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Ollama zero point four zero defaults Apple Silicon models to MLX runtime, AWS and Google Cloud roll out hard spending caps, and Microsoft releases ThinkingBox to test agent reliability across five hundred seven stateful tasks.

<p>Ollama zero point four zero defaults Apple Silicon models to MLX runtime, AWS and Google Cloud roll out hard spending caps, and Microsoft releases ThinkingBox to test agent reliability across five hundred seven stateful tasks.</p><ul><li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/04/trump-unveils-his-new-super-intelligence-force/">Trump unveils his new Super Intelligence Force</a> — TechCrunch</li><li><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/3/default-hard-budget-caps/">We&#x27;re going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything</a> — Simon Willison&#x27;s Weblog</li><li><a href="https://huggingface.co/blog/microsoft/thinkingbox">The Agent Said It Was Done. The Database Disagreed.</a> — Hugging Face</li><li><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/3/newsletter/">September sponsors-only newsletter</a> — Simon Willison&#x27;s Weblog</li><li><a href="https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/tag/b11396">llama.cpp b11396 released</a> — llama.cpp releases</li><li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004543/openai-gpt-cheat-starcraft">An AI couldn’t beat humans at StarCraft, so it decided to cheat</a> — The Verge</li><li><a href="https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.40.0-rc2">Ollama v0.40.0 released</a> — Ollama releases</li><li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/7-year-old-tv-now-100-dollars-more-expensive-thank-ai/">The Nvidia Shield TV Is 7 Years Old. It Just Got a $100 Price Hike</a> — WIRED</li></ul>https://dhaneesh.in/briefings/2026-10-04/2026-10-03T22:03:18.760388+00:00

Apple announced new controls for macOS Full Disk Access citing risks from AI agents, while llama.cpp, vLLM, Ollama and GitHub shipped developer updates.

<p>Apple announced new controls for macOS Full Disk Access citing risks from AI agents, while llama.cpp, vLLM, Ollama and GitHub shipped developer updates.</p><ul><li><a href="https://openai.com/index/practical-guide-building-gpt-6">A model guide for the GPT-6 family</a> — OpenAI</li><li><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/3/newsletter/">September sponsors-only newsletter</a> — Simon Willison&#x27;s Weblog</li><li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/02/apple-says-its-tightening-macos-full-disk-access-controls-due-to-new-risks-from-ai-agents/">Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents</a> — TechCrunch</li><li><a href="https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/tag/b11381">llama.cpp b11381 released</a> — llama.cpp releases</li><li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/7-year-old-tv-now-100-dollars-more-expensive-thank-ai/">The Nvidia Shield TV Is 7 Years Old. It Just Got a $100 Price Hike</a> — WIRED</li><li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/all-the-ai-agents-that-can-live-in-your-text-messages/">All the AI agents that can live in your text messages</a> — TechCrunch</li><li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/muse-creates-detailed-profiles-of-all-your-friends-and-family/">Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family</a> — WIRED</li><li><a href="https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases/tag/v0.31.0">vLLM v0.31.0: [Misc] Add Transformers version upper bound in requirements (#59614) released</a> — vLLM releases</li></ul>