# AI Forum **URL:** https://forum.devtalk.com/c/ai-forum/206.md [Latest](https://forum.devtalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.devtalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.devtalk.com/tags.md) --- ## [Before an agent gets your shell, review the instructions it was handed — AEGIS](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/before-an-agent-gets-your-shell-review-the-instructions-it-was-handed-aegis/251160)
**Author:** [@antropos17](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/antropos17)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [11 November 2026 23:31 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/before-an-agent-gets-your-shell-review-the-instructions-it-was-handed-aegis/251160 "2026-11-11T23:31:55Z")
I maintain AEGIS at Escape Studio; AI assisted development and this post. AEGIS is a free, MIT-licensed Windows-first security beta for local AI agents. A skill is a set of instructions that can include shell commands a… --- ## [Tencent Launches Hy4, Joining the Ranks of the World's Leading Open-Source AI Models](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/tencent-launches-hy4-joining-the-ranks-of-the-worlds-leading-open-source-ai-models/251437)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [8 November 2026 10:13 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/tencent-launches-hy4-joining-the-ranks-of-the-worlds-leading-open-source-ai-models/251437 "2026-11-08T10:13:13Z")
Tencent today announced the release of Tencent Hy4, its latest-generation large language model, marking a significant leap in performance and capabilities that now ranks it among the world’s leading open-source AI model… --- ## [Inside Character.ai: The Technical Story of What Keeps Users Hooked · manish.sh](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/inside-character-ai-the-technical-story-of-what-keeps-users-hooked-manish-sh/248185)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [6 November 2026 07:40 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/inside-character-ai-the-technical-story-of-what-keeps-users-hooked-manish-sh/248185 "2026-11-06T07:40:31Z")
From c.ai to Character.ai — what it is, the problem it solves, then Kaiju, memory, Lorebook, and the infra behind long chats. Read in full here: --- ## [Photo Studios Are Closing as the Fashion Industry Embraces Generative AI](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/photo-studios-are-closing-as-the-fashion-industry-embraces-generative-ai/251284)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [2 November 2026 11:59 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/photo-studios-are-closing-as-the-fashion-industry-embraces-generative-ai/251284 "2026-11-02T11:59:50Z")
Everyone is being affected. Read in full here: --- ## [Reddit will force users to log in as AI is killing search traffic - Engadget](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/reddit-will-force-users-to-log-in-as-ai-is-killing-search-traffic-engadget/251243)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [1 November 2026 10:09 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/reddit-will-force-users-to-log-in-as-ai-is-killing-search-traffic-engadget/251243 "2026-11-01T10:09:40Z")
The company is starting with tests outside of the US. Read in full here: --- ## [Booking Holdings unveils AI travel startup Vayo, based in Seattle, with a planned $100M investment](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/booking-holdings-unveils-ai-travel-startup-vayo-based-in-seattle-with-a-planned-100m-investment/250821)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [31 October 2026 18:52 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/booking-holdings-unveils-ai-travel-startup-vayo-based-in-seattle-with-a-planned-100m-investment/250821 "2026-10-31T18:52:01Z")
Booking Holdings is launching a new Seattle-based travel startup called Vayo, led by serial entrepreneur Mike Fridgen, betting that AI agents built for travel can do a better job of planning and managing trips than gene… --- ## [No Signs of AI Payoff Outside the Tech Sector | The Daily Spark](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/no-signs-of-ai-payoff-outside-the-tech-sector-the-daily-spark/251095)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [26 October 2026 12:42 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/no-signs-of-ai-payoff-outside-the-tech-sector-the-daily-spark/251095 "2026-10-26T12:42:36Z")
Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech. Subscribe for daily updates. Read in full here: … --- ## [How AI Saved My Company From a 2-Year Litigation Nightmare - Tyler Tringas](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/how-ai-saved-my-company-from-a-2-year-litigation-nightmare-tyler-tringas/251085)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [26 October 2026 12:32 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/how-ai-saved-my-company-from-a-2-year-litigation-nightmare-tyler-tringas/251085 "2026-10-26T12:32:20Z")
After 2+ years and a tremendous waste of energy and money, my firm Calm Company Fund resolved a lawsuit against us on very favorable terms. What started as one of the most challenging periods of my life became an unexpe… --- ## [LangGraph in Small Pieces: Building AI Agents from Blocks to Production](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/langgraph-in-small-pieces-building-ai-agents-from-blocks-to-production/251024)
**Author:** [@zerofish](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/zerofish)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 October 2026 18:38 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/langgraph-in-small-pieces-building-ai-agents-from-blocks-to-production/251024 "2026-10-22T18:38:42Z")
Hi all, Just released my book: Backstory: after shipping my first customer-facing LangGraph agent for an enterprise security product, I realized how much of the framework I’d never actually touched. So I started wri… --- ## [Self-Improving Agents (Manning)](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/self-improving-agents-manning/250944)
