Daily Digest - June 2, 2026

Chapters

1. 0:00

   Intro

2. 0:21

   Anthropic files confidentially for IPO at a 965 billion dollar valuation

   https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/anthropic-files-to-go-public/
3. 1:08

   Alphabet plans an 80 billion dollar raise for its AI buildout

   https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/alphabet-plans-to-raise-80-billion-to-pay-for-ai-buildout/
4. 1:56

   OpenAI's models and Codex agent arrive on AWS Bedrock

   https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/02/openai-models-and-codex-on-aws/
5. 2:43

   Simon Willison's Pasted File Editor, built by a coding agent

   https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/2/pasted-file-editor/
6. 3:28

   Hackers hijacked Instagram by tricking Meta's AI support chatbot

   https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/hackers-hijacked-instagram-accounts-by-tricking-meta-ai-support-chatbot-into-granting-access/
7. 4:14

   Dozens of Red Hat npm packages backdoored in a Mini Shai-Hulud wave

   https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/02/red-hat-npm-packages-compromised-mini-shai-hulud/
8. 5:03

   Sophos finds a ransomware crew using Claude to build EDR-evading malware

   https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/02/ai-agents-edr-evasion-techniques/
9. 5:58

   Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman in a first-of-its-kind case

   https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/florida-sues-openai-sam-altman-in-first-of-its-kind-lawsuit-over-violent-incidents/
10. 6:46

    Zvi on Claude Opus 4.8 and the new science of model welfare

    https://thezvi.substack.com/p/opus-48-part-2-model-welfare
11. 7:42

    Dries Buytaert on Contentful and the limits of Buy European

    https://dri.es/contentful-and-the-limits-of-buy-european
12. 8:33

    Sign-off