@Techmeme@techhub.socialQwen 3.8 27B shows a 17GB open-weight general purpose model can have long context, effective tool calling, strong vision ability, and competent code generation (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/16/qwen-38-27b/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSpaceXAI open-sources Grok Build under an Apache 2.0 license after the tool had uploaded user repositories to a Google Cloud bucket, causing a severe backlash (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/15/grok-build/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnthropic says auto mode will be the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, Team plans, starting on Aug. 14, claiming it's good enough at catching harmful actions (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/8/auto-mode/
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeGreat rundown by Simon Willison of all the incidents in which an AI lab was testing the cyberattack potential of a model and it inadvertently performed a real attack against another organization.
https://simonwillison.net/tags/accidental-cyberattacks/
@shriramk@mastodon.socialI really like Simon Willison's "lethal trifecta"—which I'm most probably adding to both my fall semester courses—but I am amused at how AI is basically forcing people to re-discover long-established principles in security (in this case, OCaps).
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/16/the-lethal-trifecta/
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeNiklas Gruhn coins an excellent new term - meat proxy - for people who blindly copy and paste the output of AI systems to their peers.
https://gruhn.me/blog/2026-08-03/
via Simon Willison https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/3/dont-be-a-meat-proxy/
