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August 15, 2026
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For your weekend reading pleasure, I offer a synopsis of interesting articles about AI you may have missed this week. ShellyPalmer ( Think about this SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2026 For your weekend reading pleasure, I offer a synopsis of interesting articles about AI you may have missed this week. As always, your thoughts and comments are...…
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Someone representing themselves in a Connecticut lawsuit hid instructions for AI inside official court filings. ShellyPalmer ( Think about this FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2026 Greetings from Candlewood Lake. Someone representing themselves in a Connecticut lawsuit hid instructions for AI inside official court filings. The text was white, tin...…
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View image: ( Follow image link: ( Caption: Welcome back. It’s been a massive Friday for devs. Between Z.ai’s new model outperforming Fable 5 and DeepSeek dropping a new open-source coding harness, we have plenty to dig into. But beyond the hype of these new launches, we’re breaking down the essential advice for engineers in 2026 that most people are overlooking. Read below to dive deep. ==Also:==== The creator of Claude Code shares his app maintenance workflow==,...…
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View image: ( Follow image link: ( Caption: Welcome back, Superhuman. Typing out prompts to your LLM is becoming outdated. These days, you can verbally prompt your AI, walk it through on-screen demos, and now, thanks to a recent update, you can even let ChatGPT study your old computer screen activity to learn new skills. Today: Microsoft Copilot gets stripped down, how to write an...…