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Md Ismail ล ojal๎จ ๐ท๏ธ (@0x0SojalSec) reportedOne of the wildest AI safety stories yet: - METAโs AI Muse Spark 1.1 hacked into another company AND changed its internal systems after accessing the internet during cybersecurity testing - AISI caught Mythos 5 trying to plant malicious code in an open-source project using fake identities and pressure tactics - GPT-5.6 Sol used a publicly exposed GitHub token and put a malicious DNS server containing exploit payloads on the public internet
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Avangard (@avangardAI) reportedโTokenmaxxing is not what we are optimizing for.โ Thatโs Microsoft, the company selling you unlimited AI coding, telling its own staff to cut back. An internal email from EVP Jay Parikh confirms Microsoft has capped AI token spending division-by-division as of July, with dashboards tracking individual engineers whoโd been burning anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars a month on GitHub Copilot. The fix isnโt โuse less AIโ โ officially, at least โ itโs switching the default internal model to OpenAIโs GPT-5.6, chosen specifically because itโs cheaper to run than the alternatives. This follows Microsoft quietly killing most of its internal Claude Code licenses back in May and pushing engineers onto its own tooling instead. An employee who leaked the memo called the budget caps exactly what they look like: an admission that Microsoft canโt afford to let its own staff use its own flagship AI product without a leash. Hereโs the part worth saying plainly: this isnโt a Microsoft problem, itโs the whole industryโs math finally showing up on a balance sheet. Amazon, Adobe, Atlassian, AT&T, Meta, Uber, and Walmart have all quietly throttled internal AI spend since June. Everyone selling โAI will 10x your teamโ is discovering, in private, that unlimited access mostly produces unlimited bills. Thatโs the earnings call nobodyโs giving yet.
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Kahlil Ashanti (@kahlilashanti) reportedgithub is down
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combif1am (@combif1am) reportedis GitHub down or what??? workflow not building at all
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Ahmed Ibrahim (@Ahmed_Ibrahhim) reportedGitHub Actions has been down for over 20 minutes, and Iโm still waiting
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Adam (@WalrusQuant) reportedi got a dm on reddit today asking me to review a project. they guy was new to modeling sports and was using claude code and was running into issues. i put together a build path for a WNBA player prop projection model, designed to be built with a coding agent by someone who has never shipped a project. the project is on my github, clone or download the zip files.
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Zac Gottschall (@gott_zac) reportedIs GitHub down to one nine yet
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Illia ๐ญ (@ipanasenko_) reported@pandoks @theo Create github issues ๐
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Connor Turland (@entrecurious) reported@the_mewc Thanks for the reply! I guess I didn't explain my problem fully. I want each of my engineers (and developer agents) to be able to work on a version of our Github bot, and our slack bot, in parallel. Even if I solve this callback problem, I think I'll still have that problem that if there's only one bot to tag, that's a chokepoint.
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Aristide (@AristideCode) reportedGithub actions is broken, almost an hour that my jobs are not running @github @GithubProjects
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Klauss6139 (@Klauss6139) reportedSat in on this week's @RialoHQ Builders Hub, and the screen was so crowded with avatars you could feel the energy of the room right away. Two projects took the stage, aimed at completely different pain points. The first, Quest Lock tackles something contributors quietly hate: your effort evaporates once the event wraps. You write code, run tasks, show up consistently, and the record of all of it ends up scattered across chat logs and dead bounty pages. Instead of leaning on slow, subjective manual review, this one verifies completion automatically. Finish a task, submit proof, get an on chain credential and public reputation that travels with you into the next community rather than resetting each time. Later plans include using trusted execution to verify GitHub and social data, which is where a reputation like this starts to actually mean something. The second, Rialo Temple, works the opposite edge, turning protocol education into a pixel RPG populated by around 40 NPCs based on real team and community members, so learning feels like exploring rather than reading docs. One project hardens trust, the other softens the on ramp, and any ecosystem with staying power needs both pushing forward together.
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Leon Voland (@leonvol_) reportedGitHub Actions not working again. Queued forever :/
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alex (@alexeeps) reported@samhogan a while ago someone crawled a bunch of these and made an SSH server which can identify your github username from it
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oluwasefunmi. (@adebola_io) reportedWhy did Github actions choose today to go down
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satsie (@satsie) reported@jrakibi @github several reports have been filed to take this repo down, can someone please look into this?
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Reyansh Bahl (@reyanshbahl) reportedDoes GitHub actions go down at least once a day?
