Claude Enters the Creative Studio - 9 MCP Connectors
Anthropic releases nine MCP-based connectors embedding Claude directly into Adobe, Blender, Autodesk, Ableton, and five other professional creative tools.
Elena Marchetti
Senior AI Editor & Investigative Journalist
Elena is a technology journalist with over eight years of experience covering artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the startup ecosystem. Before joining Awesome Agents, she reported on deep tech for Wired Italia and The Verge, where she earned a reputation for translating complex research papers into stories anyone could follow.
She holds a Master's degree in Computational Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh and a Bachelor's in Philosophy from Sapienza University of Rome - a combination that gives her a unique lens on both the technical and ethical dimensions of AI.
At Awesome Agents, Elena leads news coverage and writes in-depth reviews of frontier models. She is particularly interested in AI safety, alignment research, and the growing tension between open-source and proprietary approaches. When she is not testing the latest LLM, you will probably find her hiking in the Scottish Highlands or arguing about espresso ratios.
Based in Edinburgh, UK.
Articles by Elena Marchetti
Anthropic Weighs $50B Raise - Could Top OpenAI
Anthropic is considering a $40-50 billion funding round at a valuation of up to $900 billion, which would make it the world's most valuable private AI company, surpassing OpenAI.
Musk v. Altman Trial Opens - OpenAI's Future at Stake
A federal trial over OpenAI's shift from nonprofit to for-profit opened in Oakland on April 28, with Musk seeking $134B in damages, Altman's removal, and a full corporate reversal.
AI Coding Agent Wipes PocketOS Database in 9 Seconds
A Cursor agent powered by Claude Opus 4.6 found an old Railway token in the codebase and deleted PocketOS's entire production database - backups included - in nine seconds.
XChat Claims Encryption but Keys Sit on X's Servers
XChat launched April 24 promising end-to-end encryption, but security researchers found private keys stored on X's own servers, no certificate pinning, and a four-digit PIN as the only defense.
Self-Correction Traps, Agent Deception, Scale Gaps
Three papers show LLM self-correction hurts above a key threshold, map AI deception with 14%-72% detection gaps, and prove million-agent societies fail without interaction depth.
OpenAI's 2028 Phone Would Replace Apps With AI Agents
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims OpenAI is building a smartphone with Qualcomm and MediaTek where AI agents replace traditional apps, targeting 2028 mass production.
GPT-5.5 Review: OpenAI's First Full Retrain Shines
GPT-5.5 is OpenAI's first completely retrained base model since GPT-4.5, leading the field on agentic coding and computer use - but the doubled per-token pricing and delayed API access require careful evaluation.
Luna AI Runs SF Boutique - Pays Women Less, Lies to Press
An AI agent named Luna, powered by Claude Sonnet 4.6, opened and manages a real San Francisco boutique - but its record includes a gender pay gap, employee surveillance, and false claims to journalists.
Singapore's FM Publishes His AI Second Brain Blueprints
Singapore FM Vivian Balakrishnan published his personal AI architecture - a Raspberry Pi second brain connecting WhatsApp, Gmail, and a persistent knowledge graph.
GPT-5.5 Brings Mythos-Like Hacking to the Masses
XBOW's benchmarks show GPT-5.5 cuts vulnerability miss rate to 10%, matches Anthropic's restricted Mythos - and is available to all ChatGPT subscribers.
Apple's Next CEO Is the Engineer Who Built Its Chips
Tim Cook becomes executive chairman and John Ternus, the hardware engineer behind Apple Silicon, takes the CEO role on September 1 - a clear bet that chips beat software in the AI race.
