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Tue, Nov 3, 2026- 🔬 research
Launch HN: Momentic (YC W24) – Agents that catch bugs by using your app
Momentic launched AI agents that test web apps by clicking around like real users to catch broken flows before release.
Launch HN: Momentic (YC W24) – Agents that catch bugs by using your app
Momentic launched AI agents that test web apps by clicking around like real users to catch broken flows before release.
Source: Hacker News: Claude Code
Replit Adds Cloud Agents: VibeBuilder Weekly, Nov 2
Replit adds Cloud Agents and GPT-6.1 Terra, researchers flag bugs in five AI coding tools, and events through early December.
Source: VibeBuilder Space
4 days left: How TechCrunch Founder Summit helps you make more useful connections to scale
TechCrunch is promoting its upcoming Founder Summit in Boston, focusing on structured networking for early-stage startup leaders.
Source: TechCrunch AI
Backdoors in official Claude Code extensions
Security researchers are examining potential vulnerabilities in developer extensions for Anthropic's Claude Code tool.
Source: Hacker News: Claude Code
Backdoor in Claude Code for VS Code extension on the Cursor Marketplace
Security researchers found a malicious backdoor in specific versions of the Claude Code extension distributed on the Cursor Marketplace.
Source: Hacker News: Claude Code
Akai is embracing vibe-coded mods with an open-source MPC
Akai is opening up its hardware firmware to allow creators to mod musical instruments using AI vibe coding.
Source: The Verge AI
Claude Code regularly sends each background agent’s transcript to its model
Claude Code was found to use 15 to 20 percent of token budgets simply generating short background status updates in its interface.
Source: Hacker News: Claude Code
Retell uses OpenAI models to help power 100M monthly calls
Voice platform Retell is using OpenAI models to scale automated voice agents to over one hundred million calls a month.
Source: OpenAI News
GPT-6.1 Sol helps CodeRabbit strengthen security across complex codebases
OpenAI and CodeRabbit are teaming up to use advanced AI models to catch security issues across complex software projects.
Source: OpenAI News
Replit Monitoring Agent: VibeBuilder Weekly, Oct 26
Replit's new Monitoring Agent watches live apps, plus zero-credit uptime, Lovable Supabase and org updates, and security notes for beginners.
Source: VibeBuilder Space
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