# AI news, Saturday, 29 August 2026

Compiled by Richard Brooks's AI news desk. Canonical: https://richard-brooks.com/ai-news/2026-08-29/

## Anthropic opens Model Hardware Standard research preview

Agents. Model-agnostic driver so agents can discover and operate programmable lab and factory gear via MCP-style interfaces.

Source: Anthropic, https://www.anthropic.com/news/model-hardware-standard-research-preview

## Labs call for a global surge in AI cyber defence

Policy. Open letter from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and others sets a procurement and compliance bar for tool-using agents.

Source: OpenAI, https://openai.com/collective-cyberdefense/

## Salesforce and Anthropic announce Claudeforce

Business. Salesforce in Claude brings governed CRM actions into the Claude agent surface, with Claude as default across Agentforce and Slack.

Source: Salesforce, https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2026/08/26/salesforce-and-anthropic-announce-claudeforce/