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Five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it. All stories from 2 October 2026

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Apple tightens Mac disk access as AI agents grow riskier

Apps that want to read everything on a Mac will need very explicit consent.

APPLE DEVELOPER|2 OCT

Anthropic puts $100 million into training 10,000 engineers to deploy Claude

Anthropic· 2 Oct

Anthropic launched the Claude Frontier Academy, a $100 million programme to train 10,000 engineers by the end of 2027. They attend multi-day in-person training, complete a simulated company deployment, then lead a real Claude project at their own organisation for 12 weeks with support. Places come by nomination through Anthropic. First cohorts include Accenture, Deloitte and McKinsey.

  • When a consultant pitches an AI project, ask who on their team has led a deployment like yours, and ask to speak to that client.
  • Ask for a 12-week first project with a clear measure of success, the same shape Anthropic uses for its own training.

Source: Anthropic. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. Image: Anthropic, from its own announcement. How we source and credit

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