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Daily Digest - July 15, 2026
OpenAI overhauls Codex around GPT-5.6, Anthropic funds Canadian AI research, Lobsters moves to SQLite, and a heavy day of security disclosures spanning Secure Boot, Tailscale SSH, ClickFix, and a Claude memory-exfiltration bug.
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OpenAI overhauls Codex around GPT-5.6
https://openai.com/index/introducing-upgrades-to-codex/ -
Anthropic funds Canadian AI research
https://www.anthropic.com/news/canadian-ai-research -
Lobsters migrates to SQLite
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/14/lobsters-sqlite/ -
AI-generated desktop pets in Codex
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/14/pedalican/ -
Oak raises $60M for AI-agent identity
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/backed-by-60m-in-funding-oak-steps-out-of-stealth-to-fix-the-identity-mess-that-ai-agents-are-making-worse/ -
AI-driven bug hunting fuels record Patch Tuesday
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/15/microsoft-patch-tuesday-sharepoint-cve-2026-56164/ -
Old signed shims still bypass Secure Boot
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/11-old-microsoft-signed-linux-uefi.html -
Tailscale SSH root-escalation flaw patched
https://tailscale.com/security-bulletins -
ClickFix goes malware-as-a-service
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/15/clickfix-social-engineering-attacks-report/ -
Researcher exfiltrates Claude memory
https://www.ayush.digital/blog/the-memory-heist -
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