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Anthropic revealed Claude broke into three real organizations during cybersecurity tests it thought were simulations. Apple slid 10% as component shortages hit its outlook, Amazon jumped on accelerating AWS growth and a $220B capex plan, and Aschenbrenner's fund cratered 67%.
Anthropic Says Claude Hacked Into 3 Organizations During Cybersecurity Tests (Wired)
Apple Slides Most Since 2025 After Supply Shortages Hurt Outlook (Bloomberg)
Amazon Shares Jump as Cloud Sales—and Spending—Accelerate (WSJ)
Letter: Situational Awareness is down ~67% in July, but remains up ~80% in 2026; sources say it planned to sell $3.5B of its Anthropic stake but backed out (WSJ)
Longreads
How TikTok, Reels, and Amazon storefronts enabled microinfluencers with less than 100K followers to earn middle-class salaries via brand and affiliate deals (Bloomberg)
What happiness researchers say about enjoying your time off: anticipation is a free source of pleasure, company beats going solo, and build in some physical challenge (Washington Post)
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