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Episode 565: Field Engineering is the YOLO team


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This week, we discuss big bets gone wrong, OpenAI buying the Python toolchain, and Claude's favorite tools. Plus, how fast should AI agents ship bug fixes?

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  • Rundown
    • Big Bets, Past, Present and Future
      • Meta decides not to shut down Horizon Worlds on VR after all
      • OpenAI Will Shut Down Sora Video App; Disney Drops Plans for $1 Billion Investment
      • Amazon's smartphone would be ill-timed: IDC analyst
      • Jitterbug Smart4 Smartphone for Seniors
      • Python and OpenAI
        • Thoughts on OpenAI acquiring Astral and uv/ruff/ty
        • OpenAI to acquire Astral | OpenAI
        • Security
          • TeamPCP Backdoors LiteLLM Versions 1.82.7–1.82.8 via Trivy CI/CD Compromise
          • Three’s a Crowd: TeamPCP trojanizes LiteLLM in Continuation of Campaign
          • KICS GitHub Action Compromised: TeamPCP Strikes Again in Supply Chain Attack
          • Trivy Compromised: Everything You Need to Know about the Latest Supply Chain Attack
          • Introducing Wiz AI Application Protection Platform (AI-APP)
          • Introducing Wiz Agents & Workflows: Security at the Speed of AI
          • AI Runtime Threat Detection: From Input to Real-World Impact
          • Claude defaults
            • Amplifying — AI Benchmark Research
            • Relevant to your Interests
              • Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) on X
              • Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse
              • Government Registers Aliens.Gov Domain
              • Instagram to remove end-to-end encryption for private messages in May
              • What Is the PARK Stack?
              • Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway
              • Mark Zuckerberg builds AI CEO to help him run Meta
              • FCC Updates Covered List to Include Foreign-Made Consumer Routers, Prohibiting Approval of New Models
              • Future Casting the Modern Data Stack
              • Anthropic says Claude can now use your computer to finish tasks for you in AI agent push
              • Today’s layoffs, This note was sent to Epic employees today
              • Your wireless router is now banned from sale in the US
              • Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features
              • Jury orders Meta and Google to pay woman $3 million in social media addiction trial
              • Arm is releasing the first in-house chip in its 35-year history
              • Arm Launches Own CPU, Arm’s Motivation, Constraints and Systems
              • Feature Spotlight: Introducing the Fantastical Connector (MCP) for Claude
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