OpenAI hits pause on Astra, Claude Code goes auto by default, and Amazon's data center may become America's dirtiest

Two frontier labs pulled in opposite directions this week: OpenAI paused internal work on its in-development Astra model over security standards it set for itself, while Anthropic flipped Claude Code's auto mode on by default — less human oversight, not more. Meanwhile the bill for the buildout is landing somewhere less visible than earnings reports: the power plant Amazon is backing for its West Texas data center could become one of the single largest greenhouse-gas emitters in the country. And for anyone who makes a living creating, unreliable AI detectors plus a zero-tolerance industry are turning mere suspicion into a career risk.

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