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Tuesday 1 September 2026

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Learn AI card: OpenAI's Admin plugin handles 45% of support tickets automatically
ManagementTier 1

OpenAI's Admin plugin handles 45% of support tickets automatically

OpenAI News · 5 min

Highlights

  • Manage workspace admin tasks conversationally without switching tools
  • Automate approval routing to Slack or Teams
  • Handle 45% of support tickets automatically
  • Maintain role-based permissions and security controls
  • Reduce manual overhead for routine administration

OpenAI has released an Admin plugin for ChatGPT Work and Codex that consolidates workspace administration tasks into a single conversational interface. Admins can now review usage analytics, manage members and permissions, adjust spending limits, and approve requests without switching between tools or writing complex prompts. The plugin operates within existing role-based permissions and can automate recurring workflows—such as routing approval requests to Slack or Teams and granting access based on predefined criteria. OpenAI's own IT team uses the plugin to handle roughly 45% of support tickets automatically and has transformed reactive incident response into proactive capacity planning. This matters because growing workspaces typically require admins to navigate multiple systems to complete routine tasks; consolidating these workflows reduces manual overhead and improves consistency while maintaining security controls.

Learn AI card: EVE Online begins 16-year Python upgrade, 2.4 million lines of code
GeneralTier 2

EVE Online begins 16-year Python upgrade, 2.4 million lines of code

Simon Willison · 5 min

Highlights

  • EVE Online migrating 2.4M lines of code from Python 2.7 to Python 3
  • Manual review required for ~20,000 Python 2/3 behavioral differences
  • Stackless Python replacement strategy already proven in EVE Frontier
  • Sixteen-year gap since last major Python upgrade

EVE Online, which has run on Stackless Python since 2003, is beginning its migration to Python 3 after 16 years on Python 2.7. The upgrade will apply automated tooling (futurize) to 2.4 million lines of code, followed by manual review of approximately 20,000 locations where Python 2 and 3 behavior diverges—such as integer division semantics. This represents a significant infrastructure undertaking for one of gaming's longest-running Python deployments. The announcement does not detail how EVE Online will replace Stackless Python itself, though the company has previously demonstrated a replacement approach (carbonengine/scheduler, now open source) used in their newer title EVE Frontier. This migration is relevant to anyone managing large legacy Python codebases or interested in how production systems at scale handle language version transitions.

Learn AI card: Claude Code's auto mode safety bypassed 80% of the time in proof-of-concept attack
GeneralTier 2

Claude Code's auto mode safety bypassed 80% of the time in proof-of-concept attack

Simon Willison · 5 min

Highlights

  • Auto mode safety mechanism bypassed 80% of the time via zip archive exploit
  • Safety classifier blocked cleanup commands after detecting compromise
  • Sandboxing and network isolation are essential, not optional safeguards
  • LLM safety alone insufficient for autonomous agent deployment

Prompt injection researcher Johann Rehberger has demonstrated a vulnerability in Claude Code's auto mode safety mechanism, achieving an 80% success rate in a proof-of-concept attack. The exploit works by tricking the agent into downloading and executing a zip archive containing malicious code that bypasses detection. Critically, Rehberger found cases where auto mode not only failed to prevent the attack but actively blocked Claude's own cleanup commands after detecting compromise. This reveals a fundamental tension: the safety classifier can inadvertently become part of the failure chain. The findings underscore that coding agents require additional layers of protection—sandboxing, network restrictions, credential isolation, and monitoring—rather than relying solely on LLM-based safety mechanisms. Anyone deploying autonomous coding agents in production environments should treat this as a cautionary case study in defense-in-depth.

