📰 AI Blog Daily Digest — 2026-05-01

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🥇 Codex CLI 0.128.0 adds /goal

Codex CLI 0.128.0 adds /goal — simonwillison.net · 6h ago · 📝 Other

Codex CLI 0.128.0 adds /goal The latest version of OpenAI’s Codex CLI coding agent adds their own version of the Ralph loop: you can now set a /goal and Codex will keep on looping until it evaluates t

🥈 Our evaluation of OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 cyber capabilities

Our evaluation of OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 cyber capabilities — simonwillison.net · 7h ago · 📝 Other

Our evaluation of OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 cyber capabilities The UK’s AI Security Institute previously evaluated Claude Mythos: now they’ve evaluated GPT-5.5 for finding security vulnerability and found

🥉 Quoting Andrew Kelley

Quoting Andrew Kelley — simonwillison.net · 8h ago · 📝 Other

It’s a common misconception that we can’t tell who is using LLM and who is not. I’m sure we didn’t catch 100% of LLM-assisted PRs over the past few months, but the kind of mistakes humans make are fun

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1. Codex CLI 0.128.0 adds /goal

Codex CLI 0.128.0 adds /goal — simonwillison.net · 6h ago · ⭐ 15/30

Codex CLI 0.128.0 adds /goal The latest version of OpenAI’s Codex CLI coding agent adds their own version of the Ralph loop: you can now set a /goal and Codex will keep on looping until it evaluates t

2. Our evaluation of OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 cyber capabilities

Our evaluation of OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 cyber capabilities — simonwillison.net · 7h ago · ⭐ 15/30

Our evaluation of OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 cyber capabilities The UK’s AI Security Institute previously evaluated Claude Mythos: now they’ve evaluated GPT-5.5 for finding security vulnerability and found

3. Quoting Andrew Kelley

Quoting Andrew Kelley — simonwillison.net · 8h ago · ⭐ 15/30

It’s a common misconception that we can’t tell who is using LLM and who is not. I’m sure we didn’t catch 100% of LLM-assisted PRs over the past few months, but the kind of mistakes humans make are fun

4. We need RSS for sharing abundant vibe-coded apps

We need RSS for sharing abundant vibe-coded apps — simonwillison.net · 11h ago · ⭐ 15/30

We need RSS for sharing abundant vibe-coded apps Matt Webb:

I would love an RSS web feed for all those various tools and apps pages, each item with an “Install” button. (But install to where?) The le

5. The Talk Show: ‘Food and Beverage Director’

The Talk Show: ‘Food and Beverage Director’ — daringfireball.net · 3h ago · ⭐ 15/30

MG Siegler returns to the show to discuss Apple’s announcement that Tim Cook is stepping aside (into the role of executive chairman) and John Ternus will become CEO.

Sponsored by:

Squarespace: Sa

6. Scientology ‘Speed Running’ Trend

Scientology ‘Speed Running’ Trend — daringfireball.net · 3h ago · ⭐ 15/30

Uwa Ede-Osifo, reporting for The Guardian:

On any given day, Los Angeles’s Hollywood Boulevard teems with tourists and street performers clustered near the area’s many landmarks. But in recent mon

7. Apple Q2 2026 Results

Apple Q2 2026 Results — daringfireball.net · 5h ago · ⭐ 15/30

Apple Newsroom:

“Today Apple is proud to report our best March quarter ever, with revenue of $111.2 billion and double-digit growth across every geographic segment,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “i

8. ★ On the Future of Apple’s Vision Platform

★ On the Future of Apple’s Vision Platform — daringfireball.net · 5h ago · ⭐ 15/30

It’s certainly possible that this Vision thing isn’t going to work out and Apple will throw in the towel on it. But that hasn’t happened, and if it does, it’s not going to come out of nowhere as a s

9. Learning my lesson that Python virtual environments aren’t always movable

Learning my lesson that Python virtual environments aren’t always movable — utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks · 3h ago · ⭐ 15/30

I’ve said before that Python virtual environments can be moved around. Well, technically that entry said ‘usually’, but in practice I don’t remember the limitations I mentioned in that entry. And that

10. The greatest capital misallocation in history?

The greatest capital misallocation in history? — garymarcus.substack.com · 9h ago · ⭐ 15/30

People are starting to worry

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