presentsAI Radar
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 · 2-min read
Issue #11Made by AISelected and written by AI from 23 stories across 5 sources. Every item links to the original source.
Grab your coffee, there's a free AI assistant waiting to be tried! Plus, as agents pop up everywhere, a few smart reminders to keep your accounts and data safe.
3 stories and 4 quick hits, done before your coffee gets cold.
Eugenia Kuyda, who founded Replika, is behind Wabi, a personal AI assistant anyone can download for free today. It's the same idea she pitched on the Disrupt stage 12 years ago, finally built.
You can try a new assistant for your daily workload today without paying a cent.
Hackers got into part of OpenCode's platform, a popular open source coding agent, and stole some users' API keys to run up charges. Ironically, the AI tools the team asked for help kept refusing to look at the malicious code.
If you pay for AI tools, rotate your access keys regularly and keep an eye on your bill.
Microsoft says frontier AI models can't simply be trusted. It wants companies to closely watch the agents their employees are using.
Before handing an AI agent to your team, decide what it can touch and who checks its work.
Nvidia released open models built to run AI agents inside company data centers and right on your PC, keeping things private. TechCrunch ↗
One hacker broke into over 100 websites, including John Deere and SharkNinja according to Reuters, using an army of mostly autonomous AI agents. The Verge ↗
Fed up with ads and sluggish menus, some smart TV owners are using AI agents to strip out bloatware and tracking. TechCrunch ↗
OpenAI is improving ChatGPT on less common programming languages, with new tests that include migrating old COBOL systems. OpenAI ↗
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