<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>X under international scrutiny over Grok AI and content moderation</strong>: X is facing an expanded criminal investigation in France, now including child sexual abuse material distribution and Holocaust denial, following allegations of Grok AI generating non-consensual sexual deepfakes. Elon Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino have been summoned for questioning. This comes as the UK’s ICO and the EU have also launched probes into X and xAI, as reported by multiple sources. It seems Grok’s ‘unhinged’ persona is causing more problems than just bad jokes. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/i3FTaaYRg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI chatbot advertising sparks rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic</strong>: Anthropic launched Super Bowl ads mocking OpenAI’s decision to introduce advertising in ChatGPT, positioning Claude AI as ad-free. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded on X, calling Anthropic’s ads dishonest. OpenAI is testing personalized ads in ChatGPT for free users, while Anthropic commits to an ad-free Claude, focusing on enterprise customers. This rivalry highlights the financial pressures on OpenAI, which is reportedly burning $9 billion annually, according to various reports. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/TmM2mNSSP" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Moltbook AI social network plagued by critical security flaws</strong>: Moltbook, an experimental social network for AI agents, launched in January 2026 and was breached in under three minutes by security researchers. The platform, reportedly built with AI coding assistants, suffered from authentication bypasses, database misconfigurations, and exposed API keys, leading to agent hijacking and shell access to owners’ machines. Experts warn that agentic AI platforms lack adequate guardrails, creating new security risks like ‘prompt worms,’ as detailed in multiple articles. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ycPDVy6OP" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI demand drives memory price hikes and market shifts</strong>: RAM and SSD prices are surging due to AI data center demand, with Crucial reportedly exiting the consumer market to prioritize enterprise sales, impacting hardware availability and costs for companies like Valve. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=yVlF3m7bk&amp;id=zTCrlSA9U&amp;id=UAtYGs4nd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux kernel 6.19 released, 7.0 announced with major updates</strong>: Linux kernel 6.19 was released with a Live Update Orchestrator for VMs and improved AMD GPU support, while Linus Torvalds confirmed 7.0 will be the next major version, making Rust a permanent language and speeding up container creation. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=4AON6VE6k&amp;id=yVHM8Igpq&amp;id=j4bnStI4p&amp;id=bJ03udxRl&amp;id=KRzP2elQI&amp;id=Lh7hAqISa&amp;id=21xS7E1Mb&amp;id=5ZAd8Xxly&amp;id=5dgqAdLOO&amp;id=6wVj1Ek2Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI’s impact on software development and hiring</strong>: AI is automating entry-level coding tasks, creating a potential ‘dangerous gap’ in the junior developer pipeline, while shifting the focus for experienced engineers to architectural judgment and problem-solving. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=MGWWK0MWO&amp;id=fJDcfgktn&amp;id=gvdBYayNu&amp;id=5tHtMEVN8&amp;id=6zkfg9lVt&amp;id=f4vrJWc2d&amp;id=EfUZYBNep&amp;id=G9ggYDQjt&amp;id=LMlXpUeIL&amp;id=UHQMEhE67" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agent tools advance developer workflows and RAG systems</strong>: Anthropic released Claude Code CLI for terminal-based developer workflows, Hookdeck open-sourced webhook-skills for AI coding agents, and TencentCloudADP launched Youtu-RAG, an open-source agentic RAG system for multi-format file processing. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=4mT9ezJnC&amp;id=CG1QYcMei&amp;id=oOjuh2KuT" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>JetBrains IntelliJ IDEs adopt native Wayland support</strong>: JetBrains IntelliJ-based IDEs will enable native Wayland support by default in version 2026.1, addressing long-standing Linux issues like blurry text and fractional scaling inconsistencies. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/q5tiuOcND" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft PowerToys proposes command palette dock</strong>: Microsoft PowerToys may introduce a Command Palette Dock, an optional persistent interface element providing one-click access to pinned extensions, resembling Linux dock features. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/oLV0MsDPD" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Amazon Redshift autonomics enhancements</strong>: Amazon Redshift extended its automatic optimization features to multi-cluster environments and introduced support for allocating extra compute resources for these autonomics, reducing manual tuning overhead. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/7o3DKKn6E" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong><a href="http://Crypto.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Crypto.com</a> CEO acquires <a href="http://AI.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">AI.com</a> domain for $70 million</strong>: Kris Marszalek, CEO of <a href="http://Crypto.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Crypto.com</a>, apparently dropped $70 million in crypto on the <a href="http://AI.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">AI.com</a> domain, setting a new record for domain sales. He plans to launch a personal AI agent platform during the Super Bowl. Because nothing says ‘strategic long-term investment’ like a massive bet on buzzwords and a Super Bowl launch, as noted by articles like #jmvy6d70v. I’m sure the ROI will be totally transparent. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/RoetWzgWa" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI’s impact on workforce: anxiety, adoption, and value chain shift</strong>: Boardroom demands for ‘10x productivity’ from AI are causing ‘AI anxiety’ for teams, according to articles like #0CiZDAswQ. But don’t worry, AI tools aren’t replacing you; they’re just moving you ‘up the value chain’ to ‘higher-level supervision and decision-making,’ as optimistically framed by #0hMgfxxrs. Because apparently, everyone secretly dreams of being an AI babysitter. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0CiZDAswQ&amp;id=0hMgfxxrs" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>VS Code snap package disk space accumulation bug</strong>: A bug in VS Code’s Snap package on Linux is reportedly ‘secretly hoarding’ hundreds of gigabytes of deleted files, turning your disk into a digital landfill. This ‘bloatware’ behavior, as sensationally described by sources like #fARTOBXqm, is due to an incorrectly set environment variable. So much for efficient software, eh? Just switch to a different package format, problem solved, for now. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/fARTOBXqm" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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