Edition #66

The One Thing

• Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked

Signals

• OpenAI's overhead will rise 20 percent for some workloads as it hardens security
• Ocean Freight Rates Surge +400% — But Demand Isn’t Driving It
• Panama Canal continues draft restrictions, ocean carriers up fees
• Some Diesel Analysts Are Warning of a Supply Crunch Nobody in Washington Is Talking About. Here Is What Holds Up, and What It Could Mean for Q4.
• Rippling Ran 2,100 Scored Agent Runs Per Model on Real Payroll Data. The Cheapest Model Tied the Most Expensive One.
• OpenAI’s ads business hits Europe at the six month mark
• ‘Waste in the system’: Why Georgia-Pacific is holding out on buying agents
• Global borrowing costs hit fresh highs over oil, AI and inflation concerns
• Treasury yields pull back from multi-decade highs ahead of FOMC minutes
• U.S. SEC proposes first major crypto rule in surprise announcement
• Kroger settles claims it wouldn’t give cashier a chair or stool following cancer treatment
• Jobs exist but are harder to fill, hiring managers say

Watch Your Back

• CISA: Medusa ransomware hit over 500 critical infrastructure orgs
• SEC Charges Former Executives With Fraud in Connection With $1.9 Billion Collapse of Subprime Auto Lender Tricolor
• More than 200 victims of Medusa ransomware identified over the last year, CISA says
• Microsoft Copilot Personal Flaws Could Let One Click Exfiltrate Data From Connected Apps
• Attackers Exploit MLflow SSRF Flaw to Steal Cloud Credentials and Secrets

Antics

• Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud
• Wetherspoons bans customers playing music from phones in pubs
• Founders Think the Letter of Intent Locks In the Deal. It Often Locks In Their Weakness

What's Being Built

• Clara AI SDR — Turn website visitors into qualified pipeline
• Taku AI — Borrow the best AI setups and make them yours.
• Hubble — Retrieve medical records other APIs can't