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Version 3 2026-05-23 05:36 UTC · 59 items

Two developments add texture without changing the core fault lines. First, Andrej Karpathy has been cited (May 16) as independently declaring the vibe coding era over and naming agentic engineering as the successor [^12…
Version 2 2026-05-16 04:37 UTC · 14 items

All new items this pass are Wikipedia background articles (Generative AI, AI agent, Human-in-the-loop, AI-assisted software development, Regulation of artificial intelligence, AI alignment, ChatGPT, and several clearly …
Version 1 2026-05-12 20:15 UTC · 2 items

In consecutive essays published May 5–6, 2026, Simon Willison examines two converging failure modes in AI autonomy: AI agents acting in the physical world without adequate human oversight [^7014], and AI coding tools er…