Edition of Friday, October 30, 2026

Simon Willison Explores Autonomous Game Development

How I Built the Most AI-Pilled Company in the World Don't be put off by the clickbait headline, this piece by Jacob Sansbury describing how they are building Spawn is a fascinating exploration of the bleeding edge of what's possible with agentic engineering…

An updated Model Spec for more capable and beneficial AI

OpenAI’s updated Model Spec outlines five core values to guide more capable AI toward sound judgment, human agency, and faithfulness to human intent.

Mistral Releases Advanced AI Model Le Chonk

The French AI lab claims its latest release matches or outperforms even the best models from DeepSeek and Z.ai in coding and cybersecurity.

Salesforce Developer Builds Tool To Clean Up Obsolete Flow Versions

Practical lessons for working with the Tooling API, from understanding its object model and managing dependencies to handling asynchronous execution and designing safer destructive operations.

Accenture Contractor Exposes Pentagon System To AI Agent

Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could be patched.

DoorDash Acquires Instacart For $17 Billion