The New York Times is adding more AI features to its Cooking app. Users have reacted negatively to the changes.
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Bernstein is an open-source governance layer that runs AI coding agents in parallel, isolates their work, and merges only changes that pass checks. Its deterministic scheduler enforces code-based policies and produces verifiable run records; the project is beta and supports on-premises use. (bernstein.run)
Uji is an open-source, composable harness for coding agents, built with Rust and Lua. It aims to let developers customize how their agents work, like Gentoo lets users customize a Linux system. (github.com)
A GitHub gist claims Claude Code spends 15-20% of tokens generating short status updates by repeatedly sending background agents’ full transcripts to a model. It offers a Bun preload script to disable those summaries, but warns updates can undo the workaround. (gist.github.com)
MicroZig plans to adopt a strict ban on LLM and AI use. Its code of conduct covers the Zig Embedded Group’s GitHub organization and Discord server. (github.com)
Qwenputer embeds a deterministic RISC-V CPU in Qwen3.5 4B’s weights, using its Gated DeltaNet state as RAM to run arithmetic and code without external tools. The experiment also adds in-model file storage and is available with its code on Hugging Face and GitHub. (divagr.com)
Google’s AI-powered search gave some U.S. users no clear answer about who won the 2020 election, though Gemini answered correctly and Google appeared to fix the issue. The incident renews concerns about the company’s AI quality control, especially after similar failures in 2024. (karlbode.com)
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