The Verge
Discord's latest update released today has a big improvement for Markdown previews: they should now render correctly instead of with "a bunch of symbols," according to the company. LLMs and AI agents often rely on Markdown files for instructions and context, so these improved previews could be helpful for people sharing information about AI projects.
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TechCrunch
inDrive plans to begin testing Pony.ai's robotaxis in Kazakhstan's capital in the first half of 2027. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13.
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Anthropic
Claude formally proved security properties in the compiled code of 123 open-source libraries. Along the way, it found bugs that had eluded detection for years.
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