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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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Oct 13–15 at San Francisco's Moscone West, 10,000 founders, investors, and operators gather for high-signal insights, curated connections, and real momentum.

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Afternoon Must-Reads

After data breach, $10B-valued startup Mercor is having a month: After falling victim to a hacker, Mercor is facing lawsuits and reportedly losing big-name customers. Read More

This founder helped build SpaceX's most powerful rocket engine. Now he's building a 'fighter jet for orbit.': The company's novel rocket engine could be a game changer for the U.S. military. Read More

EFF is the latest organization to leave X: The EFF follows the departure of various news organizations and others, who no longer find X a viable source of traffic. Read More

How to make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 — and what every company gets regardless: Every founder who applies to Startup Battlefield wants the same thing: the Disrupt Main Stage. Here’s how to get there and why the opportunity starts well before the main stage. Read More

Amazon CEO takes aim at Nvidia, Intel, Starlink, more in annual shareholder letter: Andy Jassy's annual shareholder letter reads something like a diss track to a wide range of competitors as he defends spending $200 billion in capex. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Radify’s sci-fi plasma reactors could break China’s dominance of rare-earth elements: Radify Metals is developing a new way to process a variety of metals that promises to be pollution free. Read More