The AI Coconut Wireless – October 13, 2025

Here’s what every Islander needs to know about AI today!

1. Claude Sonnet and the rise of self-directed AI agents—coding without a human hand? (The Verge)
2. Why do AIs “make stuff up”? The incentives behind hallucinations, explained (TechCrunch)
3. Meta won’t allow opt-out from ads based on your AI chats—privacy fight intensifies (Ars Technica)
4. Tanzania’s CRDB Bank earns praise after AI-driven service remodel—what changed (IPP Media)
5. Food waste to “anti–palm oil”? A new bio-alternative could shake supply chains (CNET)

*An AI tool was used to enhance and streamline the editing process for this publication.