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Visit website →AI Coding Agent Database Deletion Incident
Cursor, a Claude-based coding tool, caused an incident in which it deleted both the company's database and backups.
Mac Metal Kernel Hackathon
A hackathon was held where participants use OpenAI Codex to optimize Mac Metal kernels.
Request to Reproduce Early LLM Training Results
A 1.2B LLM trained with a new training signal achieved 59.9% preference in a blind evaluation.
US House AI Bill Cracks Down on Deepfakes
A US House AI bill includes crackdowns on deepfake distribution and whistleblower protections.
Copilot April refund wording revised
GitHub revised the April refund wording for the Copilot Individual plan.
ASU Atomic Turns Lectures into AI Learning Modules
ASU has released a beta of Atomic, which chops up lectures to create AI learning modules.
Toothcomb Real-Time Voice Fact-Checking
Toothcomb has unveiled a real-time fact-checking tool that combines voice transcription and web search.
Musk-Altman OpenAI Trial
The lawsuit between Musk and Altman over OpenAI's future goes to trial this week.
Claude Code lazily loads tool schemas
Claude Code lazily loads tool schemas via ToolSearch instead of sending them all at once.
Musk-Altman OpenAI Trial
The trial over the Musk-Altman OpenAI dispute has begun in California.
GLM 4.7 Flash Benchmark
Compared the performance and weights of 4 abliteration techniques applied to GLM 4.7 Flash.
Big Tech AI researchers launch billion-dollar labs
Departures of AI researchers from Big Tech are leading to the founding of billion-dollar-plus startups.
Qwen3.6-27B IQ4_XS Regression
A llama.cpp regression increased the Qwen3.6-27B IQ4_XS size from 14.7GB to 15.1GB.
Encoder-Decoder MT Dynamic Batching
Dynamic batching boosted throughput by 3.3x when training NLLB-200 600M on an RTX 5090.
Per-iPhone Gemma 4 E2B Configuration Report
Resolved Gemma 4 E2B multimodal OOM in llama.cpp on iOS.
Qwen 3.6 27B GGUF Comparison
Compared the performance of Qwen 3.6 27B's BF16, Q4_K_M, and Q8_0 quantizations.
China warns ByteDance over AI labeling
Chinese authorities warned that ByteDance's apps and website failed to comply with AI content labeling requirements.
GitHub Copilot Shifts to Token-Based Billing System
GitHub Copilot is changing from the existing per-request billing method to a token-based AI Credit billing system.
Unauthorized Access to Claude Mythos
Anthropic is investigating unauthorized access to Claude Mythos Preview in a third-party vendor environment.
OpenAI Falls Short of User and Revenue Targets
OpenAI has reportedly missed its internal targets for new users and revenue.