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Claude Code Projects adds parallel AI agent coordination

Claude Code Projects now runs parallel AI agents under a coordinator. Each thread is a full cloud session, so usage limits drain fast.

Data Today AI Desk · Sep 18, 2026

Engineering

LLM watermarking drifts safety behavior, study warns

LLM watermarking with Google's SynthID-Text changes how models respond to harmful prompts and tool calls. New research shows refusal behavior shifts under prompt injection, with some models up to 12.5 points more likely to comply.

Data Today Engineering Desk · Sep 18, 2026

In 34 of 37 countries, more people expect AI job losses

AI job loss fear spans 34 of 37 countries in a Pew survey of 42,151 adults. Australia and South Korea lead at 76 percent, US concern at 71 percent.

Data Today AI Desk · Sep 17, 2026

AI for dummies

Claude merges Cowork and chat: one interface for everything

Claude Cowork and chat merge into one interface. You no longer pick a mode first: Claude routes tasks, runs them in the background, and ships Docs and Slides.

Data Today Explainers Desk · Sep 17, 2026

AI for dummies

Gemini 3.8 Live explained: voice AI that thinks while it talks

Gemini 3.8 Live is Google's speech-to-speech AI that reasons and calls tools mid-conversation. Extended Thinking tops the Speech to Speech Quality Index at 82.6.

Data Today Explainers Desk · Sep 17, 2026

Cyber security

AI coding assistant hijack spreads worm to 100 repos

An AI coding assistant hijack at a SaaS provider let attackers spread the Shai-Hulud worm across 100 repositories, stealing secrets and proprietary source code.

Data Today Security Desk · Sep 17, 2026

Cyber security

Cisco ISE zero-day CVE-2026-76460 grants root, patch now

Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-76460, a CVSS 10.0 auth bypass in Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC. CISA gave federal agencies three days to patch.

Data Today Security Desk · Sep 17, 2026

Research

Can ML paper authors explain their own work? TMLR tested it

ML paper authors at TMLR were asked to explain their own submissions. Of 10 papers slated for desk rejection, most authors couldn't answer basic questions about their work.

Data Today AI Desk · Sep 17, 2026

Business

OpenAI turns ChatGPT ads into conversations with Sponsored Agents

OpenAI launches Sponsored Agents for ChatGPT ads, letting users chat with brand agents after clicking an ad. With Shopify and HubSpot integrations, CPC bidding, and a self-serve Ads Manager, the ad platform now spans creation, delivery, and conversion. Early data shows one third of ChatGPT ads miss the conversation context. The question for builders: is conversational commerce a real channel or a novelty?

Data Today Markets Desk · Sep 16, 2026

Gemini 3.8 Live voice models ship to production in Search

Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking are Google's new conversational voice models, scoring 82.6 on the Speech to Speech Quality Index and already running in Google Search Live production.

Data Today AI Desk · Sep 16, 2026

NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 debuts in MLPerf with 3.7x lead

NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 enters MLPerf Inference v6.1 with 3.7x throughput over GB300 NVL72, plus 99% scaling efficiency and 30x gains on agentic workloads.

Data Today AI Desk · Sep 16, 2026

AI for dummies

K2 Horizon 7B explained: small model, big-model results

IFM's K2 Horizon 7B open-weights model matches models four times its size on coding and math. What beginners should know before trying it.

Data Today Explainers Desk · Sep 15, 2026