Daily Digest - June 18, 2026

Chapters

1. 0:00

   Intro

2. 0:24

   GLM-5.2 tops the open-weight leaderboard

   https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/17/glm-52/
3. 1:13

   Vercel's lesson: delete most of your agent's tools

   https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/p/ai-agent-maintenance
4. 2:03

   Zvi on the Fable export-control fight

   https://thezvi.substack.com/p/the-once-and-future-fable-3-fix-this
5. 2:52

   Nvidia's coding agents train robots to 99 percent

   https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/ai-coding-agents-can-autonomously-direct-robot-training/
6. 3:37

   Who watches AI agents writing lab code?

   https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/18/research-ai-coding-agent-oversight/
7. 4:28

   Google's standard for agents to find and trust tools

   https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/18/google-agentic-resource-discovery/
8. 5:20

   FortiBleed: tens of thousands of firewalls swept up

   https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/cybercriminals-allegedly-hacked-tens-of-thousands-of-fortinet-firewalls-used-by-major-companies-all-over-the-world/
9. 6:13

   GitHub disputes the flaws fueling a supply-chain worm

   https://therecord.media/github-dismissed-reports-shai-hulud-deep-specter
10. 7:00

    ESET details the GentleKiller EDR-killer

    https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/18/eset-gentlemen-edr-killers/
11. 7:49

    Pew: only 16 percent of Americans see AI upside

    https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/only-16-percent-of-americans-think-ai-will-have-a-positive-impact-on-society-a-new-study-shows/
12. 8:38

    Sign-off