Anthropic releases ten agent templates for financial services that drastically accelerate complex processes, integrating with Microsoft 365 and providing access to existing data sources via connectors and MCP apps.
The term “distillation attacks” for Chinese hacking attempts risks permanently tarnishing a legitimate AI research technique; precise terminology is essential to avoid stigmatizing fundamental development methods.
Rapid prototyping with AI assistants is real, but the gap between proof of concept and production-ready software only becomes visible when other users deploy the tool on their own systems.
Users can now use GPT-5, Gemini, open-source models via OpenRouter, local models, or enterprise gateways as backends for Claude Cowork and Code in Claude Desktop.
The AI Engineer World’s Fair opens its Wave 2 speaker submission call, expands its program with six new topic tracks, and expects to host the year’s largest technical AI conference in San Francisco.
OpenAI and Anthropic are positioning their agent platforms as specialized productivity tools beyond programming: Codex for knowledge work, Claude with integration focus on creative tools.
With Physical AI, model intelligence is not the main bottleneck; rather, it is safe, reliable deployment on hardware under latency, energy, and cost constraints.
Claude Cowork and Code now support any LLMs such as GPT-5, Gemini, local models, or enterprise gateways, without Anthropic making a formal announcement.
