This week, we talk about Anthropic's new AI agent, cloud exits, and why BMC is splitting up. Plus, a quick update on the WordPress drama and some thoughts on Amsterdam’s autumn weather. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 490 Runner-up Titles The Abyss Looks Into You ROI Stuff RTO Agent Rundown AI Agents The AI agents have arrived Amazon-backed Anthropic debuts AI agents that can do complex tasks, racing against OpenAI, Microsoft and Google Amazon-backed Anthropic debuts AI agents that can do complex tasks, racing against OpenAI, Microsoft and Google Wordpress Open source royalty and mad kings Casey Newton on Mullenweg Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic Over WordPress Chaos Cloud Exits Warren Buffett’s GEICO repatriates work from the cloud Basecamp-maker 37Signals says its “cloud exit” will save it $10M over 5 years There's a lot of private cloud out there BMC BMC Announces the Creation of Two Independent Companies Doubling down on AI and splitting at BMC Connect 2024 Relevant to your Interests #1046 OpenCost Incubation Proposal US Weighs Google Breakup in Historic Big Tech Antitrust Case ChatGPT Crossed a Revenue Milestone and (Re)Started a Gold Rush Ask HN: What happens to “.io” TLD after UK gives back the Chagos Islands? From AOL Time Warner to DirecTV and Dish: 20 years of media mergers AT&T claims VMware offered it a 1,050 percent price rise CEO Kurian: 'When I Started, Most People Told Me We Didn't Have a Chance' AMD looks to new chips to grab share from Intel, Nvidia The list of major companies requiring employees to return to the office Avoiding a Geopolitical Open Source Apocalypse Overview of current needs and possibilities in enterprise-y FinOps Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78 Eric Schmidt on electronic warfare 700 Ubisoft workers go on three-day strike to protest company’s new return-to-office policy Amazon's cloud boss on Thursday told employees who are unhappy with the company's new five-day in-office mandate they can leave for other companies. Invisible text that AI chatbots understand and humans can’t? Yep, it’s a thing. Tesla Caught Using a Lazy Video Editing Trick to Make Its "Autonomous" Robots Look More Capable How Google is changing to compete with ChatGPT Perplexity is reportedly looking to fundraise at an $8B valuation Sophos to Acquire Secureworks to Accelerate Cybersecurity Services and Technology for Organizations Worldwide Chick-fil-A is releasing its own entertainment app, with family-friendly shows and podcasts Passwords have problems, but passkeys have more Foursquare is killing its city guide app to focus on the check-in app Swarm Citi reaps rewards from modernization investments Comic Sans Got the Last Laugh How Wiz Became the Fastest Software Company to Hit $500M & Its Path to $1B In a global first, quantum computers crack RSA and AES data encryption Google Executive Overseeing Search and Advertising Leaves Role Google replaces executive in charge of Search and advertising Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source Intel and AMD are unlikely allies in new x86 ecosystem advisory group – "we'll remain fierce competitors" The RVA23 profile is now ratified, so RISC-V gets satisfied Twitter users flock to Bluesky as 500,000 join in a day amid controversial blocking changes Nvidia's Blackwell AI Processors Are Sold Out For Next 12 Months Announcing Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey - AWS Nonsense What the Waffle House Index says about Hurricane Milton Waffle House (@WaffleHouse) on X The Hustlers Who Make $6,000 a Month by Gaming Citi Bikes The VW ID. Buzz was worth the seven-year wait Listener Feedback World’s Largest Buffalo Monument 20+ of Canada's Largest Roadside Attractions Our big things vs their big things Conferences VMware Explore Barcelona, Nov 4-7, 2024, Coté speaking. GoTech World, Bucharest, Nov 12- 13, 2204, Coté speaking. SREday Amsterdam, Nov 21, 2024, Coté speaking, 20% off with code SRE20DAY DevOpsDayLA at SCALE22x, March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Tailscale Ozlo Sleepbuds hands-on: resurrected and I’ve slept so good Coté: Hire Caleb Marques as an Cybersecurity Intern (Coté’s Nephew) What Artists Wear, Charlie Porter (much better cover on Penguin edition) Photo Credits Header Artwork