January 2026

AI Engineer

Identity for AI Agents - Patrick Riley & Carlos Galan, Auth0

Patrick Riley and Carlos Galan from Auth0 present their approach to securing AI agents through identity management. They demonstrate four key pillars for agent security: AI needs to know who you are,...

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Simon Willison's Weblog

Anthropic invests $1.5 million in the Python Software Foundation and open source security

Anthropic has committed $1.5 million over two years to the Python Software Foundation, with a focus on ecosystem security. This addresses a critical funding gap after the PSF withdrew from an NSF...

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Universe of AI

DeepSeek V4 LEAKED: A Coding-First Model That Changes Everything!

DeepSeek is reportedly preparing to release version 4 in mid-February, with leaked internal tests suggesting it could outperform GPT and Claude in coding tasks. The model represents a fundamental...

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Universe of AI

AI News: Gemini’s NEW AI Agent, Gemini Takes Over Siri, Anthropic vs xAI BEEF!

The AI industry is transitioning from cooperative collaboration to competitive warfare, with major players making strategic moves to control key user touchpoints. Google is enabling AI agents to...

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Simon Willison's Weblog

Superhuman AI Exfiltrates Emails

A prompt injection attack successfully exploited Superhuman AI to steal sensitive emails from users' inboxes. The attack manipulated the AI through malicious instructions hidden in emails, causing it...

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