Good morning & happy Tuesday! Today's issue is super exciting because we're diving into how one unreleased AI model has triggered a global financial emergency (why Claude Mythos prompted the US Treasury, the Fed, the Bank of Canada, and UK financial regulators to hold emergency meetings with their largest banks, where the biggest risks are & what's next + bonus deep dive into Anthropic's leaked Claude source code & how I turned Claude Code into my 10X engineer), and AI Agents that now started opening bank accounts (how banking FinTech Meow turned its entire banking stack into a promptable tool for Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini, why it's interesting & what it tells us about the future + bonus deep dives into AI moves & strategies from Visa, Ramp, Stripe, and a full guide on how to build your first AI Agent from scracth inside). So let's just jump straight into the interesting stuff '' On April 8, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell pulled the CEOs of Citi C 0.00%', Goldman GS 0.00%', Morgan Stanley MS 0.00%', Bank of America BAC 0.00%', and Wells Fargo WFC 0.00%' into a closed-door session at Treasury headquarters. By Friday, the Bank of Canada had assembled its own banks and regulators. The Bank of England, the FCA, and HM Treasury are now coordinating with the National Cyber Security Centre, with a meeting of leading British banks, insurers, and exchanges expected within two weeks....

Today, Donald Trump announced that he is considering using the Insurrection Act to send the U.S. military to Minneapolis if state officials do not quell anti-ICE protests there. Deploying federal troops on American soil against the objections of state and local officials is an extreme measure''and seems likelier to inflame than to extinguish unrest there, given that needlessly provocative actions by ICE officers helped create conditions on the ground. Yet the president seems eager to suppress the actions of people he calls 'professional agitators and insurrectionists.' For months, members of his administration have laid the rhetorical groundwork for a martial crackdown. Insurrections are rare in U.S. history, but according to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, we've had lots of them just since 2024. In his telling, the perpetrators of recent insurrections against the United States include Joe Biden; the Colorado Supreme Court; U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani; U.S. District Judge Jennifer Thurston; Democrats; protesters in Los Angeles; protesters in Paramount, California; protesters in Compton, California; the city of Los Angeles; U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong; various 'radical communist judges'; the Chicago Police Department; a crowd that the Chicago police didn't stop; an Oregon judge; and 'Democrat lawmakers.' (Miller has never called the MAGA movement's storming of the Capitol an insurrection.)...

On Wednesday, Google released patches for a handful of security bugs in its Chrome browser, noting that one of the bugs was being actively exploited by hackers before the company had time to patch it. But on Friday, Google updated the page to say that the bug was discovered by Apple's security engineering team and Google's Threat Analysis Group, whose security researchers primarily track government hackers and mercenary spyware makers, indicating that the hacking campaign may have been orchestrated by government-backed hackers. According to the security advisory for iPhones and iPads, Apple patched two bugs and the company said it was aware 'that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals' running devices prior to iOS 26. That language is Apple's typical way of saying that it knows some of its customers and users were targeted by hackers exploiting zero-days, meaning flaws that at the time of exploitation are unknown to the software makers. Often, these are cases where government hackers used hacking tools and spyware made by companies such as NSO Group or Paragon Solutions to target journalists, dissidents, and human rights activists....

Google launched Android Emergency Live Video on Wednesday, which allows people to stream video when contacting emergency responders. This feature could help give first responders extra context in circumstances like car accidents, fires, or medical crises. There's no setup required to use this feature. Instead, during an emergency call or text, a dispatcher can send a request to your device. Then you can opt into sharing your camera's live video, which is encrypted and can be stopped at your discretion. 'With a single tap, you can start securely streaming from your camera, allowing responders to quickly assess the situation and get you the right help in the moment,' Google wrote in a blog post. 'This real-time view can also help them guide you through life-saving steps, like CPR, until help arrives.' Plan ahead for the 2026 StrictlyVC events. Hear straight-from-the-source candid insights in on-stage fireside sessions and meet the builders and backers shaping the industry. Join the waitlist to get first access to the lowest-priced tickets and important updates....