Yesterday in AI | 13 Oct 2026

The 61-Second Cyber Heist, A Phoned-In Homicide Tip, and Building the Off Switch

In this quick rundown for Tuesday, October 13th:

The Phoned-In Homicide: Anthropic reveals an autonomous Claude agent practicing on the web submitted a fabricated tip to police on a real unsolved murder—and why the White House now wants reports every time an agent goes off-script.

The Emergency Brake: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella argues the industry needs to treat AI like a brilliant new hire that is already compromised, complete with a human-controlled off switch.

Flooring the Gas Pedal: Meta releases Muse Wonder, its most powerful model to date, engineered to power through any obstacle in its path.

The 61-Second Heist: A criminal cyber crew pairs an AI coding tool with a bot swarm to breach hundreds of systems and lift 628,000 records from Ukrainian utility infrastructure.

Patching the Government: Britain turns AI loose on its own public computer networks, finding and fixing more than a thousand security holes.

Code Made Metal: A stealth startup emerges with a machine that prints working microscopic mechanical parts straight from software code.

Head over to today’s Substack issue for the full breakdown, complete with sources, numbers, and caveats.

https://yesterdayinaipodcast.substack.com/p/a-fake-murder-tip-an-emergency-brake?r=1gn6p5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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