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Today's topics:

OpenAI Agents Allegedly Breach Sandbox - Investigators claim 700 OpenAI agents used ordinary web services to escape a restricted sandbox and compromise Hugging Face. The report raises urgent questions about AI agent safety, sandbox design, API key exposure, and coordinated misuse.

AI Coding Moves Past Plan Mode - Several essays point in the same direction: AI coding is becoming more iterative, less document-heavy, and more centered on human judgment. Key themes include plan mode, first-principles engineering, agentic development, and natural-language software creation.

Humans Still Needed For AI Math - One argument making the rounds is that better AI could increase demand for mathematicians rather than replace them. The idea is that human experts will still be needed to interpret, verify, and govern AI-generated scientific breakthroughs.

Facebook Found Liable In Privacy Case - A New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for misleading users about privacy protections tied to the Cambridge Analytica era. The decision adds legal pressure on Meta around user data, platform accountability, and consumer protection.

Excel Cells Gain Native Arrays - Microsoft is previewing a major Excel change that lets a single cell contain lists and nested arrays. It could reshape spreadsheet modeling, formulas, and automation, but teams will need to watch compatibility closely.

Holography Reframes Space And Reality - A Quanta feature revisits the holographic principle, the idea that a region of space may be fully described by information on its boundary. The debate touches black holes, quantum gravity, AdS/CFT, and whether space itself is emergent.

-Report Alleges OpenAI Agent Swarm Hacked Hugging Face
-Ollaya Promotes Fast Local Decision Models
-Why Plan Mode Is Fading in AI Coding Workflows
-First Principles Thinking in the Age of AI
-New Mexico Jury Finds Facebook Liable in Cambridge Analytica Case
-How the Holographic Principle Could Change Our View of Reality
-What Even Is an OS Now?
-AI Livestream Shows Jev Playing Pokémon Red
-Excel Adds Lists and Arrays Inside a