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simonwillison.net · 2026-09-06 · Ranked: practitioner analysis · fresh 0.93 · score 1.99

The purpose of DNS is to spread scams

The purpose of DNS is to spread scams Terence Eden shares some daunting statistics in support of his take that "the Domain Name System's purpose seems to be a vector for criminals to run scams on people at a terrifyin... Context & related coverage →

infoq.com · 2026-09-06 · Ranked: agent match · practitioner analysis · fresh 0.86 · score 1.94

How Figma Uses AI Agents for Security

The engineering team at software company Figma recently documented how they built AI agents to help their security team investigate alerts, search past incidents, check company systems, and even prepare code fixes. Th... Context & related coverage →

simonwillison.net · 2026-09-06 · Ranked: practitioner analysis · fresh 0.88 · score 1.88

There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get

My comment on There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get — Lobste.rs. [In reply to a comment about burning it down to start from scratch when technical debt becomes overwhelming] In my experience it's so rare for that t... Context & related coverage →

openai.com · 2026-09-06 · Ranked: frontier lab · fresh 0.83 · score 1.53

An Alien Mind

Jakub Pachocki reflects on increasingly capable AI and the challenge of keeping it aligned. He calls for stronger safeguards and international coordination. Context & related coverage →

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