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Corey Engel ๐บ๐ธ CTEO (@realCoreyEngel) reportedgithub actions is down? what is happening??
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finity (@finityx) reportedAHHHH THATS WHY SHES NOT REPLYING TO ME , GITHUB IS DOWN
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Unaib Amir (@unaibamir) reportedOne GitHub issue said a WordPress page read returns meta: [] where the schema promises an object. Filed against 1.1.0, still there in 1.6.0. We checked all 153 abilities in the plugin for the same bug class. Found 21 instances, not 1. Five break a default install right now.
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๐โณ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ (@CryptoMaliel) reported๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ (๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ). One mistake I see a lot of people make is pitching every project they come across. More often than not, it's a waste of time. You don't need to pitch more projects. You need to pitch better projects. There's a difference. Here's the framework I use before I even think about reaching out. 1. ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ? Before anything else, check if they're still building. Look at: โข Their X timeline โข Discord/Telegram โข Recent announcement โข GitHub (if it's public) Ask yourself: โข Are they shipping updates? โข Launching new features? โข Expanding their ecosystem? โข Hiring contributors? If they haven't posted in weeks or the community is dead, move on. 2. ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐? This tells you whether they already understand the value of community. Look for: โข Do they have ambassadors? โข Do they host creator's campaign? โข Do they repost community contents? โข Do they collaborate with KOLs? If the answer is yes, they're already investing in community growth, which means they're more likely to need people like you. If they've never invested in community growth before... Don't assume your DM will suddenly change their mind. 3. ๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐. Not read about it. โข Use it. โข Sign up. โข Bridge. โข Swap. โข Mint. โข Play. Whatever the product is designed for. While using it, ask yourself: ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ? ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ? ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ? ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ? Congratulations. You just found content ideas. 4. ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ. This is where most people get it wrong. They pitch themselves. Instead... Pitch the problem you can solve. For example: โ "๐'๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ." โ "๐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ." One sounds like a request. The other sounds like a solution. Projects hire solutions. 5. ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐. The answers you need are usually in the replies. โข Read comments. โข Join the Discord. โข Search the project on X. โข Pay attention to: โข What people complain about. โข Questions that keep coming up. โข The posts getting the most engagement. โข If everyone keeps asking the same thing... That's a content opportunity. 6. ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐? Just because it's a good project doesn't mean it's the right project. If they're looking for: โขVideo creators โขDesigners โขCommunity moderators ...and your strength is writing educational threads... You're probably forcing it. Don't chase every opportunity. Find the ones that match your strengths. 7. ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต. A project that's actively investing in growth is far more likely to invest in contributors too. Look for things like: โข Recent funding announcements. โข Partnerships. โข Marketing campaigns. โข Community events. โข Ecosystem grants. โข Active hiring. Growth leaves clues. Learn to spot them. 8. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ... ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐? Forget your follower count. Look at your profile. Can they see proof that you can do what you're promising? Do you have: โข Quality content? โข Consistency? โข Evidence you've solved similar problems before? If you were spending your own marketing budget... Would you trust yourself? If the answer is no... Don't rush the pitch. Build stronger proof first. Most people think getting accepted is about writing a better pitch. From what I've seen, it's usually about choosing a better project. A great pitch sent to the wrong project is still the wrong pitch. Be intentional about where you invest your time.
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Astrid (@just_some_dev) reportedI was able to go to the shops, buy a ready meal, cook the ready meal, mostly eat it, and github is still down???
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Burke Holland (@burkeholland) reported@gsemetfr @github Yes - except the agent seems to have no trouble just ignoring this when asked for prose. At least that's true for Luna, Opus, Kimi.
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Saif (@notsafii) reportedGitHub down??
