Links to Claude Chats Were Indexed by Google and ‘Bing’, Whatever That Is — Pixel Envy

Search engines do not automatically discover new URLs as they are created. They are typically indexed by taking one of two actions: either the site owner submits URLs to search engines — by using a site map, for example, or by manually submitting the page for indexing — or by someone linking to the URL from a different already-indexed page. The critical thing left unreported in Varner’s article is whether these Claude links were being indexed thanks to Anthropic’s actions or those of users.

Following up on my previous blog post, I’m now confident my private chat sessions are “safe”.

About a potential AI bubble

I follow technological news every day, and I’m starting to get nervous about the situation surrounding investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure. This video is particularly revealing and convincing. There’s increasing talk of a tech bubble, much bigger than the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s. What worries me, actually, is the impact of this crisis on my finances. I’ll be retiring in less than 7 years. A financial crisis of the magnitude being predicted would take years to recover from. I wonder if it’s time to reevaluate some of my investment strategies. 🤨

I don’t want to link my WhatsApp account with my Facebook account. I don’t use Facebook. Inuse WhatsApp mostly while abroad during vacation. I know I would make a favour to Meta if I did link both in the name of convenience. I’m probably being naive here, though. Postponed indefinitely.

About Glaze

I played a little bit with Glaze today. In less than half an hour, I was able to build a “native” macOS app, a front end to my web-based task manager. It’s far from north stars like Things 3, but it is quite capable for the efforts I put into this experiment. Glaze offers a Glaze Store where app builders can share their work with others. A brand new account comes with 120 free credits. I’m currently at a bit less than a hundred credits left now after building this little Mac app. It’s currently in read-only mode and looks very dry but I plan to tweak it and see what I can come up with the remaining credits.

Ship it when it's ready

MacRumors’s article “Anthropic’s New Claude Opus 5 Nearly Matches Flagship Fable 5 at Half the Cost”:

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 5, an upgraded AI model that delivers near-Fable 5 performance at half the cost and is optimized for everyday use. The new model shows significant improvements over its predecessor (Opus 4.8) across multiple benchmarks including coding, problem-solving, and visual outputs, while maintaining the same pricing structure. Opus 5 is now available as the default model on Claude Max and the strongest option on Claude Pro, with an optional faster mode available at double the cost.

It’s fascinating to watch AI companies release their new offerings. It’s all over the place if you compare that to the way Apple releases their flagship products like the iPhone. “Ship it as soon as it’s ready” seems to be the way to go.

On John C. Dvorak

Another tech journalist has passed away: John C. Dvorak at age 80. I recall reading his column in MacUser magazine during the challenging early days of Apple. Although I wasn’t a fan, I occasionally kept reading his work. I always saw him as a perennial Apple skeptic, perhaps more for the sake of it, but personally, he might have felt more warmly about Apple’s future than he let on. He was often wrong on tech trends and about Apple.