GitHub’s new AI coding agent can fix bugs for you

GitHub is launching an AI coding agent that can do things like fix bugs, add features, and improve documentation — all on a developer’s behalf. The agent is embedded directly into GitHub Copilot, and it will start working once a user assigns it a task, according to an announcement at Microsoft Build. To complete its…

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Microsoft is now hosting xAI’s Grok 3 models

I reported in my Notepad newsletter earlier this month that Microsoft was getting ready to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI models, and now it’s official. At Microsoft’s Build developer conference today, the company confirmed it’s expanding its Azure AI Foundry models list to include Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini from xAI. “These models will have…

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CNN’s Axelrod suggests discussions around Biden’s mental acuity should be set aside amid cancer diagnosis

CNN political commentator David Axelrod suggested Sunday that discussions about former President Joe Biden’s mental acuity should be muted and set aside in light of his recent cancer diagnosis. CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield asked Axelrod, “This comes at a time when there is so much continued attention placed on his mental acuity and stability, as…

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