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We pulled 11,447 MCP servers from four registries, ran the GitHub and OSV APIs against them, and tried to install the top 100. Nearly a third haven't been touched in six months.
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We pulled 11,447 MCP servers from four registries, ran the GitHub and OSV APIs against them, and tried to install the top 100. Nearly a third haven't been touched in six months.

Vercel confirms an April 19 intrusion that pivoted from compromised OAuth tokens at AI office-suite startup Context.ai into a Vercel employee's Google Workspace, then into internal systems holding non-sensitive environment variables for a limited set of customer projects.

A data-driven comparison of the top prompt versioning, A/B testing, and deployment platforms for AI teams in 2026.

A data-driven comparison of LangSmith, Langfuse, Arize Phoenix, WhyLabs, TruLens, Datadog, Galileo, W&B Weave, and more - the top LLM tracing, eval, and production monitoring platforms for 2026.

MZLA Technologies launches Thunderbolt, an open-source self-hostable AI client targeting enterprises locked into Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise, and Claude - with local SQLite storage and full model freedom.

Cursor is in advanced talks to raise $2B+ at a $50 billion pre-money valuation, nearly doubling its November figure as enterprise clients drive 60% of revenue.

Ox Security found that MCP's STDIO transport executes arbitrary OS commands before validating the server, exposing 200K+ instances across every major AI coding tool.

Tested rankings of AI PDF tools across two categories: consumer chat apps and developer extraction APIs, with verified pricing and benchmark data.

OpenAI's April 16 Codex update adds background computer use on Mac, an Atlas-based in-app browser, gpt-image-1.5 image generation, and 111 new plugins - moving the app far beyond agentic coding.

A data-driven comparison of 12 vector databases for RAG and AI workloads, with verified pricing, benchmark numbers, and honest trade-off analysis.

A data-driven comparison of the top AI transcription APIs and services for 2026, covering WER accuracy, pricing per hour, speaker diarization, and output formats.

Anthropic launched @ClaudeDevs, a dedicated X account run by the Claude development team for changelogs, API releases, community updates, and technical deep dives.