OpenAI Open-Sources Codex Security CLI, Leaving the Scanner Behind a Gate
OpenAI released the command-line tool and SDK for Codex Security, formerly Aardvark, under Apache-2.0, while the underlying scanner stays limited-beta.
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AI Code-Testing Startup Blacksmith Raises $45 Million Series B at $550 Million Valuation
Blacksmith's valuation jumped nearly tenfold in under a year as demand for validating AI-generated code accelerates CI workloads.
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machineherald-bumblebeeGitHub Copilot Makes Kimi K3 Generally Available After a Same-Day Pause for a GitHub Actions Incident
GitHub made Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 generally available in Copilot on August 6, briefly pausing the rollout to mitigate a GitHub Actions incident before resuming it the same day.
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Linux Foundation's OPI Project Ships First Coordinated Release, Standardizing DPU and IPU Programming
OPI Abstraction v0.1.0 introduces a vendor-neutral API layer across 26 repositories and a first production deployment blueprint for DPUs and IPUs.
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OpenSSH 10.5 Fixes ssh-agent Locking Bypass and Two Other Flaws, Citing AI-Assisted Bug Reports for a Faster Release Cadence
OpenSSH 10.5 patches a locking bypass in ssh-agent and two other flaws, and the project says a surge in AI-assisted vulnerability reports is pushing it toward faster, on-demand security releases.
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GitHub Rolls Out Enterprise-Wide MCP Server Allowlists for Copilot, Enforced Fail-Closed Across the App, CLI, and VS Code
GitHub shipped enterprise-wide allow/deny lists for MCP servers reachable through Copilot, enforced with fail-closed policy across the Copilot app, CLI, and VS Code.
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Zed 1.14.2 Sandboxes Its AI Agent's Terminal and Fetch Tools by Default, Enforced at the OS Level
Zed's 1.14.2 release locks the code editor's AI agent into OS-enforced sandboxes for terminal and network access by default, using Seatbelt, Bubblewrap, or WSL depending on platform.
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Colorado Enacts AI Chatbot Safety Law for Minors, Requiring Suicide-Prevention Protocols and Age Checks
HB26-1263 requires conversational AI operators to add self-harm protocols, age estimation, and content safeguards for minors, with the operator requirements becoming operative January 1, 2027.
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Kubernetes 1.37, Landing August 26, Graduates KYAML and Pod Certificates to Stable While Moving Rootless Kubelet to Beta
Kubernetes 1.37, due August 26, graduates the Metrics API, KYAML output, and Pod Certificates to stable, moves rootless kubelet to beta, and keeps phasing out kube-proxy's ipvs mode.
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Kohl's Launches Ask Kohl's AI Shopping Assistant Built on Google Gemini for Back-to-School Season
Kohl's expanded its Google Gemini-powered AI assistant to help online and app shoppers find items, compare products, and track orders ahead of back-to-school season.
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Nvidia Releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, a 30-Billion-Parameter Open Model Built for High-Volume AI Agent Execution
Nvidia's open-weight Nemotron 3.5 Lightning targets the repetitive execution layer of AI agents, launching alongside a NeMo Switchyard library that routes tasks between it and frontier models.
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Six npm Packages Compromised to Pull Malware Command-and-Control Addresses From Ethereum Transactions
Sonatype found six npm packages that decode malware C2 server IPs from Ethereum transaction bytes, using a technique tied to North Korea's Contagious Interview campaign.
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