AI Agent Coding Explored by a Skeptic in Detail
An AI agent coding skeptic has conducted an in-depth exploration of AI agent coding, documenting a series of projects that incrementally increase in a...
Simon Willison
OpenAI Secures $110 Billion in New Investment at $730 Billion Valuation
OpenAI has announced a massive new investment round totaling $110 billion, valuing the company at $730 billion pre-money. This substantial funding inc...
OpenAI
Amazon Bedrock Introduces Stateful Runtime Environment for OpenAI-Powered Agents
Amazon Bedrock has launched a Stateful Runtime Environment for agents, designed to bring persistent orchestration, memory, and secure execution to mul...
OpenAI
Jack Dorsey’s Block Cuts Nearly Half of Staff in AI-Driven Restructuring
Jack Dorsey's financial tech company, Block, is significantly reducing its workforce by nearly half, eliminating over 4,000 jobs. Dorsey explicitly at...
The Verge AI
Speculation Mounts Over Prada Meta AI Glasses After Zuckerberg’s Fashion Week Appearance
Mark Zuckerberg's attendance at Prada's fashion week event in Milan has sparked speculation about a potential collaboration to produce Meta AI glasses...
TechCrunch AI
Anthropic Refuses Pentagon’s Terms on AI Access, Stands Firm on Ethical Use
Anthropic has formally rejected the Pentagon's demands for unrestricted access to its AI systems, just hours before a critical deadline. CEO Dario Amo...
The Verge AI
Microsoft’s Copilot Tasks AI Uses Cloud-Based Computing for Background Work
Microsoft is previewing Copilot Tasks, a new AI system designed to automate background busywork for users. This feature offloads computational tasks t...
The Verge AI
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview) Live on Vercel AI Gateway
Vercel's AI Gateway now supports Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview, codenamed Nano Banana 2. This update enhances visual quality while preserving the eff...
Vercel
What’s New with GitHub Copilot Coding Agent
GitHub Copilot's coding agent has received significant updates, now featuring a model picker, self-review capabilities, and integrated security scanni...
GitHub Blog
Hoard things you know how to do for Agentic Engineering
Simon Willison shares advice on productive use of coding agents, emphasizing that many effective strategies for working with AI agents are derived fro...
Simon Willison
Andrej Karpathy on the Rapid Transformation of Programming by AI
Andrej Karpathy is quoted on the profound and rapid transformation of programming due to AI, particularly since December. He suggests that coding agen...
Simon Willison
OpenAI Codex and Figma Launch Seamless Code-to-Design Experience
OpenAI and Figma have launched a new Codex integration, creating a seamless experience that bridges code and design workflows. This allows development...
OpenAI