**Author:** [@ManningBooks](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/ManningBooks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [20 October 2026 10:37 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/self-improving-agents-manning/250944 "2026-10-20T10:37:05Z")
It’s expensive and time consuming to change, tune, and retrain an LLM to modify an agent’s behavior. Self-Improving Agents: How to engineer adaptive agent harnesses shows you how to design AI agents that measurably get … --- ## [A $63 Mistake in Production: How an AI Agent's Loop Escaped Without Guards](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/a-63-mistake-in-production-how-an-ai-agents-loop-escaped-without-guards/250506)
**Author:** [@T0ha666](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/T0ha666)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [20 October 2026 09:48 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/a-63-mistake-in-production-how-an-ai-agents-loop-escaped-without-guards/250506 "2026-10-20T09:48:38Z")
An automated trigger fired every two minutes for 8 hours. 243 agent runs. 31M tokens. $63 wasted. The problem: nobody noticed until morning. This is a case study in production safety when AI agents are on the loop — and… --- ## [AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-company-lets-cops-pinpoint-specific-houses-based-on-a-single-interior-photo/250655)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [19 October 2026 16:16 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-company-lets-cops-pinpoint-specific-houses-based-on-a-single-interior-photo/250655 "2026-10-19T16:16:43Z")
Raven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in. Read in full here: --- ## [How the Claude Code team does code review / claude.dev Blog](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/how-the-claude-code-team-does-code-review-claude-dev-blog/250843)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [19 October 2026 10:19 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/how-the-claude-code-team-does-code-review-claude-dev-blog/250843 "2026-10-19T10:19:00Z")
How do you review code at the volume agents produce it? On the Claude Code team, once we had high coverage and deep reviews, we started optimizing for the minimum amount of human review time that doesn’t raise reverts o… --- ## [Are There Better Languages for Programming with LLMs?](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/are-there-better-languages-for-programming-with-llms/250653)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [17 October 2026 09:21 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/are-there-better-languages-for-programming-with-llms/250653 "2026-10-17T09:21:49Z")
DHH converted his Campfire to several languages with AI and started posting that Rust won. Instead of fighting on X, I built a reproducible benchmark: 7 languages, 4 LLM configurations, 112 implementation attempts, and … --- ## [Novastart: up to 10 computer-use agents on a shared desktop canvas](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/novastart-up-to-10-computer-use-agents-on-a-shared-desktop-canvas/250837)
**Author:** [@Novastart](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Novastart)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [17 October 2026 05:11 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/novastart-up-to-10-computer-use-agents-on-a-shared-desktop-canvas/250837 "2026-10-17T05:11:39Z")
Sharing a pattern from building Novastart (https://novastart.com/), where up to 10 agents work on a desktop canvas, each with its own mouse and keyboard. A lead agent drafts a plan with one task per helper, and humans ca… --- ## [In defense of agents that click buttons](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/in-defense-of-agents-that-click-buttons/250696)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [16 October 2026 10:26 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/in-defense-of-agents-that-click-buttons/250696 "2026-10-16T10:26:41Z")
apis are supposed to be the real interface and the browser the dirty hack. but the web’s thirty-year-old ux grammar is the one language llms already speak fluently. Read in full here: --- ## [Claude at Work (Manning)](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/claude-at-work-manning/250503)
**Author:** [@ManningBooks](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/ManningBooks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [8 October 2026 11:01 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/claude-at-work-manning/250503 "2026-10-08T11:01:43Z")
The Claude suite of LLM-powered tools and agents from Anthropic has radiacally–and permanently–changed the way technical professionals design and create software. From agentic code generation to assistants that capture … --- ## [AI Recommender Systems (Manning)](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-recommender-systems-manning/250472)
**Author:** [@ManningBooks](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/ManningBooks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [7 October 2026 12:53 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-recommender-systems-manning/250472 "2026-10-07T12:53:09Z")
Customers expect fast, accurate suggestions that are perfectly aligned to their preferences, even when they have limited historical data and provide minimal input. AI Recommender Systems gives you a guided tour to the n… --- ## [Understanding AI (Manning)](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/understanding-ai-manning/250082)
**Author:** [@ManningBooks](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/ManningBooks)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [7 October 2026 12:20 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/understanding-ai-manning/250082 "2026-10-07T12:20:35Z")
AI is everywhere—from the tools we use at work to the services and products we rely on every day. But keeping up with the terminology, capabilities, and rapid pace of change can be difficult, especially if you’re new to… --- ## [I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/i-quit-openai-because-its-culture-is-broken/250424)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [7 October 2026 01:29 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/i-quit-openai-because-its-culture-is-broken/250424 "2026-10-07T01:29:08Z")
