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Apple plans tighter Mac Full Disk Access controls, citing AI agents
Apple says it will introduce additional controls requiring “very explicit user action” before a Mac app gets Full Disk Access; it gave no rollout date. That permission can expose files, mail, messages and browsing history, and Apple warns that increasingly autonomous AI agents raise the risk of broad access. ·
Why it mattersMessaging apps with Full Disk Access can expose the people you talk to, not just you; Apple says AI agents will raise that risk.
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Anthropic launches a $100 million engineer-training program
Its Claude Frontier Academy has begun cohorts at several firms and aims to train 10,000 engineers by the end of 2027.
Why it mattersAnthropic is investing in the people who will implement Claude inside customer organizations.
Research worth a look
Epoch AI models the capacity of future agent hardware
Under its stated deployment and serving assumptions, memory shipped through 2027 could eventually run roughly 30–170 million concurrent frontier-model agents; the study says demand and deployment are major uncertainties.
Google brings verifiable federated training to Gboard
Google Research says English and Japanese next-word models now use its trusted-execution-environment system, which publishes permitted workloads for outside inspection.
Tools & releases
Ai2 opens AstaBrief 8B for cited scientific reports
The model is available as Asta’s Fast mode and as downloadable weights; Ai2 says its comparisons were largely developed against 2025-era systems.
Meta opens Muse gadget SDKs
Its Apache-licensed ESP32 and Linux code lets builders connect Muse to displays and devices such as a Raspberry Pi; a separate Muse Home Link remains a waitlist.
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