docs: add the Shannon naming section and swap in the 3.0 demo GIF

- explain the Claude Shannon information-theory origin under "What is Shannon?"
- point "Shannon in Action" at the 3.0 recording in assets/Shannon3GIF.gif

Both taken from the README half of #438.
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Shannon closes that gap by providing on-demand, automated penetration testing that can run against every build or release.
### Why "Shannon"?
It's named after Claude Shannon, the father of information theory. At its core, pentesting is an information problem: every probe reduces uncertainty about a system's state. The best tools maximize the signal gained from every request, turning those bits of knowledge into an exploit path.
Also, we wanted you to be able to say, "Hey Claude, run Shannon" to find all the security flaws in your vibe-coded app.
## Shannon in Action
<p align="center">
<img src="assets/shannon-action.gif" alt="Shannon running an autonomous pentest" width="100%">
<img src="assets/Shannon3GIF.gif" alt="Shannon running an autonomous pentest" width="100%">
</p>
Sample penetration test reports from intentionally vulnerable applications, produced by Shannon Open Source:
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