Show Notes
This week, we discuss big bets gone wrong, OpenAI buying the Python toolchain, and Claude's favorite tools. Plus, how fast should AI agents ship bug fixes?
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Runner-up Titles
Product Management Slot Machine
We poisoned our own data
As the resident hater of SDT
I’m optimistic on this one
I’ll check back when you call it Siri
AI SEO
The Ryan Gosling of Podcasts
Rundown
Big Bets, Past, Present and Future
Meta decides not to shut down Horizon Worlds on VR after all
OpenAI Will Shut Down Sora Video App; Disney Drops Plans for $1 Billion Investment
Amazon's smartphone would be ill-timed: IDC analyst
Jitterbug Smart4 Smartphone for Seniors
Python and OpenAI
Thoughts on OpenAI acquiring Astral and uv/ruff/ty
OpenAI to acquire Astral | OpenAI
Security
TeamPCP Backdoors LiteLLM Versions 1.82.7–1.82.8 via Trivy CI/CD Compromise
Three’s a Crowd: TeamPCP trojanizes LiteLLM in Continuation of Campaign
KICS GitHub Action Compromised: TeamPCP Strikes Again in Supply Chain Attack
Trivy Compromised: Everything You Need to Know about the Latest Supply Chain Attack
Introducing Wiz AI Application Protection Platform (AI-APP)
Introducing Wiz Agents & Workflows: Security at the Speed of AI
AI Runtime Threat Detection: From Input to Real-World Impact
Claude defaults
Amplifying — AI Benchmark Research
Relevant to your Interests
Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) on X
Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse
Government Registers Aliens.Gov Domain
Instagram to remove end-to-end encryption for private messages in May
What Is the PARK Stack?
Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway
Mark Zuckerberg builds AI CEO to help him run Meta
FCC Updates Covered List to Include Foreign-Made Consumer Routers, Prohibiting Approval of New Models
Future Casting the Modern Data Stack
Anthropic says Claude can now use your computer to finish tasks for you in AI agent push
Today’s layoffs, This note was sent to Epic employees today
Your wireless router is now banned from sale in the US
Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features
Jury orders Meta and Google to pay woman $3 million in social media addiction trial
Arm is releasing the first in-house chip in its 35-year history
Arm Launches Own CPU, Arm’s Motivation, Constraints and Systems
Feature Spotlight: Introducing the Fantastical Connector (MCP) for Claude
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