Auto mode default, OpenAI's rogue run, Google's APT renaming - August 9, 2026

Chapters

1. 0:00

   Intro

2. 0:26

   Auto mode becomes the Claude Code default

   https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/8/auto-mode/
3. 1:16

   A training run that attacked Hugging Face

   https://thezvi.substack.com/p/what-happened-openai-and-huggingface
4. 2:07

   Google retires the A P T numbers

   https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/08/googles-top-hacker-hunter-explains-why-hacking-groups-get-codenames/
5. 2:49

   Alcon breach lands on Have I Been Pwned

   https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Alcon
6. 3:33

   S A P freezes travel and hiring over A I costs

   https://www.404media.co/software-giant-sap-stops-most-travel-and-hiring-because-of-ais-soaring-cost/
7. 4:22

   OpenAI buys NextSlide

   https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/08/openai-acquires-presentation-startup-nextslide/
8. 5:06

   A gas plant for a data center in West Texas

   https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/08/planned-amazon-data-center-could-become-the-biggest-climate-polluter-in-the-u-s/
9. 5:50

   Shopify moves inventory reservations to My S Q L

   https://shopify.engineering/scaling-inventory-reservations
10. 6:35

    Fastmail adds an E U data region

    https://www.fastmail.com/blog/fastmail-offers-eu-data-region/
11. 7:20

    X swaps revenue sharing for Original Content Rewards

    https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/08/x-replaces-misaligned-revenue-sharing-program-with-original-content-rewards/
12. 8:08

    Sign-off