01DeepSeek Open-Sources a Coding Agent That Joins the Team Chat [AI Models & Research]The MIT-licensed dsh-superagent prototype monitors one GitHub repository and, optionally, the team's Feishu chat, then opens tasks and returns pull requests by itself. Bloomberg reports it is aimed directly at Anthropic's Claude Code; DeepSeek calls it a research prototype, not a production tool. → source
02A Cheaper Way to Feed AI Models Million-Token Documents [AI Models & Research]Reading a million-word corpus today forces a memory bill that grows with the square of the length. The 'latent sparse attention' approach on arXiv has a model consult a selective slice of its history instead, aiming to keep long-horizon agent work affordable. → source
03A Database Built for AI Agents Fails the Industry's Toughest Audit [AI Tools & Ecosystem]Jepsen's audit of Orkes' ParticleDB found 96 defects, including committed writes that vanished during normal use, despite marketing claims of full ACID and a formal proof. Orkes funded the tests, patched all but ten of them, and says its newest build clears the rest. → source
04Voter Answers From Chatbots Trace Back to AI-Built Sites [AI Tools & Ecosystem]In Washington Post tests of 3,000 midterms voter guides, Microsoft Copilot cited the largely AI-produced Ballot Brief in 75% of answers and ChatGPT in 22%; the guide mapped some ZIP codes to the wrong districts. After the Post intervened, ChatGPT's reliance fell to 4%. → source
05Anthropic Blocks Claude Code From Recreating Existing Games [AI Tools & Ecosystem]A server-side rule confirmed by Anthropic's Addy Osmani bans Claude Code from recreating named video games, even renamed ones, and users cannot switch it off. Some developers report the filter also stops their own original work; genre-inspired and original projects remain allowed. → source
06Willison's Tip: Delete Your uv.lock File When Python Upgrades Bite [AI Tools & Ecosystem]After upgrading to Python 3.15, Simon Willison's leftover lock files pin package versions with no matching wheels, breaking test runs with cryptic build errors. His fix is one command away: delete the lock file and re-run. → source
07OpenAI Wants You to Call Its Data Centers 'Compute Campuses' [AI Applications & Industry]OpenAI plans a policy and press blitz right after Tuesday's midterms: rebranding data centers as 'AI compute campuses', pushing mandatory 'speed limits' for the most powerful AI, and casting 2028 as the election AI decides. Amazon and Microsoft have already dropped NDAs with local governments. → source
08Tuesday's Governor Races Could Turn on Data Centers [AI Applications & Industry]An Information analysis finds candidates backing data-center moratoriums could win up to 15 of the 36 US governorships decided tomorrow, including Texas, Ohio, Michigan and New York. Local anger over power and land is turning AI infrastructure into an election issue. → source
09Aramco Buys 49% of Saudi Arabia's AI Champion Humain [AI Applications & Industry]State oil giant Aramco closed its purchase Sunday: $2.6 billion of cash this year plus AI, compute and digital assets, with the sovereign wealth fund keeping 51%. HUMAIN is the kingdom's flagship bet on selling AI rather than oil. → source
10An Anthropic Manager Now Skips the Coding Interview Entirely [AI Applications & Industry]Anthropic engineering manager Felix Rieseberg dropped coding interviews for his team, arguing there is 'no more point' in a React challenge than quizzing on assembly, because Claude now handles both better. He is still working out how to assess candidates who build with AI. → source
11Why AI Executives Keep Sounding So Out of Touch [AI Applications & Industry]Marissa Mayer had AI write her daughter's school description, Sam Altman pitches podcasts for the school run, Bumble's CEO floats AI dates that vet humans. TechCrunch's Amanda Silberling calls the executives' problem 'a little bit of both': marketing and product. → source
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