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It’s worth noting that both OpenAI and Anthropic open-source their coding CLI clients on GitHub, allowing developers to examine the implementation directly, whereas they don’t do the same for ChatGPT or the Claude web interface. An official look inside the loop Bolin’s post focuses on what he calls “the agent loop,” which is the core logic that orchestrates interactions between the user, the AI model, and the software tools the model invokes to perform coding work. As we wrote in December, at the center of every AI agent is a repeating cycle. The agent takes input from the user and…

If your TikTok feed has felt a little off lately, it’s not just you. TikTok says is still working to fix its service in the US following a power outage at one of its data centers that’s caused “multiple bugs” in the app. TikTok users have reported problems logging in and uploading videos, as well as strange behavior from the “for you” algorithm. Creators have also noticed that new uploads are seemingly getting o views or likes and that in-app earnings have disappeared.”Since yesterday we’ve been working to restore our services following a power outage at a U.S. data center…

The Soulslike genre — difficult action games built on the formula established by FromSoftware’s Dark Souls series — is a common sight these days, but back in 2019, when the first Code Vein came out, they were few and far between. Code Vein had the notable descriptor of being the “anime Soulslike” thanks to its unique art style. The sequel, Code Vein II, expands on the story and gameplay of the original, but like its predecessor, it simply hasn’t stepped up to be one of the better Souslike games. Code Vein II is a sequel in name only and doesn’t connect…

Two VSCode extensions exfiltrated sensitive user data to Chinese servers ChatGPT – 中文版 and ChatMoss had over 1.5 million installs combinedExtensions used hidden iframes, commands, and SDKs to steal files and track activityMore than 1.5 million people may have had their sensitive data exfiltrated to Chinese hackers through two malicious extensions found on the VSCode Marketplace.Security researchers at Koi Security said they discovered two malicious browser extensions in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace, the official Microsoft store for code editor add-ons.The extensions were advertised as AI-based coding assistants. Indeed, they worked as advertised, providing users with a simple and…

Microsoft has fixed a vulnerability in its Copilot AI assistant that allowed hackers to pluck a host of sensitive user data with a single click on a legitimate URL. The hackers in this case were white-hat researchers from security firm Varonis. The net effect of their multistage attack was that they exfiltrated data, including the target’s name, location, and details of specific events from the user’s Copilot chat history. The attack continued to run even when the user closed the Copilot chat, with no further interaction needed once the user clicked the link, a legitimate Copilot one, in the email. The…

The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will face off in Super Bowl LX. For those of you who just can’t with Roman numerals, that’s Super Bowl 60, and it’s taking place this year at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA, on February 8, starting at 6:30 p.m. ET.Like all other Sunday Night Football games this season, the championship game will be broadcast on Super Bowl Sunday on NBC, and will stream live on Peacock. And it’s not just the game that we’re excited for, either. This year’s halftime performer is singer and rapper Bad Bunny, and there will…

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a fun one. Even the purple category, which requires you to play around with the letters in the words, is entertaining. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the…

A variety of Gmail bugs have been acknowledged by GoogleThey cover automatic filtering, spam, and delivery delaysThe Gmail app should now be getting back to normal for usersYou may well have noticed issues with the automatic filters and spam scanning in your Gmail inbox over the weekend: these are issues that Google has officially acknowledged, and a fix should now be making its way out to users.As per the Google Workspace Status Dashboard (via Engadget), numerous issues affected users of Google’s email app across the course of Saturday. These issues included “misclassification of emails” via Gmail’s built-in automatic filtering.That filtering…

To work around those rules, the Humanizer skill tells Claude to replace inflated language with plain facts and offers this example transformation: Before: “The Statistical Institute of Catalonia was officially established in 1989, marking a pivotal moment in the evolution of regional statistics in Spain.” After: “The Statistical Institute of Catalonia was established in 1989 to collect and publish regional statistics.” Claude will read that and do its best as a pattern-matching machine to create an output that matches the context of the conversation or task at hand. An example of why AI writing detection fails Even with such a…

OpenAI may have called GPT-5.2 its “most advanced frontier model for professional work,” but tests conducted by the Guardian cast doubt on its credibility. According to the report, OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 model cited Grokipedia, the online encyclopedia powered by xAI, when it came to specific, but controversial topics related to Iran or the Holocaust.As seen in the Guardian’s report, ChatGPT used Grokipedia as a source for claims about the Iranian government being tied to telecommunications company MTN-Irancell and questions related to Richard Evans, a British historian who served as an expert witness during a libel trial for Holocaust denier David Irving.…