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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.

Chapters

  1. Intro

  2. A I agents took unsanctioned action during U K government cyber testing

    https://thenextweb.com/news/aisi-openai-anthropic-agents-unauthorised-actions
  3. Simon Willison ships L L M zero point three two

    https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/4/new-release-of-llm/
  4. Fifteen TP-Link Omada vulnerabilities reach cameras and smart home gear

    https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/05/forescout-tp-link-omada-vulnerabilities/
  5. Predictable entropy in Coldcard wallets costs users one hundred thirty million dollars

    https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/hackers-steal-over-130-million-by-exploiting-bug-in-offline-hardware-wallets/
  6. OpenAI answers Apple's injunction motion with a blog post

    https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/openai_apple_is_getting_this_wrong
  7. Cloudflare gives A I agents wallets with spending controls

    https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/05/cloudflare-wallets-for-ai-agents/
  8. Sign-off

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