GeneralTier 2

ChatGPT Work adds code execution and web automation Chat doesn't have

Simon Willison · 5 min

Highlights

  • Code execution now has unrestricted internet access, unlike Chat
  • Headless Chrome browser enables web automation and form-filling
  • Persistent filesystem shared across Work sessions, unlike Chat's ephemeral storage
  • Deploy full websites via Cloudflare Workers directly from Work
  • Sub-agents and scheduled automations available only in Work tier

OpenAI's ChatGPT Work, launched in July 2026, is a paid-tier product ($20/month+) that splits into two variants: Work Cloud (web/mobile) and Work Local (desktop). Work Cloud distinguishes itself from regular Chat through several exclusive capabilities: code execution with unrestricted internet access, a headless Chrome browser for web automation, persistent cross-session filesystems, ChatGPT Sites deployment via Cloudflare Workers, sub-agent orchestration, and scheduled prompt automations. Model selection differs too—Work offers Sol, Luna, and Terra at various reasoning levels, while Chat uses different naming conventions. The code execution environment is particularly powerful, allowing repository cloning, dependency installation, and API interactions that Chat blocks. Work also enables browser automation including form-filling, screenshot capture, and JavaScript execution against page DOMs. However, the feature set remains poorly documented by OpenAI, and the combination of private data access, untrusted content exposure, and agent communication capabilities raises security questions around prompt injection attacks. Understanding these distinctions matters for power users deciding between Chat and Work for complex, multi-step tasks.

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Run Qwen 27B on your laptop with LM Studio

Matt Wolfe0:00

Highlights

  • Run powerful AI models locally using LM Studio
  • Quantization levels match models to your hardware
  • Skip expensive GPU servers, use consumer computers
  • Compatibility checks prevent wasted downloads

Matt Wolfe demonstrates how to run powerful AI models like Qwen 3.8 27B on standard consumer computers using LM Studio. The process is streamlined: search for a model, select the quantization level your hardware supports, download it, and begin using it immediately. LM Studio provides compatibility checks before download, removing guesswork about whether a model will run on your machine. This approach eliminates the need for expensive GPU servers while models continue to improve in efficiency and capability. The video is for anyone interested in experimenting with AI locally without cloud dependencies or significant hardware investment.

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Memoket Gem captures meeting notes and syncs tasks to your calendar

Matt Wolfe0:00

Highlights

  • Capture meeting ideas before they slip away
  • Auto-extract action items into your calendar
  • Retrieve stored memories across ChatGPT, Slack, Notion
  • Retains context across multiple conversations seamlessly

Matt Wolfe reviews Memoket Gem, an AI tool designed to capture and organize the ideas, follow-ups, and action items that typically slip away after meetings end. The tool retains context across conversations, extracts pending tasks, and syncs them into Google Calendar or Apple Reminders. It also integrates with ChatGPT, Claude, Notion, and Slack, letting you retrieve stored memories within those platforms. Wolfe covers the pre-order availability and practical use cases for anyone who struggles to retain meeting outcomes.

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AI expense tracker spots spending patterns by scanning your email

Matt Wolfe0:00

Highlights

  • Build multi-agent systems to automate repetitive business tasks
  • Extract structured data from unstructured sources like email
  • Identify spending patterns without manual data entry
  • Use AI agents to categorize and organize business expenses

Matt Wolfe demonstrates an AI-powered expense tracker built using Hyperagent that automatically extracts receipts and invoices from email, categorizes business spending, and identifies cost patterns—eliminating manual spreadsheet updates. The system uses multiple AI agents: one scans inboxes for financial documents, another organizes them by category (software, production, travel, etc.), and the workflow surfaces spending insights without user intervention. This is relevant for freelancers, small business owners, and anyone managing multiple expense streams who want to reduce administrative overhead and gain visibility into where money actually goes.

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Verb lets you sell your data to AI companies and block whoever you want

Matt Wolfe0:00

Highlights

  • Choose which data you share and which companies access it
  • Set your own price for training data
  • Avoid selling to competitors or unwanted buyers
  • Get paid directly instead of having data harvested free
  • Understand why AI companies are shifting to paid data models

AI companies increasingly need training data, and a new model is emerging: paying people directly for it. Verb is a platform that lets users choose which data to share, block specific companies, and set their own price. As data privacy concerns grow and AI demand accelerates, direct compensation could become a standard way to source training data. This video explores why this trend matters and how it might reshape data collection.