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Code
After the NHS locked down its open source code in response to security reports, the UK's Government Digital Service says that was exactly the wrong move.
By The AI Beat · May 18, 2026
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Tools & Releases
A new tool from MinishLab claims to use 98% fewer tokens than grep when helping AI agents search codebases.
By The AI Beat · May 18, 2026
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Code
After years with utility-first frameworks, one developer is rediscovering what CSS can actually do.
By The AI Beat · May 17, 2026
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Tools & Releases
The research repository is handing out year-long bans for lazy LLM use, Nvidia dropped an open-source video model that generates 720p clips, and one developer's side project has had more names than a witness protection program.
By The AI Beat · May 17, 2026
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Code
When AI can solve security challenges meant to test human hackers, the traditional CTF format stops working.
By The AI Beat · May 16, 2026
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Tools & Releases
ChatGPT now connects to your bank accounts and analyzes spending, subscriptions, and portfolio performance, putting OpenAI squarely in fintech territory.
By The AI Beat · May 16, 2026
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Code
AI coding agents are making it practical to rewrite entire codebases in weeks, not years, and that changes everything about technical debt.
By The AI Beat · May 15, 2026
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Tools & Releases
Coding agents are making it easier to rewrite entire codebases in different languages, and companies are starting to notice.
By The AI Beat · May 15, 2026
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Code
Getting a coding agent to run safely on Windows required rethinking sandboxing from scratch, and the real-world results are starting to show up in places like the new Datasette blog.
By The AI Beat · May 14, 2026
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Tools & Releases
Ramp expense data shows Anthropic now has more paying business customers than OpenAI, and the timing with Claude for Small Business isn't coincidental.
By The AI Beat · May 14, 2026
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Code
A viral experiment where someone posted a genuine Monet painting and labeled it AI-generated exposes how thoroughly our intuitions, and our tools, have failed at telling real from synthetic.
By The AI Beat · May 14, 2026
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Tools & Releases
A viral experiment exposes how badly the AI tag poisons perception, and a separate critique of Apple asks why no one has built the obvious family AI assistant.
By The AI Beat · May 14, 2026
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Code
James Shore's maintenance math makes a brutal argument that most developers are ignoring, and this week's news from GitLab and Shopify shows companies are starting to feel it.
By The AI Beat · May 13, 2026
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Tools & Releases
Three tool updates worth knowing about: Copilot's June 1 plan overhaul, a tiny distilled model for function calling, and Simon Willison's CLI gaining visibility into GPT-5-class reasoning chains.
By The AI Beat · May 13, 2026
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Tools & Releases
GitHub restructures Copilot pricing ahead of June 1, a tiny distilled model challenges the assumption that tool-calling requires a giant LLM, and one developer makes an uncomfortable argument about what "2x faster" actually costs you.
By The AI Beat · May 12, 2026
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Coding
GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, and Windsurf -- we break down features, pricing, benchmarks, and which tool fits your workflow.
By The AI Beat · May 10, 2026
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Coding
AI hasn't replaced developers -- but it has fundamentally changed how software gets built. Real data on productivity gains, tool adoption, and the junior dev question.
By The AI Beat · May 6, 2026
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Coding
AI can write code fast, but it can also introduce subtle bugs. Here's a practical guide to reviewing AI-generated code effectively.
By The AI Beat · May 4, 2026
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Ai Agents
A step-by-step introduction to building AI agents -- from simple tool-using chatbots to autonomous multi-step systems.
By The AI Beat · May 2, 2026