Hackers just crossed a line we hoped they'd never reach.
On May 11, 2026, Google caught cybercriminals using AI to create and weaponize a zero-day exploit the first confirmed case of machines building weapons for digital warfare.
But wait, there's more:
Court docs expose Microsoft's 2017 panic about losing OpenAI to Amazon
An open-source AI agent just dethroned a tech giant's framework
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In today's post:
Hermes Agent dethrones OpenClaw as the most-used AI framework
Microsoft's secret fear: OpenAI almost jumped ship to Amazon
Hackers just used AI to create their first zero-day exploit in the wild
Hermes Agent Just Crushed OpenClaw in the AI Race
The crown for the top open-source AI agent just changed hands.
Hermes Agent by Nous Research officially beat OpenClaw in daily usage.
It shows developers want AI that actually learns from its mistakes, not just a bot connected to a bunch of apps.
The details:
Hermes Agent hit the number one spot on OpenRouter on May 10, 2026, generating 224 billion tokens in a single day.
OpenClaw fell to second place with 186 billion daily tokens.
Hermes just released version 0.13.0 on May 7, bringing a massive update with 864 new code changes and critical security fixes.
Hermes uses a unique closed learning loop to analyze its own work and save new skills directly to your hard drive.
OpenClaw takes a different path, relying on a giant store of 10,000 human-made skills and connecting to over 50 messaging apps.
Why it matters:
The AI market is splitting into two clear paths.
If you want a bot that works everywhere, you pick OpenClaw.
But if you want a smart agent that gets better at specific tasks over time, you go with Hermes.
Smart users are even combining both to get the best of both worlds.
💡 L8R's Take:
I am not surprised Hermes took the lead.
Connecting to 50 apps is a neat trick, but an AI that actually learns and writes its own skills is the real future.
OpenClaw is stuck in the past, and Hermes is showing us where agents are actually going.
Secret Emails Show Microsoft Was Scared of Losing OpenAI to Amazon
Secret court documents just exposed how the biggest AI deal in history really happened.
Microsoft did not partner with OpenAI because of a grand vision, but out of pure fear.
They were terrified Sam Altman would take his business to Amazon.
The details:
Sam Altman asked Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella for $300 million in free cloud computing back in the summer of 2017.
Microsoft's cloud boss Jason Zander hated the idea because it did not guarantee immediate profits.
Internal emails from January 2018 show Microsoft leaders panicked that OpenAI would storm off to Amazon if they said no.
These secrets just came out as evidence during the ongoing Musk versus Altman trial in California.
Why it matters:
The Microsoft and OpenAI partnership looks like a genius move today.
But these emails prove it was a desperate block against Amazon Web Services.
Massive computing power was the ultimate weapon for early AI survival.
Microsoft bought their front-row seat to the AI boom mostly because they were scared of a rival.
💡 L8R's Take:
I find it hilarious that a trillion-dollar AI empire was built on pure FOMO.
Microsoft got incredibly lucky that their fear of Amazon forced them into the best deal of the century.
It just proves that even the smartest tech giants make huge moves based on sheer panic.
AI Writes a Zero-Day Exploit for Cybercriminals
Cybercriminals just crossed a massive line by using AI to build a working zero-day exploit.
Google's security team caught a prominent hacker group trying to launch a massive attack using AI-generated code.
The hackers built a tool to bypass two-factor authentication, turning a theoretical threat into a real-world nightmare.
The details:
Google's Threat Intelligence Group stopped the attack before the hackers could launch their mass-exploitation campaign on May 11, 2026.
The AI wrote a Python script to bypass two-factor authentication on a popular open-source web admin tool.
Google knew AI wrote the code because it included a fake, hallucinated CVSS security score and weirdly polite educational notes.
The specific AI model used by the hackers remains a mystery, but Google confirmed it was not Gemini or Anthropic's Mythos.
Why it matters:
We always worried AI would make hackers faster and more dangerous.
This proves it. Criminals do not care about perfect code.
They just want to break into systems quickly to make money.
AI gives them the speed they need to find and weaponize flaws before software makers can fix them.
💡 L8R's Take:
The hallucinated security score is hilarious, but the threat is dead serious.
If an AI can write a working zero-day exploit today, imagine what it will do next year.
Security teams must stop fighting human hackers and start building AI defenses that fight back at machine speed.
🚀 Quick L8R Summary
Hermes Agent: Open-source AI agent framework overtakes OpenClaw as the most-used tool on OpenRouter, hitting 224 billion daily tokens.
Microsoft's OpenAI Fears: Unsealed court docs show Microsoft panicked in 2017 that OpenAI would ditch them for AWS.
AI-Weaponized Zero-Day: Hackers used AI to create the first-ever zero-day exploit in the wild Google caught and killed it..
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