Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8, describing it as a "modest but tangible improvement" over its predecessor with a focus on increased honesty and reduced factual hallucinations. The model is four ti…
Simon Willison released version 0.25.1 of the llm-anthropic plugin, adding support for the new Claude Opus 4.8 model and a fast mode option for eligible accounts. The update also changes the default m…
Simon Willison released a new Markdown rendering tool that treats fenced code SVG blocks as rendered images while also offering a code view tab. The tool accepts pasted Markdown or URLs to CORS-enable…
SQLite has updated its AGENTS.md file to explicitly state it does not accept agentic code, removing the word "currently" to strengthen the policy. The project also split AI-generated bug reports into …
Anthropic and OpenAI have both shifted enterprise pricing for their coding agent products to match API token costs, eliminating previous discounts. The changes, implemented by Anthropic in November 20…
Kyle Ferrana highlighted a critical failure in AI decision-making by sharing a Star Trek analogy where Data ignored a direct order to raise shields, resulting in catastrophic hull breaches. The exampl…
The curl project's security team is facing unprecedented pressure from a flood of AI-assisted security reports, with incoming reports now 4-5 times higher than 2024 levels and averaging more than one …
Investor Paul Graham said he immediately ignores emails from founders that appear to be written by AI, noting that the "hard-hitting journalistic style" is a clear giveaway. Graham stated he has never…
Cloud architect Corey Quinn praised Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah's influence on Pope Francis's encyclical *Magnifica Humanitas*, calling it the most effective vendor lobbying effort he has ev…
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, *Magnifica Humanitas*, on Thursday, addressing the ethical integration of artificial intelligence into modern society. The document, titled "On Safeguarding…
Datasette-agent 0.1a4 has been released, integrating a new "Start a new agent chat" interface into the Jump to menu via the makeJumpSections() JavaScript plugin hook added in Datasette 1.0a30. The upd…
Software developer Armin Ronacher criticized the growing trend of AI-generated "slop" bug reports on open-source projects, saying users are submitting issues that lack their own voice and contain inac…
The FTC has reached settlements totaling nearly $1 million with Cox Media Group, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works for falsely claiming their "Active Listening" service used smart device microphones to…
Datasette Agent is a new, extensible AI assistant for Datasette that provides a conversational interface for querying data and generating charts via plugins. The live demo, running on Gemini 3.1 Flash…
Release of datasette-agent-sprites 0.1a0, a plugin for the Datasette Agent tool that enables running commands within a Fly Sprites sandbox environment. The release was made on May 21, 2026.…
Release of datasette-agent-charts version 0.1a2 on May 21, 2026, which adds "View SQL query" buttons below rendered charts. It also lists recent related articles, including a post about Datasette Agen…
The datasette-agent 0.1a3 update, released on 21st May 2026, adds "View SQL query" buttons for visible tables and collapsed SQL result tool calls, while also hiding empty reasoning chunks. It improves…
SpaceX disclosed in its S-1 filing that it provides compute capacity for its proprietary AI applications, including training Grok 5 at COLOSSUS II, while also selling access to third parties. In May 2…
This article, published on May 20, 2026, highlights a simple HTML tool created by Mike Veerman that simulates different LLM token output speeds, ranging from 5 to 800 tokens per second. The tool is de…
At Google I/O, the most notable announcement was Gemini Spark, an AI agent that integrates with Google apps like Gmail and Calendar, running on the Gemini 3.5 Flash model and a new platform called Ant…