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1. OpenAI spills technical details about how its AI coding agent works

   Unusually detailed post explains how OpenAI handles the Codex agent loop.

2. Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?

   Company's autodiscover caused users' test credentials to be sent outside Microsoft networks.

3. Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health"

   The onslaught includes LLMs finding bogus vulnerabilities and code that won't compile.

4. eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents

   New policy requires "buy for me" AI tools and chatbots to obtain permission before accessing the platform.

5. Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS

   Even well-known services with millions of users are exposing sensitive data.

6. Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there's a plugin to avoid them.

   The web's best guide to spotting AI writing has become a manual for hiding it.

7. 10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

   Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.

8. Rackspace customers grapple with “devastating” email hosting price hike

   Reseller says Rackspace plans to charge it 706 percent more.

9. OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions

   Ads coming to free tier and new $8/month ChatGPT Go plan in US.

10. Mandiant releases rainbow table that cracks weak admin password in 12 hours

    Windows laggards still using the vulnerable hashing function: Your days are numbered.