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“The agent may help with that investigation too, although the amount of code it has already produced tells you very little about how long it will take.” A useful read on when to delegate, verify, and keep learning hands-on. Read on #Radar:

PHP’s incident is a warning about legacy software and AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery. “If that were the end of the story, it wouldn’t be notable. But the problem goes a lot deeper.” Mike Loukides, O’Reilly Radar:

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“You can’t make these trade-offs from a gut feeling alone.” James Shore on measuring AI’s real impact: costs, speed, and unintended consequences included. Read the #Radar article:

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“The distilled model wasn’t just as good as the model+harness, it was noticeably better.” Harnesses are evolving as models absorb general scaffolding. They still handle what’s specific to your tools, data, users, and environment. Read #Radar article:

We just released new UK research revealing that training and governance have failed to keep pace with AI-assisted work, leaving employees exposed to costly mistakes. AI has quietly become the first place most UK workers turn for answers:

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AI should help people create and flourish. @timoreilly and Demetrios Brinkmann explore human-centered AI, and how expert context changed an agent’s hiring advice. Watch the full conversation:

“These are modes, not personality types.” Sar Haidar explores five ways people use AI at work, and how teams can keep people and agents aligned. Read #Radar article to learn more:

“AI’s rapid expansion is creating problems across the industry, from chip shortages to autonomous agents that exceed their instructions.” Christina Stathopoulos and Michelle Smith cover the AI’s growing pains. Read the #Radar article here:

“You don’t need a Ferrari to manage your calendar.” — Raffi Krikorian Mozilla CTO Raffi Krikorian and @timoreilly explore open source AI, and building technology people can own and trust. Read here to learn more:

“A software factory lets you delegate more of that process!” Hugo Bowne-Anderson and Eleanor Berger on agents that work in the background, with context, automation, and checks. Read the #Radar article:

Your AI text can carry a watermark without adding a single hidden character. “There are no hidden characters placed inside the AI generated text, and no extra tokens are consumed.” Bruce Hopkins explains how it works in this #Radar article:

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“AI is also a tool for defenders.” But security teams need more than copilots: clear policies, specialized tools, funding, and new skills. Mike Loukides on the AI security gaps:

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