Anthropic teams up with rivals to keep AI from hacking everything

PLUS: The iPhone gets a D– for repairability.

View in browser  |  Your newsletter preferences 04.08.26 SUBSCRIBE FOR UNLIMITED ACCESS     SECURITY Anthropic Teams Up With Its Rivals to Keep AI From Hacking Everything BY LILY HAY NEWMAN | 3-MINUTE READ The AI lab's Project Glasswing will bring together Apple, Google, and more than 45 other organizations. They'll use the new Claude Mythos Preview model to test advancing AI cybersecurity capabilities.   BUSINESS Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk BY MAXWELL ZEFF, ZOË SCHIFFER, AND LILY HAY NEWMAN | 3-MINUTE READ Major AI labs are investigating a security incident that impacted Mercor, a leading data vendor. The incident could have exposed key data about how they train AI models.   SECURITY Iran-Linked Hackers Are Sabotaging US Energy and Water Infrastructure BY ANDY GREENBERG | 3-MINUTE READ As Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that Iran has carried out its own digital attacks against US critical infrastructure.   BUSINESS OpenAI’s Fidji Simo Is Taking Medical Leave Amid an Executive Shake-Up BY ZOË SCHIFFER | 2-MINUTE READ The company is undergoing major leadership restructuring as its CEO of AGI deployment goes on leave for “several weeks.” ADVERTISEMENT   BRANDED CONTENT The Moment a New Cancer Treatment Met Its First Patient A bioscience company is taking on some of biology’s biggest problems from Singapore.   SECURITY Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends BY MATT BURGESS | 4-MINUTE READ In Telegram groups, men are sharing thousands of nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing and sexual abuse.   SCIENCE Artemis II’s Breathtaking View of the Far Side of the Moon BY JORGE GARAY | 1-MINUTE READ The first images from Artemis II reveal what the moon looks like just 7,000 km from the surface—and confirm that NASA is ready to return to Earth’s satellite.   GEAR The iPhone Gets a D– for Repairability BY BOONE ASHWORTH | 2-MINUTE READ It’s a better rating than the company has gotten from repairability experts before, at least. Samsung is second worst with a D.   DEAL OF THE DAY Our Favorite Video Doorbell Is $40 Off BY BRAD BOURQUE | 1-MINUTE READ Save a chunk of change on the wired Nest Doorbell in all three colors. ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for reading.   Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up here. Plus, browse more newsletters from WIRED. You’re receiving this email because you signed up for the Daily newsletter from WIRED.   Manage your preferences  |  View our Privacy Policy  |  Unsubscribe   Have questions or comments? Send us a message. Need help? Contact us.   Copyright © Condé Nast 2026. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.