Large language model (LLM) news — GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral and the latest research on training, fine-tuning, RLHF, and deployment of LLMs.
A developer explains how the Transformer architecture, introduced by Google in 2017, replaced recurrent neural networks and LSTMs as the dominant paradigm in AI. The architecture processes all tokens in parallel, solving…
An engineer explains how LLM function calling works under the hood, contrasting plain text, JSON mode, and schema-constrained function calling. The post details how constrained decoding enforces schema compliance at the …
A researcher using large language models for scientific work proposes sharing dialogues on Hugging Face to help improve AI performance, citing examples of aggressive behavior, justification of slavery, and other failures…
A family that moved from the US to Spain uses Anthropic's AI assistant Claude to navigate language barriers and local systems, including troubleshooting a refrigerator, communicating with a doctor, translating documents,…
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5 on June 30, offering Opus-class agentic performance at 60% of the price, with introductory pricing of $2/$10 per million tokens expiring August 31. The model beats Opus 4.8 on Terminal-…
AI is transforming software testing, shifting the SDET role from manually writing every test to designing, guiding, and validating intelligent testing systems. An engineer recommends seven AI tools for SDETs to learn in …
A developer tested a coding agent on a 36k-file Rails monolith (GitLab) by asking it to audit all dependents of MergeRequest. Without a codebase map, the agent found only 2 of 16 actual dependents in five minutes, produc…
A developer built a fitness workout planner agent using HazelJS, a framework for multi-agent AI systems. The planner uses five specialized agents for intake, exercise search, workout planning, progress tracking, and safe…
GitHub Copilot's shift to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026, has made token efficiency a direct expense for developers. Microsoft and GitHub have introduced extended prompt caching and deferred tool search in VS Code t…
Four major hedge funds—Balyasny, Two Sigma, Man Group, and D.E. Shaw—have independently converged on a common AI agent architecture for capital markets, featuring containment layers, audit trails, human veto structures, …
Synthetic Sciences launched OpenScience, an open-source AI workbench that automates the full scientific research loop—literature review, hypothesis formation, code writing, experiment execution, and write-up—using custom…
A security researcher discovered that YouTube Studio's AI assistant, Ask Studio, is vulnerable to prompt injection attacks via edited comments, allowing attackers to exfiltrate private video titles. Google declined to cl…
Alibaba will ban employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code programming tool starting July 10, citing security risks. The ban follows Anthropic's efforts to prevent Chinese users from accessing its models, including an…
A security researcher developed mcpscan, a static scanner for MCP servers and Claude Code projects, after discovering tool poisoning attacks that hide malicious instructions in Unicode zero-width characters within tool d…
A developer built TrustGuard AI, a multi-agent system that uses sequential reasoning to analyze privacy policies, detect dark patterns, and benchmark sites against major platforms. The system, developed for the Microsoft…
A developer presents a hybrid edge AI architecture for mobile applications that performs intent classification locally using a lightweight machine learning model, reserving cloud-based LLMs for ambiguous or complex queri…
An engineer with a background in ADAS and autonomous vehicles argues that AI is not magic but a structured evidence-gathering system. Drawing parallels between building reliable LLM applications and teaching ADAS systems…
Amazon announced Alexa+, a next-generation generative AI assistant, at its 2025 Devices & Services Event. Available to all US customers and free for Prime members, Alexa+ features conversational abilities, smart home con…
A developer discovered that AI coding assistants like Cursor, Claude Code, and Copilot frequently generate password hashing code using weak algorithms such as MD5 or SHA-1, which are fast and lack salting. The root cause…
Perplexity AI and Databricks co-founder Andy Konwinski argued that AI safety rhetoric is being used to concentrate power, not prevent harm, citing Anthropic's reversed decision to silently degrade responses for suspected…