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TOP STORY Microsoft Copilot Cowork Exfiltrates Files. A newly disclosed vulnerability allows Microsoft Copilot Cowork to exfiltrate user files, raising serious enterprise security concerns. Simon Willison
Research
SAM: State-Adaptive Memory for Long-Horizon Reasoning. New architecture proposes adaptive memory mechanisms to improve agent performance across extended reasoning tasks. HuggingFace
LLaVA-OneVision-2: Towards Next-Generation Perceptual Intelligence. Updated multimodal model pushes forward visual understanding and cross-modal reasoning capabilities. HuggingFace
MobileMoE: Scaling On-Device Mixture of Experts. Research demonstrates efficient Mixture-of-Experts scaling designed specifically for on-device deployment constraints. HuggingFace
Beyond Final Answers: Auditing Trajectory-Level Hallucinations in Multi-Agent Workflows. Study finds that hallucinations embedded in agent reasoning trajectories pose underappreciated risks in industrial deployments. HuggingFace
Tools
Binary/Ternary Bonsai Image 4B Released. PrismML's new 1-bit and ternary text-to-image diffusion transformers can run entirely in-browser via WebGPU. Reddit/LocalLLaMA
Qwen3.5 35B A3B Uncensored with Full MTP Preserved. Community release of Qwen3.5 35B with all 785 Multi-Token Predictions intact, available across GGUF, NVFP4, and GPTQ-Int4 formats. HuggingFace
Turning Local Agents into Self-Optimizing Agents. Demonstration shows a workflow enabling locally-run agents to iteratively improve their own performance without external intervention. Reddit/LocalLLaMA
Industry
China Restricts Overseas Travel for AI Talent at Alibaba and DeepSeek. Beijing is tightening controls on key AI researchers leaving the country amid intensifying global competition. IBTimes
Spain Blocks Polymarket and Kalshi Over Gambling Licences. Spanish regulators have banned both prediction market platforms for operating without proper gambling authorisation. Reuters
Outsourcing + Local AI Will Undercut Frontier Labs on Cost. Analysis argues that combining offshoring with locally-run models is on track to become more economical than paying for frontier API access. Signal Bloom
Community
A Rare Look Inside Qwen 3.7's Open Source Approval Process. Satirical GIF offers a humorous take on the internal bureaucracy behind Alibaba's model open-sourcing decisions. Reddit/LocalLLaMA
Anthropic Appoints KiYoung Choi as Korea Representative Director. Anthropic names its first Korea lead ahead of a formal Seoul office opening. Anthropic
The Pressure. Simon Willison reflects on the growing social and professional pressure developers face to adopt AI tools unconditionally. Simon Willison