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title: "Anthropic says auto mode will be the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, Team plans, starting on Aug. 14, claiming it's good enough at catching harmful actions (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/anthropic-says-auto-mode-will-be-the-default-in-claude-code-for-pro-a0310860
published: 2026-08-09T00:38:10.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Anthropic says auto mode will be the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, Team plans, starting on Aug. 14, claiming it's good enough at catching harmful actions (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-08-09 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/anthropic-says-auto-mode-will-be-the-default-in-claude-code-for-pro-a0310860

Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog : Anthropic says auto mode will be the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, Team plans, starting on Aug. 14, claiming it's good enough at catching harmful actions — This was one of the topics discussed in our Fireside Chat with Cat Wu and Thariq Shihipar at the AI Engineer World's Fair last month.

In this story: [Claude Code](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/claude-code), [Cat Wu](https://frontiernewswire.com/people/cat-wu)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/260808/p10#a260808p10)

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- [Cat Wu, product lead for Claude Code and Cowork, has left Anthropic; Thariq Shihipar, who worked on Claude Code, announced his departure last month (Stephen Council/Business Insider)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/cat-wu-product-lead-for-claude-code-and-cowork-has-left-anthropic-db7e4427)
- [Cat Wu, who left Anthropic last week, says she is joining OpenAI to lead product manangement for core products; Wu was the product lead for Claude Code (Stephen Council/Business Insider)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/cat-wu-who-left-anthropic-last-week-says-she-is-joining-openai-to-lead-bd5e98e4)

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