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12 Aug 2026 edition

920 articles · 61 sources · 653 papers ·

Top topics: AI · AI Research · General

Python AI Django

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (on OpenRouter)

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (on OpenRouter) The latest DeepSeek Pro model is now available, via API only. I had to link to OpenRouter because DeepSeek don't have any obvious announcement page for their new model. I haven't…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
AWS

Amazon Quick now supports approval policies for sharing

Amazon Quick now offers approval policies, giving administrators governance controls over how assets are shared within their organization. With approval policies, administrators can require designated approvers to…

Source: AWS What's New aws@amazon.com
Open Source

GitHub availability report: July 2026

In July, we experienced eight incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. The post GitHub availability report: July 2026 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Source: GitHub Blog Jakub Oleksy
AWS

Amazon Quick now supports per-user resource limits

Amazon Quick now enables administrators to set per-user limits on index storage and agent hours, giving them direct control over subscription costs. With limits management, administrators can create limit profiles that…

Source: AWS What's New aws@amazon.com
Open Source

Linux Foundation Newsletter: August 2026

Welcome to the August 2026 edition of the Linux Foundation Newsletter The Linux Foundation is celebrating 35 years of Linux, and training is discounted through August 18. Use code TUX35 for 35% off certifications,…

Source: Linux Foundation Blog andrewb@proximabiz.com (The Linux Foundation)
Open Source

The AI Era Arcs Toward Openness

A surge of openness in AI has defined 2026. Amid calls for both caution and support, prevailing trends point to a future in which models are built and released openly. Recent research offers new insight into the…

Source: OSI Blog Gabriel Toscano
Python AI Django

alchemy-utils 0.1a0

Release: alchemy-utils 0.1a0 I've long pondered what a database agnostic version of my sqlite-utils Python library and CLI utility might look like. This morning (literally a shower project) I tasked Codex and GPT-5.6…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Open Source

GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Write your first prompt

Learn how to write your first prompt in the GitHub Copilot app, choose the right context and model, and start your first task with confidence. The post GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Write your first prompt appeared…

Source: GitHub Blog Kayla Cinnamon
Open Source

Your contributors are AI-first now. Is your project?

AI contributors are already in your queue. AutoGPT maintainer Nicholas Tindle shares the repo instructions, gates, and boundaries that keep maintainers in control. The post Your contributors are AI-first now. Is your…

Source: GitHub Blog Andrea Griffiths
Django Python

DSF Office Hours

The DSF Board hosts open office hours every Wednesday at 6:00 PM UTC (check your local time). Anyone in the Django community is welcome to drop in. You do not need an agenda or an invitation. Video call details are on…

Source: Django Weblog Jeff Triplett
AWS

Amazon Quick adds deny by default for custom permissions

Amazon Quick custom permissions now include deny by default, a governance setting that automatically restricts new AI capabilities before they reach users. Previously, new AI capabilities were available to all users on…

Source: AWS What's New aws@amazon.com
AWS

Burst to Region: Overflow AWS Outposts workloads to Amazon EC2

AWS Outposts brings AWS infrastructure into your data center with low latency and data locality. But an Outposts rack has fixed compute. Learn how to build a Burst to Region pattern that overflows workloads to Amazon…

Source: AWS Compute Blog Diya

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