Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
A Claude user gets Claude 4.5 Opus to generate a 14,000-token document that Claude calls its “Soul overview”; an Anthropic staffer confirms its authenticity  —  This appeared to be a document that, rather than being added to the system prompt, was instead used to train the personality of the model during the training run.

Liana Baker / Bloomberg:
Vista Equity-backed infrastructure software company LogicMonitor acquires Catchpoint, which monitors user experiences across the internet, for $250M+ in cash  —  Vista Equity Partners-backed infrastructure software company LogicMonitor is acquiring the startup Catchpoint for more than $250 million in cash.

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
YouTube launches Recap, which lets users review their most notable video habits over the past year, in the US, ahead of a global rollout next week  —  The new annual insights feature lets you review your top channels, interests, and other viewing habits.

Nicholas Kulish / New York Times:
Michael and Susan Dell say they will deposit $250 in individual investment accounts for 25M kids, totaling $6.25B, comparing the gift to Dell's direct model  —  The tech billionaire and his wife hope other philanthropists follow their $6 billion lead in expanding the reach of soon-to-be-created “Trump accounts.”

John Yoon / New York Times:
South Korean police arrest four over hacking 120K home security cameras, whose footage was used to make sexually exploitative material; one person made ~$12K  —  The authorities arrested four people this week in the latest turn in the country's effort to stop exploitative recordings.