r/LocalLLaMA upvoted this because ID checks turned the local-model argument from speed into autonomy. Anthropic says Claude identity verification can require a government photo ID and a live selfie through Persona.
LocalLLaMA treated Claude identity verification as more than account policy; it became another argument for local models, privacy control, and fewer gates between users and tools.
An attendee recap from MIT’s Open Agentic Web conference resonated on r/artificial because it treats agents as network actors, not better chatbots. The post’s six takeaways focus on identity, coordination, data provenance, and why expert-assist systems keep outperforming autonomy theater.
Microsoft described a widespread device code phishing campaign that uses AI-driven automation to compromise organizational accounts at scale. The attack abuses legitimate OAuth device code flows, dynamic code generation, and backend polling infrastructure.