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Atlassian Enables Data Collection for AI Training by Default

Atlassian was found to have enabled the option to train AI on customer data by default, turning enterprise data in Jira and Confluence into raw material, and the old "consent by default" trick provoked public anger.

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Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual Plans

GitHub adjusted the plan structure of Copilot's individual edition, with changes to both quotas and billing. The pricing of AI coding tools is broadly sliding from monthly flat-rate to metered.

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Blacklist or Not, the NSA Uses Claude Mythos Anyway

Reports say that despite Anthropic being placed on the Pentagon's blacklist, the NSA is still using its Claude Mythos model. The government's internal split over AI suppliers is out in the open.

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Dubai Police Accused of Monitoring Private WhatsApp Messages

An airline employee was arrested over the content of private WhatsApp messages, an incident that surfaces allegations of Dubai police monitoring encrypted communications and sparks debate over the real boundaries of end-to-end encryption.

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Anthropic on the Design of Claude

Anthropic shared the thinking behind Claude's product design. In an industry where everyone piles on features, they frame "restraint" as a design strategy—worth a read for anyone building products.

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Claude Opus 4.7 Update

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7, with coding and agent capabilities the usual focus of the upgrade. This time the community's attention is more on the usage-limit policy and the reputation issues left over from the previous version.

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The Hourly-Cost Problem of AI Agents (2025)

A 2025 analysis resurfaces: the hourly running cost of AI agents is rising fast, and the equation "AI is cheaper than people" isn't as stable as it looks.

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In the AI Era, Take Another Look at the Spreadsheet

A long piece on spreadsheets resurged on HN: this tool, mocked for decades, may be the most successful end-user programming environment in history—one even AI has to learn from.

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CadQuery: Building 3D Models With Python Code

The open source project CadQuery was pushed to the front page: write 3D CAD models with Python scripts—parametric, version-controllable, and surprisingly smooth to pair with LLMs.

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Claude Code's Routines

A practice post introduces Claude Code's routines: solidifying repetitive workflows into callable routines, turning the agent from "taught fresh each time" into "defined once."

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