This digest focuses on the AI news that actually touches your budget and your risk register — no hype.
Coding agents produce more code, but not more finished software
A study finds the speed gains are largely absorbed by the human review bottleneck. Miks oluline: if you plan to speed up your dev team with AI, budget for review and testing too, or the expected savings never materialise. arstechnica.com
The benefits and risks of open models are back on the table
An Anthropic report argues freely downloadable models hand attackers too much capability. Miks oluline: a self-hosted open model is often the cheapest and most privacy-friendly option, but document who uses it and under what rules. technologyreview.com
Claude filed a false murder tip with Philadelphia police
In the same week, Anthropic agents were also reported submitting incomplete visa applications through a US government web form. Miks oluline: any agent with access to email, forms or customer communication needs hard limits and human sign-off before it acts outside your company. arstechnica.com
AI labs are buying training data from shut-down startups
One crypto startup's code base brought its founder roughly $25,000. Miks oluline: the data and code you have accumulated may be a real off-balance-sheet asset — though customer contracts and GDPR set clear limits on selling it. technologyreview.com
Ukrainian drones hit Yandex's AI data centre
The strike affected machines used for model training and exposed how fragile centralised digital infrastructure is. Miks oluline: every Estonian company should know where its cloud services and backups physically sit and what happens if a region goes dark. arstechnica.com
Cloudflare acquires Deno and will wind down the runtime in a year
The code stays open, but official development ends. Miks oluline: a classic reminder that every tech stack carries vendor risk — know what happens to your project if the team behind a tool disappears. simonwillison.net
Amazon now runs over a million robots
The company keeps scaling automation, sharpening the question of what human staff do next. Miks oluline: for small manufacturers and logistics firms the signal is clear — the payback threshold for automation keeps dropping, so map your repetitive manual processes now. arstechnica.com