ÜBER DIESE EPISODE
Fast mode on Opus four point eight is deprecated and goes away November thirtieth, so anything still pinned to it will start returning errors. Also this week: the ultrathink keyword now runs a turn at extra high effort, a new setting blocks file writes outside your working directories, and idle conversations get summarized in the background in Visual Studio Code and Claude Desktop. Plus a tampered Claude Code extension on a third-party marketplace, Anthropic's retail public offering plans, and an expanding FTC inquiry.
In this episode:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:45) Claude Code Updates
(03:19) Under the Hood
(04:27) In the News
Further reading:
- A Supply Chain Attack Put Malicious Anthropic Claude Extensions on Thousands of Devices (Wired)
- Anthropic Said to Pick JPMorgan to Lead IPO's US Retail Offering (Bloomberg)
- Anthropic's Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data in US (The Guardian)
- Scoop: The FTC is demanding Anthropic execs testify in expanding AI safety probe (Axios)
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