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23:59
2026-06-24
simonwillison.net
developer-tools

simonw/browser-compat-db

Simon Willison created a GitHub repository that uses AI-generated scripts and GitHub Actions to build a 66MB SQLite database from Mozilla's browser compatibility data, hosted with open CORS headers fo…

23:47
2026-06-24
letsdatascience.com
ai-agents

Anthropic Engineer Advocates HTML Over Markdown for Agents

Anthropic engineer Thariq Shihipar published a post arguing that HTML outputs improve human-agent workflows over Markdown, releasing 20 self-contained HTML examples that drew 4.4 million views in 16 h…

20:15
2026-06-24
gilesthomas.com
large-language-models

Thoughts on Role Confusion

Researchers Charles Ye, Jasmine Cui, and Dylan Hadfield-Menell found that large language models often ignore explicit role tags like <system> or <user> and instead infer roles from text tone, enabling…

16:00
2026-06-24
dev.to
large-language-models

Why Prompt Injection Won't Be "Fixed"

Prompt injection remains the top vulnerability for large language models, according to OWASP's Top 10 for LLM Applications, because it is an architectural property of how LLMs process input rather tha…

15:51
2026-06-24
vanta.com
artificial-intelligence

Vanta's Agent Development Principles

Vanta's Staff Software Engineer Noam Rubin outlines the company's agent development principles, emphasizing betting on model intelligence, enabling composition for emergent behaviors, and building str…

00:00
2026-06-24
howstrangeitistobeanythingatall.com
artificial-intelligence

The Person in the Verbs

Tom MacWright criticizes job applications built entirely with AI, arguing they reveal nothing about the person behind the polished surface. The author reflects on how true character is found in action…

23:23
2026-06-23
blog.postman.com
ai-agents

Postman launches passport for securing API secret access

Postman launched Passport, a secure API access system that replaces real API keys with cryptographic credential references bound to the holder, to prevent secret sprawl and leakage in the age of AI ag…

18:58
2026-06-23
simonwillison.net
developer-tools

OPFS + Pyodide test harness

Simon Willison built a test harness combining OPFS and Pyodide to explore whether Datasette Lite can edit persistent SQLite files stored in the browser's Origin Private File System. The tool allows te…

22:57
2026-06-21
letsdatascience.com
ai-agents

Cloudflare Enables Temporary Accounts for AI Agents

Cloudflare launched 'Temporary Cloudflare Accounts for Agents' on June 19, 2026, allowing unauthenticated users to deploy Workers via wrangler deploy --temporary without signing up. The ephemeral depl…

00:37
2026-06-21
letsdatascience.com
ai-safety

US Orders Suspension of Anthropic Fable 5, Mythos 5

The US government ordered Anthropic to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all foreign nationals, citing national security concerns over a jailbreak method. Anthropic complied imm…

08:36
2026-06-19
devclubhouse.com
developer-tools

The SQLite App Server: Why Datasette Apps Changes the Game

Datasette creator Simon Willison launched datasette-apps, a plugin that embeds sandboxed HTML/JS applications directly alongside SQLite databases, transforming the tool from a read-only data explorer …

00:00
2026-06-19
howstrangeitistobeanythingatall.com
ai-safety

Where the Key Should Live

Sean Lynch and a new paper argue that AI systems should separate authentication from conversation to prevent misuse of powerful tools. The author warns that hiding permission inside conversational int…

23:17
2026-06-18
blog.r-lopes.com
ai-safety

The Line Vibe Coding Can't Cross

Vibe coding—prompting an AI agent and shipping unread output—introduces a measurable defect tax that makes it unsuitable for mission-critical systems, with 45% of AI-generated code containing security…

00:00
2026-06-18
jasonrobert.dev
artificial-intelligence

Skill Rot Is Real

Developers are reporting 'skill rot' as AI coding assistants automate debugging and problem-solving, reducing hands-on practice. A METR study found developers believed AI made them 20% faster but were…

14:10
2026-06-17
lesswrong.com
ai-safety

The Once And Future Fable #3: Fix This Code

Anthropic's Fable model remains offline after two days of meetings in Washington, with prediction markets showing a 55% chance of restoration by July 1. Security expert Katie Moussouris confirmed ther…

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