What I’m about to tell you has, I realize, become something of a cliché: I resigned this week from OpenAI. I led the writing of the safety reports we published with each major launch. Now I’m joining a parade of former … --- ## [Getting the most out of Opus 5.5 in Claude and Claude Code / claude.dev Blog](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/getting-the-most-out-of-opus-5-5-in-claude-and-claude-code-claude-dev-blog/250337)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [6 October 2026 10:32 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/getting-the-most-out-of-opus-5-5-in-claude-and-claude-code-claude-dev-blog/250337 "2026-10-06T10:32:25Z")
How to prompt Opus 5.5, steer a long run, and check your results in Claude apps and Claude Code. Read in full here: --- ## [Anthropic IPO docs reportedly reveal over $40 billion in losses](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/anthropic-ipo-docs-reportedly-reveal-over-40-billion-in-losses/250232)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [5 October 2026 19:15 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/anthropic-ipo-docs-reportedly-reveal-over-40-billion-in-losses/250232 "2026-10-05T19:15:51Z")
Reuters reviewed Anthropic’s IPO prospectus, revealing new details about the AI company’s financials. Read in full here: --- ## [DeepSeek V4—almost on the frontier, a fraction of the price](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/deepseek-v4-almost-on-the-frontier-a-fraction-of-the-price/243615)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [5 October 2026 16:50 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/deepseek-v4-almost-on-the-frontier-a-fraction-of-the-price/243615 "2026-10-05T16:50:06Z")
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek’s last model release was V3.2 (and V3.2 Speciale) last December. They just dropped the first of their hotly anticipated V4 series in the shape of two … Read in full here: --- ## [How are you using AI in your professional and personal life?](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/how-are-you-using-ai-in-your-professional-and-personal-life/203420)
**Author:** [@apoorv-2204](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/apoorv-2204)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [5 October 2026 11:49 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/how-are-you-using-ai-in-your-professional-and-personal-life/203420 "2026-10-05T11:49:22Z")
How are you using AI in my life? How the day to day life is changed around you? professional and in personal life? I it use for autocomplete. (it works very good sometime) github copilot Web Scraping, If i want to do r… --- ## [AI needs $6tn in annual revenue to justify data centre boom, Bain says | The National](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-needs-6tn-in-annual-revenue-to-justify-data-centre-boom-bain-says-the-national/250210)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [4 October 2026 22:47 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-needs-6tn-in-annual-revenue-to-justify-data-centre-boom-bain-says-the-national/250210 "2026-10-04T22:47:22Z")
Data centre sizes and costs are doubling about every 12 to 16 months Read in full here: --- ## [First outputs from GPT-6 "Astra" model from OpenAI](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/first-outputs-from-gpt-6-astra-model-from-openai/249287)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [4 October 2026 22:47 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/first-outputs-from-gpt-6-astra-model-from-openai/249287 "2026-10-04T22:47:08Z")
The latest surfaced outputs were reportedly generated zero-shot with Max effort, where Astra spends substantially longer reasoning than GPT-5.6 Sol. Read in full here: --- ## [When Will the Memory Shortage End? 20 Forecasts, Side by Side](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/when-will-the-memory-shortage-end-20-forecasts-side-by-side/250123)
**Author:** [@bsrtech](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/bsrtech)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [2 October 2026 01:15 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/when-will-the-memory-shortage-end-20-forecasts-side-by-side/250123 "2026-10-02T01:15:30Z")
How long can the current DRAM shortage really last? BuySellRam compares 20 forecasts from memory manufacturers, research firms, financial institutions, and industry executives. Many expect tight memory supply to continu… --- ## [Anthropic is a supply chain risk for all of us](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/anthropic-is-a-supply-chain-risk-for-all-of-us/250151)
**Author:** [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [1 October 2026 10:07 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/anthropic-is-a-supply-chain-risk-for-all-of-us/250151 "2026-10-01T10:07:36Z")
As of this writing, the appeals court has upheld the Pentagon’s labeling of Anthropic as a supply chain risk. And while there is always an element of politics involved, it’s worth considering what a supply chain risk is… --- ## [How useful do you think AI tools are/will be?](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/how-useful-do-you-think-ai-tools-are-will-be/198190)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [30 September 2026 01:57 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/how-useful-do-you-think-ai-tools-are-will-be/198190 "2026-09-30T01:57:10Z")
AI has been a hot topic here on Devtalk recently, so along that theme: How useful do you think AI dev tools are right now and how useful do you think they might become? There are multiple polls below, please vote in eac… --- ## [Agent Design Patterns (Manning)](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/agent-design-patterns-manning/249371)
**Author:** [@ManningBooks](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/ManningBooks)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [30 September 2026 01:56 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/agent-design-patterns-manning/249371 "2026-09-30T01:56:45Z")
AI agents are showing up everywhere—and most of them are being built by trial and error. Agent Design Patterns distills the experience of a growing community of agent builders into 20+ composable, reusable patterns for … [Next page](https://forum.devtalk.com/c/ai-forum/206.md?page=1)