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28 Oct 2026 edition

1099 articles · 27 sources · 1050 papers ·

Top topics: AI · AI Research · Information Retrieval

Python AI Django

Quoting Ted Sanders

In general, LLM performance is incredibly multidimensional. There's no guarantee of a fixed ordering where the model that is best at math is also the model that's best at jokes. Despite that complexity, much of the…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog

AI agent memory

Here is what most people get wrong about AI memory: they save the chat transcript. That is not memory. That is a log. Real memory has to separate two different things: • Facts (your name, your budget) → exact values…

Source: Google Cloud Tech Google Cloud Tech

Why AI agents need their own identity & audit trails

Until now, if an AI agent dropped a database table or sent an email, the audit log showed your username because it borrowed your credentials. Senior Developer Relations Engineer Smitha Kolan explains why autonomous AI…

Source: Google Cloud Tech Google Cloud Tech
Python AI Django

GitHub Octoverse 2026

GitHub Octoverse 2026 I'm at GitHub Universe today (GitHub gave me a free ticket through their "GitHub Stars" program). EVP Jay Parikh just announced this year's Octoverse report, and highlighted these numbers in…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI Django

The October inflection point for vibe game development

I've written before about how November 2025 was an inflection point for coding agents - the point where Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.1 crossed a tipping point that meant their respective coding agents became reliable daily…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Architecture AI

Fragments: October 28

Andrej Karpathy sees a widening gap in how people see LLM capabilities. The general public has mostly not interacted with these systems. When they have, it looks like a derpy chatbot. The majority of professionals still…

Source: Martin Fowler Martin Fowler (martin@martinfowler.com)
Python AI Django

Quoting Terk Terkowitz

If your work does not benefit from current AI tooling, that is a finding, not a failing. Document why, share it with your community of peers, bring it to your manager, and work to find solutions. An engineer who can…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
AI Labs AI

The future of the firm

How AI might enter the org chart—beneath, beside, and between us.

Source: OpenAI News
Java AI

Using Your Own Embeddings in Spring AI 2.1

VectorStore.add() takes text documents, generates embeddings with the store's configured model, and saves both. Spring AI 2.1 adds upsert for applications that already have embeddings or generate them from images,…

Source: Spring Blog sobychacko
JavaScript AI

Create an AI Voice Assistant with ElevenLabs and Node.js

Why ElevenLabs for a Voice‑First Bot? If you’ve ever wanted to give your app a “real” voice—something that sounds natural, expressive, and even mimics a specific speaker—ElevenLabs is the go‑to service today. Their API…

Source: DEV JavaScript feed VoiceDeveloper
General AI

Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI

Microsoft said it made $10 billion in revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI, including revenue-sharing payments, in the quarter ending September 30. It underscores the still-enormous financial dependency of…

Source: TechCrunch Rebecca Bellan
AI

Creating AI value with enterprise context

Across a business, any number of AI platforms, systems, and tools may be at work simultaneously—for example, AI-powered customer platforms, conversational assistants, and workflow and process automation tools. Each one…

Source: MIT Technology Review AI MIT Technology Review Insights

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