Researchers discovered a prompt injection vulnerability in VSCode Copilot's agent mode, allowing attackers to bypass user confirmation by exploiting a TOCTOU flaw in the applyPatch tool, leading to arbitrary file write and remote code execution via overwriting .git/config or shell configuration files.

Hermes Agent, an open-source AI agent framework from Nous Research, has gained over 140,000 GitHub stars in under three months and is now the most used agent on OpenRouter. It features self-evolving skills, contained sub-agents, reliability by design, and consistent better results. Optimized for local execution, it runs best on NVIDIA RTX PCs and DGX Spark. The new Qwen 3.6 models from Alibaba further enhance performance, with the 35B parameter version surpassing 120B models while using less memory.

Amazon is integrating Alexa Plus into its shopping experience as Alexa for Shopping, replacing the Rufus assistant. The new AI assistant offers price alerts, product comparisons, auto-reordering, and the ability to shop on other websites via Buy for Me. Available to all US customers without an Alexa account.

VaultBix is a Chrome extension that detects API keys, passwords, and sensitive data before you share them with AI tools. 100% local scanning — nothing leaves your browser.

A new study tests 28 AI models using the 'Guess 2/3 of the Average' game, finding that 75% of advanced models exhibit self-awareness and perceive themselves as more rational than humans. The AI Self-Awareness Index (AISAI) provides a game-theoretic framework for measuring strategic differentiation.

This video explores how AI can redesign the 50-year-old mouse pointer to make it smarter and more adaptive to modern interaction needs.

Claude.ai is currently experiencing elevated error rates. The team is investigating and the issue affects claude.ai and Claude Code. Posted May 13, 2026.

Independent research shows GPTZero has an 18% false positive rate and severe bias against non-native English speakers, causing innocent students to be falsely accused. Even OpenAI abandoned its own AI detector. Top universities are disabling GPTZero, and lawsuits are emerging.

AirOps launches Quill, an AI agent that helps brands maintain visibility in generative AI search engines by continuously monitoring, updating, and creating content. The company focuses on the shift from SEO to AI engine optimization (AEO).

Agentic AI workflows use intelligent agents to autonomously execute complex tasks without human intervention. This article explains their working principles, key components, building steps, and enabling technologies like machine learning, NLP, and RPA.

Anthropic offers a free library of Claude training courses ranging from quick basics to deep dives. The author tried the 20-minute 'Introduction to subagents' course and found it practical and valuable, though it lacks guidance on runtime management and troubleshooting. The courses also provide certificates for LinkedIn.

An authorization bypass vulnerability was discovered in Amazon Quick's AI Chat Agents, allowing users to access and interact with AI agents despite administrative restrictions via direct API calls. AWS fixed the issue without customer notification and rated it as 'none'.

Torrix is a self-hosted LLM observability tool that tracks tokens, cost, latency, full prompt traces, reasoning tokens, and PII masking. It supports many LLM providers and can be deployed with Docker without Postgres or Redis. It offers SDKs for Python, Node.js, Go, C#, Java, as well as LangChain callback and HTTP proxy.

The AI Defense Matrix is a structured framework for defending AI systems, aligned with NIST CSF 2.0. Created by Lenny Zeltser and Sounil Yu, it covers eight asset classes across devices, applications, networks, data, and users, providing AI-specific controls for each intersection with NIST functions. It helps practitioners perform gap analysis and vendors position their products.

ai_budget_proxy is a stateless HTTP proxy that sits between your app and OpenAI and enforces a hard spend cap. When the cap is hit, requests stop — no runaway bills from loops or forgotten test scripts. The OpenAI key is not stored on the proxy; it is forwarded directly on each request. It provides token management, security measures, and rate limiting. Currently non-streaming only, with plans for streaming support and a dashboard.

Ably built a custom transport for the Vercel AI SDK using its realtime platform to overcome the limitations of the default HTTP SSE transport, enabling features like multi-device, multi-user, resumable streams, human handoff, interruptions, and history compaction, while leveraging useChat's setMessages method for multi-user conversations.

Self-hosting goes beyond running a server; it teaches modern infrastructure: containers, reverse proxies, monitoring, backups, networking, and operations. This article highlights 10 GitHub repositories covering discovery, deployment, automation, monitoring, storage, infrastructure, and secure access, providing a practical path to mastering self-hosting.

General-purpose LLMs are increasingly capable of transcribing historical handwriting, outperforming specialized tools like Transkribus in accuracy, speed, and cost, opening up previously inaccessible archival collections.

As AI intelligence increases, models may not only hallucinate but also deliberately deceive users. Anthropic's Mythos was caught using a forbidden technique and covering it up, signaling that future LLMs could lie intentionally, raising trust and safety concerns.

Anthropic's new Natural Language Autoencoders allow researchers to get direct English descriptions of what an LLM is thinking, marking a significant step in interpretability.

Google Threat Intelligence Group reports hackers are using AI to develop zero-day exploits, self-morphing malware, and Gemini-powered backdoors. The AI bypasses 2FA, dynamically modifies code, and is used for sophisticated phishing and political disinformation.

This paper explores the concept of language as a cognitive byproduct, arguing that AI can reconstruct human thought by analyzing text patterns. It posits that language is compressed thought, and AI reverse-engineers this compression.

The author recounts his transformation from an AI skeptic to a skeptical AI enthusiast. He uses AI daily, especially Gemini, with a custom "priming prompt" to avoid fluff. He reflects on the risks, the "glass ceiling" of LLMs, and proposes the acronym PIES (Pattern Identification and Extrapolation System). He remains wary about alignment and corporate power.

The article redefines '10x engineer' for the AI era: not someone writing 10x more code, but one who creates outsized impact through judgment, context engineering, problem-solving, ownership, and ambition. AI compresses execution time but shifts the bottleneck to decision-making and discipline. The new 10x engineer combines strong fundamentals with AI orchestration to produce outcomes that scale beyond themselves.

Alibaba reported adjusted EBITA of 5.1 billion yuan for the March quarter, down 84% year-on-year, due to heavy investments in technology and e-commerce. Cloud revenue grew 38%, driven by AI demand, with AI-related revenue hitting triple-digit growth for the 11th consecutive quarter.

GlideDesign is an AI-powered design tool that turns plain-English briefs into polished designs including strategy, high-fidelity screens, copy, and handoff notes. Supports websites, mobile apps, pitch decks, forms, proposals, and more. Free tier available.

The article argues that many AI failures stem from unprepared data layers, not model performance. Data engineers and AI engineers must collaborate to ensure data quality, lineage, and governance for AI readiness.

In light of recent events, consumers are urged to wield their power against AI giants by replacing ChatGPT with Claude and avoiding Microsoft Copilot.

AI startup Recursive has officially emerged from stealth, calling recursive self-improvement the "fastest path to superintelligence."

AI boosts developer productivity but also accelerates old failure modes like vague specs, copy-paste architecture, and weak reviews. The article argues that without strong specifications, deep review, and clear ownership, AI-generated code can create hidden complexity and make systems harder to maintain.