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IndustryOct 31, 20263 min read

One robots.txt Token Now Covers AI Training Opt-Outs

Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic backed a single robots.txt policy token on October 30. How it works, who ships when, and what not to delete.

Dev ToolsOct 31, 20266 min read

Malicious Claude Code Extension Reached 5,000 Cursor Users

A tampered Claude Code extension sat in Cursor's marketplace for 11 hours on October 29, targeting up to 5,000 developer machines. What to check now.

Dev ToolsOct 31, 20264 min read

Claude Code 2.1.316: Two Cost Knobs and a Nov 30 Deadline

New env vars set subagent effort and kill the ultrathink keyword. Opus 4.8 fast mode is removed November 30 and returns errors, with no fallback.

IndustryOct 30, 20263 min read

Gemini Can Now Edit PDFs and Docs Without Leaving Chat

Google turned on in-chat file editing for Gemini on 29 October. What you can edit, the web-only limit on everything but PDFs, and the availability caveat.

AI ModelsOct 30, 20265 min read

GPT-4o Leaves the API January 14: Your Migration Plan

GPT-4o shuts off on the OpenAI API on 14 January 2027, with only three months' notice. Every date, the Azure auto-upgrade trap, and what to check first.

IndustryOct 30, 20264 min read

OpenAI Doubles Pro Codex Limits and Scraps the Pro 200 Cut

Work and Codex allowances double on Pro 100 and Pro 500 at the same prices, and the planned Pro 200 reduction is cancelled. Plus is unchanged.

Dev ToolsOct 29, 20263 min read

Open Speech Models Beat Apple's Transcriber on Word Error Rate

A new Swift package swaps the engine behind Apple's speech-to-text API, and NVIDIA's Parakeet scored 1.43% word error rate against Apple's 2.12%.

AI ModelsOct 29, 20266 min read

Le Chonk's Weights Are Out: Should You Deploy Mistral ML4?

Mistral released the weights for its trillion-parameter Large 4 model, claiming parity with GLM-5.3 while using 47% fewer tokens per task.

Dev ToolsOct 29, 20264 min read

Android Studio Rabbit 2 Opens to 40+ AI Coding Agents

Android Studio Rabbit 2 is stable with Bring Your Own Agent: 40+ coding agents in the IDE, Google's own speed numbers, and which APIs are still alpha.

AgentsOct 28, 20264 min read

MCP TypeScript SDK v2: What Changed and the One Gotcha

V2 splits the old single package and targets the July 2026 spec. The exact versions that work, the console.log trap, and when a custom server pays off.

Dev ToolsOct 28, 20266 min read

Claude Code Limits Explained: Weekly, 5-Hour and Resets

Two ceilings run at once and share one pool with claude.ai. What drains them fastest, how to read /usage, and why the API overflow valve needs its own cap.

AI ModelsOct 28, 20264 min read

Genie 4 Is Gated and Unpriced: Who Should Actually Care

Genie 4 opened to trusted testers on October 27 with no price and no public API. What shipped, what drifts, and which teams can act on it now.

Dev ToolsOct 27, 20263 min read

Apple Puts an AI Assistant and MCP Into Pages and Keynote

Apple is adding an AI assistant to Pages, Keynote and Numbers in beta, and the three apps now support the Model Context Protocol on macOS 27 or later.