This week: the month's attack list, a Kimi model teaser, Block's voice model, a cheap design-AI claim and two workshops.
News · 2026-10-23
AgentBeam's tracker counted 53 dated cyberattacks and security incidents in the first 23 days of October. Eleven were attacks run with AI agents. Most started the same way: a stolen password, key or login token, or a trusted software update. Many attackers went after AI provider keys, which can be resold or used on the victim's bill.
What you can do: Replace any keys stored on Railway, Zeabur or OpenCode Console, and put a spending limit on every AI key so one leak cannot run up a huge bill.
Read the sourceNews · 2026-10-22
An open-source tool called huashu-motion lets an AI coding agent build a product launch film from code, add a music score, then open an editor where you click a frame to change one thing. It has only been tested on Mac, and its cost figure comes from its author.
Read the sourceNews · 2026-10-23
Moonshot AI posted a 24-second video showing a coding tool labelled Kimi K3.1, so a new version of its Kimi model looks close. The video gives no date, price or test scores. Talk of a computer-use feature is guesswork so far, and nothing published backs it.
Read the sourceNews · 2026-10-23
Block, the company run by Jack Dorsey, unveiled Dessa, a voice model it says learned to talk from human speech alone, with no text, and can listen and speak at once. Block says it runs on a laptop. There is a waitlist but no paper, public release or independent tests.
Read the sourceNews · 2026-10-20
Skyfall AI says its SKY-001 model, which designs 3D parts and floor plans, matches GPT-6 Astra on its own tests while being about 50 times faster and 150 times cheaper at part design. Accuracy is only slightly ahead, only a waitlist is open, and nobody outside the company has checked.
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A beginner-friendly course in four live Claude Code sessions. You go from an idea to working automations, AI agents and a full app that is live on the web, using a workflow that also works in Cursor. It starts November 15.
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Two live evenings for people who want to become their team's go-to for AI. You build a knowledge base, an agent skill, a prompt library and your own Artifacts, and connect Claude to the apps you use. Beginners welcome. It starts November 28.
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