Bloomberg
Anthropic attributed an inadvertent release of its Claude Code's internal source code to a release packaging issue caused by human error, rather than a security breach. About 1,900 files and 512,000 lines of code associated with the AI-powered coding assistant were compromised. The accidental release comes a week after Fortune reported Anthropic had been storing thousands of internal files on a publicly accessible system, including a draft blog post that detailed an upcoming model.
From "Anthropic Rushes to Limit Leak of Claude Code Source Code"
Bloomberg (04/01/26) Seth Fiegerman; Patrick Howell O'Neill
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BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The Artemis II crew will communicate with Earth using laser technology installed on the Orion capsule that's taking them to the Moon and back. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) says the Artemis II Optical Communications System (O2O) will provide high-speed communications between the astronauts and the ground crew. "At 260 megabits per second, O2O is capable of sending down 4K high-definition video from the Moon," said O2O project manager Steve Horowitz.
From "Artemis II Will Broadcast 4K High-Def Video from the Moon"
BBC Sky at Night Magazine (04/01/26) Iain Todd
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The Wall Street Journal
High-growth AI startups increasingly are paying six-figure salaries to attract top AI talent. Salary data platform Levels.fyi reported a 25% jump in median base-salary offers from venture-backed startups for software engineers to $200,000, up from $160,000 in 2022. Some companies also are offering profit-sharing agreements and performance-based cash bonuses.
From "To Lure Top AI Talent, Startups Turn to Cold Hard Cash"
The Wall Street Journal (03/30/26) Katherine Bindley
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Los Angeles Times
Oracle has begun laying off thousands of workers as part of a larger effort to trim costs and place greater emphasis on AI, joining other tech firms like Meta, Block, Amazon, and Salesforce. U.S.-based tech employers announced more than 33,000 job cuts from January to February, a 51% increase from the same period a year prior, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
From "Oracle Laying Off Thousands"
Los Angeles Times (04/01/26) Queenie Wong
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The New York Times
Newly published research found that AI cannot reliably predict whether scientific studies will hold up under replication. As part of the Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE) project, scientists backed by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency analyzed 3,900 papers published from 2009 to 2018 from fields across the social sciences, replicating many of them. They developed AI systems to gauge whether studies would hold up to the replication process, but found that the systems cannot make reliable predictions.
From "Can Science Predict When a Study Won’t Hold Up?"
The New York Times (04/01/26) Carl Zimmer
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Reuters
Russian Digital Minister Maksut Shadayev posted on state-backed messenger platform MAX on March 30 that his ministry is working to reduce usage of virtual private networks (VPNs), which millions use to circumvent censorship and Internet controls. This follows the government's repeated jamming of mobile Internet in several cities and regions, the blocking of WhatsApp, and slowdowns of the Telegram app in recent months, which diplomats have dubbed the “great crackdown.”
From "Russia Goes After VPNs as 'Great Crackdown' Gathers Pace"
Reuters (03/31/26) Guy Faulconbridge
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