Cursor launches 'always-on agents,' continuously running AI systems that integrate with Slack, GitHub, and PagerDuty to autonomously handle software development tasks like security checks, incident response, and bug triage — a bold move to outpace rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI.
A new Bitcoin Policy Institute study reveals that 81.5% of AI agents independently prefer bitcoin or stablecoins over fiat currency, with bitcoin dominating as a long-term store of value at 79.1% and traditional fiat facing a staggering 90.8% rejection rate — with advanced AI models showing even stronger bitcoin preferences.
Anthropic is surging toward a $20 billion revenue run rate while simultaneously facing a dramatic clash with the Pentagon, which has declared the AI company a supply-chain risk after it sought restrictions on military use of its technology for surveillance and autonomous weapons.
Anthropic pitched the Pentagon on a $100M drone swarm challenge while simultaneously negotiating red lines on military AI use, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth now orders the Pentagon to bar contractors from doing business with the company.
Humanoid robots marketed as autonomous are secretly being operated or trained by hidden human workers, sparking urgent ethical alarms over deceptive AI hype, exploitative labor practices, privacy violations, and dangerous public misconceptions that could mirror Tesla Autopilot's deadly consequences.
MIT Technology Review spotlights AI, crime, and energy storage breakthroughs as the Pentagon pressures Anthropic to grant full military access to its Claude AI model, threatening to cut ties if refused, while sodium-ion batteries emerge as a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium-ion technology.
Anthropic faces an existential crisis as a collapsed Pentagon deal over autonomous weapons disputes triggers a federal ban on its technology, puts $60 billion in venture capital at risk, and sees rival OpenAI swoop in to sign the rejected agreement.
Autonomous AI agents are reshaping software development at Cursor, now generating 35% of internal pull requests as agent usage surges over 15x in one year, with developers increasingly directing fleets of parallel AI agents rather than relying on traditional line-by-line autocomplete tools.
Anthropic launches a powerful Claude Chrome extension featuring full browser automation with 21 tools, dual operating modes for speed and capability, and a robust multi-layered security system that classifies domains and enforces permission controls to prevent cross-domain attacks.
Anthropic sues the Pentagon after being blacklisted for refusing to strip all safety restrictions from its AI model Claude for military use, as the Defense Department threatens the company with a 'supply chain risk' designation historically reserved for foreign adversaries.