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GLM-5.2's leaderboard win, Vercel's agent tools, Zvi's export-control read - June 18, 2026
China's GLM-5.2 tops the open-weight charts, Nvidia's coding agents train robots to 99 percent, GitHub feuds over a supply-chain worm, and Pew finds only 16 percent of Americans optimistic about AI.
Chapters
Intro
GLM-5.2 tops the open-weight leaderboard
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/17/glm-52/Vercel's lesson: delete most of your agent's tools
https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/p/ai-agent-maintenanceZvi on the Fable export-control fight
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/the-once-and-future-fable-3-fix-thisNvidia's coding agents train robots to 99 percent
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/ai-coding-agents-can-autonomously-direct-robot-training/Who watches AI agents writing lab code?
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/18/research-ai-coding-agent-oversight/Google's standard for agents to find and trust tools
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/18/google-agentic-resource-discovery/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/GitHub disputes the flaws fueling a supply-chain worm
https://therecord.media/github-dismissed-reports-shai-hulud-deep-specterESET details the GentleKiller EDR-killer
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/18/eset-gentlemen-edr-killers/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/Sign-off
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