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Arca, an AI-native wealth management firm, uses agents to perform long-horizon financial work, such as analyzing client data and generating financial plans that can take up to ten days to complete. The firm has developed an internal memory system to track the progress of these tasks and ensure that human advisors are involved in the decision-making process. Arca's agents are designed to prompt humans for input, rather than the other way around, and the firm has implemented various safety measures to prevent agents from making decisions that could harm clients. AI summary

The AIE CODE conference, the top Coding Agent conference, features three themes: Scaling without Slop, System One models, and Increasing Ambition, with a focus on showcasing the latest advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity. AI summary

I've written before about how November 2025 was an inflection point for coding agents - the point where Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.1 crossed a tipping point that meant their respective coding agents became reliable daily drivers for software engine…

Artificial Analysis v5's Intelligence Index weighs various aspects of language models, including knowledge work, coding, science, and general capabilities, but its methodology has sparked debate due to the complexity of measuring real-world usage and the trade-offs in aggregating scores. The index's emphasis on closed models may overlook the value of open models, which are still capable of performing well in specific tasks, and its shift towards private benchmarks raises concerns about transparency and accountability. AI summary

Anthropic has ended coding interviews for job applicants, citing that hunger for innovation beats tenure in hiring. This shift aims to prioritize candidates with impactful ideas and business value over technical skills demonstrated through coding challenges. AI summary

Get 20% off Mobbin Pro to help your agent design UIs that actually convert - https://mobbin.com/fireship Kimi K3.1 just dropped as a free 3-trillion-parameter open-weight model that comes within one point of Opus on Terminal Bench. But is i…