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Tech Fund (@techfund1) reportedGood expert call on Anthropic with a Head at Cognizant Cognizant ran GitHub Copilot, concluded it was not working, evaluated alternatives, and moved to Claude Code. That was announced late last year and is now rolled out broadly rather than sitting behind special approval. His view is that snapshot benchmarks are not the basis for a decision like this, because model leadership rotates. What drove it was that Anthropic is climbing the enterprise value chain faster than OpenAI, which he characterizes as having been model-first and then consumer-first. For a system integrator, the B2B orientation is the product. There is also a specific technical reason tied to their core delivery work. Cognizant does heavy legacy modernization, pulling apart COBOL mainframe estates. Claude Code's larger context window lets them work on bigger chunks of a migration at once, which is the binding constraint in that work. "we are just half a step ahead of the customers and maybe not even that" Developers are running 30-35% more effective. That is spreading into testing, and then into business analyst work, requirements capture, prototyping and UI drafting, with architecture behind that. The commercial problem is that an integrator on time and materials does not automatically capture its own efficiency gains. He places this inside a 10-15 year erosion of pricing power: clients have become far more professional buyers, and the platform companies are taking a growing share of total IT spend. Outside of engineering he describes it as very early. Most people are drafting emails and getting help with presentations. The step change he describes is a project brain: an entire RFP, with notes, templates and background, loaded into a single Claude project that a whole team works against. There are also hard limits on what can be uploaded, and customer contracts cannot go in. He is specific about what agentic automation needs before it clears the bar for regulated back-office work: governance, happy path analysis, human-in-the-loop, auditability for BPO processes, confidence scores, and an ontology over the underlying documents so that a policy document is parsed the same way every time. His view is that Anthropic does not have that functionality yet. For live BPO work they use a native agentic automation platform instead, Otera, which is Austrian and fully EU-resident including data centers and personnel. He expects Anthropic to get there on the trajectory of the last six months. The gating factor is not the software. "the end state will make the current consumption look like nothing... it's a business transformation, and it needs to be driven like one" He explicitly guards against recency bias. Everything has gone Anthropic's way for five or six months and he thinks the market is over-extrapolating that. His view is that Anthropic is pulling ahead but it is early, that OpenAI will have a real enterprise play, and that the space comfortably supports two primary providers. He is more concerned about the second tier, naming Meta, falling behind. source: Tegus
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Vitalii Surikov (@SurikovVitalii) reported@azuroprotocol @bookmakerxyz Huge thanks to the Azuro team, support is a complete zero. All I got was 10 scammers and bots messaging me in Discord. Zero reaction to my GitHub issue.
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Scott Scowden (@rattrick1) reportedIt would be really cool if @github was bought by a company who owned their own cloud so they could handle all of the capacity issues and failures they constantly experience
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kevops (@kevvOH_) reportedWhat are the odds that this GitHub Actions outage is related to the recent npm supply chain attack?
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William Wale (@williawa) reported@lu_sichu I mostly disagree. I've looked at a lot of pretraining data. And its something like 90% random bullshit, and of the remaining stuff, its like 90% single person written. And of the remaining stuff that's actually humans interacting, its like 90% e.g. reddit comments. And the amount of code is hard to overstate, public github alone is 10T+. And they probably upsample it, gather other sources, have synthetic code data, strategically place it in pretraining to increase saliency, etc etc. My honest guess is that the "quality corrected token count comparison" is something like 100:1 code:humans actually interacting. And something like 10000:1, code:humans interacting where one part is deliberately reasoning about how to influence the other. And like "And that there probably is some attempt at RL them in social situations" Maybe? But like I said, humans are slow and expensive. This is in a sense why you build a reward model when you do RLHF. And even that sucks. There is a reason people use RLAIF and LLM graders everywhere. โโโโโโโโ Like. If OpenAI decided to go hard, and contracted 10000 people to harvest RL data, decided to massively RL the models for super-persuasion, biting the costs, using all their gathered external deployment data to build many big high-quality user simulations, and trained the models to manipulate them... I think you'd see some crazy ******* monstrosity that would scare everyone shitless. You'd not see the clumsy and rare stuff you see today.
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grokked (@grokkedd) reportedVibe coding tip: connect GitHub to your AI agent and don't ask it to write code right away. It'll save you a ton of tokens Beginners start with something like "build me an app that makes $100k, don't make mistakes." A much better approach is letting the agent study existing open-source projects first. Prompt: > I'm building XXX. Don't create files or write code yet. First, find similar open-source projects on GitHub and pick the most useful ones as references. Analyze what problems they solve, what architecture they use, what tech stack they're built on, whether they're actively maintained, and which decisions are worth repeating or avoiding. Then, based on my requirements, propose a tech stack, system architecture, MVP scope, and development sequence. Only start implementation after I confirm. This way the agent will: > Find solutions already validated by real projects > Learn from the mistakes and tradeoffs other developers already hit > Pick a stack and architecture that actually fits your requirements Only after that does it start writing code. This approach usually cuts out a ton of wasted iterations - and noticeably reduces token spend
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๐Nat Serrano (@natserran0) reportedAlso @Cloudflare can you please add multitenant to your CLI? Like gh auth swithc in github. I have to logout and login in wrangler everytime I am swtiching accounts