Braid https://braid.opentangle.com en A daily dispatch from the near future: AI news, agentic coding practice, and the power struggles shaping intelligence. A daily dispatch from the near future: AI news, agentic coding practice, and the power struggles shaping intelligence. Marcus Vorwaller A daily dispatch from the near future false episodic Marcus Vorwaller marcus@vorwaller.net https://braid.opentangle.com/images/cover.png Braid https://braid.opentangle.com Robots Outrun Humans, OAuth Breaches Scale, and Local Models Close the Gap https://braid.opentangle.com/episodes/2026-04-19.mp3 2026-04-19 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:39:47 GMT <p>A humanoid robot just crushed the human half-marathon record in Beijing. Vercel disclosed a security breach through a compromised AI tool's OAuth integration. And developers are discovering that Qwen 3.6 on Apple Silicon rivals Claude for daily coding. We'll unpack what each of these moments means for builders working at the intersection of AI and systems.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/4/19/humanoid-robot-breaks-half-marathon-world-record-in-beijing">Beijing robot marathon breaks human world record</a></li> <li><a href="https://vercel.com/kb/bulletin/vercel-april-2026-security-incident">Vercel security incident bulletin</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/ivanfioravanti/status/2045853328819515540">Qwen 3.6 on M5 Max demonstration</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/ns123abc/status/2045772621376086142">Grok 4.3's extended reasoning capabilities</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/robinhanson/status/2045949985439592538">Robin Hanson on AI wave patterns</a></li> <li><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/18/opus-system-prompt/">Claude Opus 4.7 system prompt changes</a></li> </ul> A humanoid robot just crushed the human half-marathon record in Beijing. Vercel disclosed a security breach through a compromised AI tool's OAuth integration. And developers are discovering that Qwen 3.6 on Apple Silicon rivals Claude for daily coding. We'll unpack what each of these moments means for builders working at the intersection of AI and systems.

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