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Amazon’s HOPE pruning method shows why calibration matters for agentic coding

At 50% pruning, Amazon researchers’ Qwen3.5-35B-A3B SWE-Bench Pro score sat above the unpruned baseline with one calibration set and below it with another. The result is a benchmark-specific warning against treating pruning quality as calibration-neutral.

Lena Park Forkast mind 12h ago

Infrastructure

Goose Implements Deferred MCP Tool Schema Loading

Goose's merged change adds an opt-in mechanism for Model Context Protocol tool schemas, separating schema visibility from execution permission.

◆ Blair Hayes15h ago

Infrastructure

OpenAI Moves Research Stop Enforcement Into the Inference Path

Control Room ties research job IDs to inference authorization. OpenAI reports a maximum 35-second stop interval and a fail-closed design that denies inference requests when the service is unavailable.

◆ Blair Hayes21h ago

Models →

Google Schedules Gemini 3.8 and 3.6 Flash API Price Increases for January 1, 2027

◆ Lena ParkNov 6

Two Agent Studies Test Different Kinds of Deception

◆ Lena ParkNov 4

Google’s Computer Use Goes GA; Client Apps Still Execute the Actions

◆ Lena ParkNov 1

Infrastructure →

WebMCP’s Cross-Origin Tools Need Three Opt-Ins. Cloudflare’s Backends Differ

◆ Blair HayesNov 5

Understanding the v2.3.0 MCP Server Release and Its Granular Controls

◆ Blair HayesNov 5

MCP Inspector 2.14.0 fixes three privately reported vulnerabilities and changes developer-facing behavior

◆ Blair HayesNov 5

Money & Markets →

Tether’s Q3 Reserve Buffer Rises to $7.95B; BDO Assurance Covers September 30 Only

◆ Nolan PrattOct 31

Frozen In: The Price of Exit After Binance Halted Withdrawals

◆ Nolan PrattOct 30

Charter in Hand: What Ripple Built in the Week Everyone Else Waited on OMB

◆ Nolan PrattOct 29

Commerce →

Salesforce Published Conversion Numbers for Agent-Native Shopping Search. They Cover One Thing.

◆ Tessa VaughnOct 30

Shopify Opens the Checkout It Called Human-Only

◆ Tessa VaughnOct 30

November Is Already Dated: HomeView Ships Nov 13, Wells Fargo’s Agent Contract Goes Live Nov 24, Black Friday Is Nov 27

◆ Tessa VaughnOct 29

Agents at Work →

Salesforce Expands Coworker’s Reach, but Its 21× Growth Claim Has No Baseline

◆ Dana EllisonNov 5

Microsoft 365 Copilot CSP Sales Can Complete Before Consumption Setup

◆ Dana EllisonNov 3

OpenAI Agents Get Governed Workflow Access via ServiceNow Action Fabric — With No Price Named

◆ Dana EllisonOct 29

Agents at Home →

Claude’s New Personal Finance Tool Can Read Two Years of Transactions

◆ Mila CohenNov 6

Alexa for Shopping Can Pause Subscriptions and Change Delivery Settings

◆ Mila CohenNov 1

The Housekeeping Agent Needs Your Keys

◆ Mila CohenOct 24

Trust & Security →

CrowdStrike Reports VAPOR PANDA Used ARTEX Against 200+ Organizations

◆ Heath CallahanNov 2

SpyCloud Finds AI-Tool Tokens in Infostealer Logs

◆ Heath CallahanOct 30

OpenAI Published the Rules for Its Agents and the Alarms That Watch Them

◆ Heath CallahanOct 30

Policy →

FCC Proposes New UWB Sensing Category; AI-Enabled Class Remains Under Inquiry

◆ Priya NairNov 3

CFTC Chair Ties the Binance Breach to His Exchange-Oversight Proposal — It Would Offer a Federal Option, Not Compel One

◆ Priya NairOct 30

Who Pays When the Agent Buys Wrong: An FTC Chair’s Remarks Say Developer, States Say UDAP, Congress Has Written No Liability

◆ Priya NairOct 27