance backlash grows
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/13/1141904/flock-is-tightening-its-rules-in-response-to-a-growing-surveillance-backlash/Ukraine dismantles ninety four fraudulent call centers
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/14/ukraine-fraudulent-call-centers-shut-down/rsync ships thirty three C V E fixes in one release
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q3/491A W S sets an end date for email validated certificates
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/14/aws-certificate-manager-email-validation/Post quantum migration becomes a scheduling problem
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/13/1141041/building-a-practical-path-to-post-quantum-cryptography/Sign-off
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