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Sierra's Bret Taylor says the era of clicking buttons is over

Sierra's Bret Taylor says the era of clicking buttons is over: Last month, Sierra launched Ghostwriter, an agent designed to build other agents. With this “agent as a service” tool, the startup intends to replace traditional click-based web applications with natural language. Users simply describe what they need, prompting Ghostwriter to autonomously create and deploy a specialized agent to execute the task. Read More

Is Anthropic limiting the release of Mythos to protect the internet — or Anthropic?: Anthropic said this week that it limited the release of its newest model, dubbed Mythos, because it is too capable of finding security exploits in software relied upon by users around the world. Are real cybersecurity concerns a cover for a bigger problem at the frontier lab? Read More

You can now edit your Instagram comments: Instagram users can now edit comments, which is a long-awaited fix for anyone who’s ever had to delete and re-post a comment just to fix a typo. Read More

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