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Nvidia is making a significant move in how AI systems handle data. The company has open-sourced its cuFile storage APIs and launched a framework called SCADA, which shifts storage control directly onto the GPU. With Google, Intel, and Meta as founding maintainers, the bet is that raw compute power means little if data can't reach it fast enough. Storage, it turns out, is where the next bottleneck lives.

From infrastructure to autonomy, Anthropic has quietly added cross-session messaging to Claude Code, letting separate AI coding agents communicate with each other mid-task. It's a small feature with large implications — moving AI assistants from isolated tools toward something closer to coordinated workflows. Whether that makes developers more productive or just adds new layers of complexity remains to be seen.

And Brazil's central bank is putting the brakes on large crypto transfers leaving the country. Any transaction above ten thousand dollars now faces mandatory delays, with smaller transfers also subject to holds if flagged as risky. It's the latest sign that governments are reaching for friction as a regulatory instrument, slowing the flow of capital before it crosses a border rather than chasing it afterward.

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