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v0.dev login, prompt a UI block, copy or export to Next.js.
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Practical notes on ephemeral meetings, remote whiteboard collaboration, and when not to open another heavy meeting app.
How to refresh Windsurf Cascade: updates, new chat, second repo task
Update Windsurf, new Cascade chat, second reviewable diff in your repo.
How to install and use Cursor CLI Agent: login and first repo task
Official install script, agent login, one reviewable diff in your repo. A Cursor account is required.
How to install Aider with pip: OpenAI/Anthropic keys and Git terminal pair programming
pip install aider-chat, configure API keys, run aider in Git, land one reviewable change.
How to install and use Continue in VS Code: extension, config, API keys, Ollama, inline edit
Install Continue, configure API keys or Ollama, run @ Chat and one reviewable inline Edit.
How to install and use Google Gemini CLI: npm, brew, sign-in, and @ files
Install Gemini CLI, sign in with Google, and use @ file references for your first terminal agent prompt.
How to install OpenHands locally or with Docker: GitHub repo and first agent task
Install OpenHands, wire GitHub and an LLM, then let the agent fix one small issue you can review.
How to install Augment Code in VS Code: sign-in, completions, and Agent
Install the Augment extension, sign in and sync your repo, then get inline suggestions or one reviewable Agent change.
How to install JetBrains AI Assistant in IntelliJ IDEA and VS Code: sign-in, inline completion, and chat
Install the plugin or VS Code extension, sign in with your JetBrains Account, then get your first inline suggestion or ask a context-aware question in AI Chat.
How to install and use Sourcegraph Cody in VS Code: sign-in, edits, and codebase chat
Install the Cody extension, finish Enterprise instance sign-in, then get your first inline suggestion or ask a codebase question with @-mentions in your own repo.
How to install and use Amazon Q Developer in VS Code: sign-in and first suggestions
Install the Amazon Q extension, finish Builder ID or company SSO sign-in, then get your first inline suggestion or chat reply in your own repo.
How to install and use Roo Code in VS Code: model and first task
Install the Roo Code extension, connect a provider model, then land one reviewable agent change in your own repo.
How to install and use Windsurf Cascade: editor, sign-in, first repo task
Install the standalone Windsurf editor, sign in so Cascade works, then land one reviewable diff in your own repo.
How to install and use GitHub Copilot CLI: auth and first repo task
Official install, /login, then one reviewable diff in your own repo. An active Copilot plan is required.
How to use Claude Code: install, login, and first coding task
Official install, browser login, then one reviewable change in your own repo. Free Claude.ai is not enough.
EVIE-8B 2026: Tencent ViDoRe document retrieval and vendor evals
Tencent opened two EVIE retriever checkpoints. Separate the 8.41B / 4.61B SKUs, the vendor ViDoRe table, and the compressed-row drop.
Hy4 preview 2026: Tencent 770B Apache weights and the blind eval
Tencent opened Hy4 preview. Separate the 770B/49B SKU, the 2.99/4 internal blind, and the preview caveats.
K2 Horizon 2026: IFM open fleet, AA index 38, and the evals
IFM released six K2 Horizon sizes. Separate the SKUs, the self-audited 66.9%, and AA v4.2 at 38.
Claude Fable 5.1 2026: Mythos 5.1, cache price, and the evals
Anthropic split one weight into public Fable 5.1 and gated Mythos 5.1. Name the SKU before reading the 52.6% or the AA 66.
Gemini 3.8 Flash 2026: Flash Cyber, Fairwind, and the evals
Google’s third Flash in six weeks: a public workhorse and a gated Cyber SKU. Split the SKUs before reading CyberGym or CWE-Bench.
Muse Spark 1.3 2026: what the AA Intelligence Index 61 means
Muse Spark 1.3 enters AA’s tie band with Grok and GPT. Split xhigh from max before you rank it.
What is DeepSeek V4-Flash-Vision-Exp 2026: open weights and evals
DeepSeek open-sourced its first V4 vision checkpoint. Self-reported scores split with Opus-4.8; no independent lab has reproduced the harness.
What is DeepMind 2026 double-blind eval: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
DeepMind piloted a confidential-computing double-blind safety eval of Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite. Weights and prompts stay hidden; scores were not published.
What is Anthropic TASTE 2026: Fable 5 at 60% vs 77% humans
Anthropic’s TASTE measures how models judge safety-research proposals. Fable 5 scores 60%; estimated human agreement is 77%.
Browser meeting camera not working: permission, in-use, and room cap
Fix a dead camera at permission, in-use, and the four-seat cap before you switch meeting apps.
Browser meeting screen share failed: picker, one-sharer, permissions
Fix a dead share at the picker and one-sharer cap before you switch meeting apps.
Browser meeting microphone not working: permissions and WebRTC
Fix mic silence at permission and device layers before you switch meeting apps.
What is Thomson Reuters Thomson in 2026: Qwen legal model launch
Thomson Reuters shipped an in-house legal model called Thomson. This piece separates the release from Law.com’s briefing.
Guidelight 2026 AI control assessment: OpenAI and Anthropic tie at C+
Guidelight scored five labs’ public control practices. The joint high is C+; no single practice cleared 3.
What is Harvey Tenet in 2026: Kimi K3 post-training for legal agents
Harvey named its first post-trained open-weight model Tenet. This piece separates the official post from Law.com’s 20 August recap.
What is 2026 Gemini 3.7 Flash: AA-AnalystAgent pass^5 and 60% score
Google amplified an independent spreadsheet-agent board on 19 August. This piece separates AA’s numbers from the product post.
What is 2026 Ornith-1.5: self-improving 397B and 9B mobile weights
Ornith-1.5 shipped open weights on 19 August. This piece separates official numbers from GIGAZINE’s MIT / Hugging Face write-up.
What is OpenAI’s 2026 Astra pause after the Hugging Face breach
OpenAI published new safeguards on 18 August and slowed some Astra-related training. This piece separates the official timeline from TechCrunch and TIME.
What is Alibaba’s 2026 Qwen3.8-27B: 27B open weights and 3M downloads
Qwen3.8-27B open weights landed 14 August; by 17 August the story was 3 million downloads and a third-party index. This piece separates the official card from independent scores.
What Anthropic’s 2026 Q2 $11.5B revenue and first profit mean
Mid-August filings shown to investors put Anthropic’s Q2 preliminary revenue above $11.5 billion and adjusted operating income in the black. This piece separates what can be checked from what is still rumor.
What is Anthropic’s 2026 Claude agent turf war and how it works
Anthropic’s red team published Claude multi-agent experiments on 13 August: sabotage under conflicting orders. This piece separates what the paper documents from what it does not.
What is a near-autonomous AI cyberattack in 2026? Hermes, OpenClaw, and a government breach
Dream published a near-autonomous multi-agent intrusion workspace on 12 August; press followed the next day. This piece separates what the report documents from what it does not.
Google’s 2026 AI shake-up: DeepMind leadership, Gemini delays, and the strategy split
Hassabis becomes DeepMind chair and Alphabet chief scientist. Kavukcuoglu takes daily Gemini ops as SVP. The same week, flagship Gemini stays unreleased and four researchers leave for Discovery Loop.
When not to open another heavy meeting app
Match the tool weight to the meeting weight.
Remote whiteboard best practices
A messy board is worse than no board. Facilitate the canvas like you facilitate the agenda.
What is an ephemeral meeting?
Not every conversation deserves a forever-recording in a corporate vault.