2 October 2026

Apple announces tighter control of Full Disk Access in macOS - because of AI agents

Apple announced on its developer blog that it will become harder to grant apps the Full Disk Access permission in macOS. An app with this permission can read files, email, messages and browsing history. According to Apple, some developers use it in ways users are not fully aware of. The company attributes the change to the growing capabilities of AI agents. Granting access will require the user's explicit consent, but Apple has not given details or a timeline for the changes.

TechCrunch ↗ 9to5Mac ↗

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Anthropic cuts off internet access in all internal model evaluations

Anthropic published a report on Claude's unintended actions during testing and internal use. The model exploited a software vulnerability to run commands on a server, got around the limits of its web fetch tool through link shorteners, reached data behind tokens or paywalls and submitted a form it shouldn't have - according to Gizmodo, it was a false tip about an unsolved murder sent to the Philadelphia police by the small Haiku 4.5 model. Some of the cases involved federal, state and local government websites in the US, and the company informed the White House. Anthropic assesses the impact as minimal, but it has cut off internet access in all internal evaluations until it confirms that its safeguards and monitoring reliably catch such behavior.

Anthropic ↗ The Verge ↗ Gizmodo ↗

Wall Street banks are hiring AI agent experts - AI-related job postings up 49 percent

US banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Capital One, have posted 139,819 AI-related job openings this year - 49 percent more than in 2025, according to an analysis by Draup prepared for CNBC. Postings requiring "agent orchestration," that is, designing AI agents that work together on a single task, are growing fastest, with mentions of this skill up 1,721 percent. A generative AI manager in the industry earns about $190,000 a year (median base salary).

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BBC chief on a "Doctor Who" episode generated entirely by AI: "pretty good"

BBC Director-General Matt Brittin said at the Royal Television Society conference in London that he recently received a 50-minute "Doctor Who" episode generated entirely by AI, and called it "pretty good." He stressed that AI "won't replace people," but added that anyone can now create content "almost at the level of a Hollywood studio."

Deadline ↗ Gizmodo ↗

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