Weeknotes 2026.44

It was a short week here in Austria. And the schools were closed, because of the so-called autumn holiday. Nevertheless, it was a busy week and some deadlines did approach quite fast.

We did manage to improve our embedding workflow. When you work in a highly regulated environment, and you're not allowed to feed data into some cloud based services, it is not always easy to find the model that is suitable for a specific workflow. But at the moment we are quite happy with the results.

Proton

Proton had a difficult week. According to multiple reports by 404media, Proton's CEO wanted to go all-in on AI. This is probably okay. Depending on how to use AI for development. The communication and the how to treat the employees could've been definitely better.

• Proton’s CEO Cancels AI ‘Re-Interviews’
• Manifestos, Fear, and ‘Loser Thinking’: Inside Proton’s AI Reckoning

Python

The experimental JIT-compiler is to be removed. It seems like it is never easy to implement just-in-time compilation.

Python's experimental JIT to be removed

AI roundup

Mistral

Mistral announced the release of the weights of Le Chonk: Built for Coders,Trusted by Defenders.

Anthropic

The official Claude Code Extension for cursor got compromised and delivered a remote access trojan.

• Anthropic hacked via Cursor to deliver remote access trojan to Claude developer laptops worldwide
• Official Claude Code Extension Compromise: Security Advisory

Google Genie 4

Google announced the release of a new world model called Genie 4: Genie 4: A new generation of world simulation

Data breach ticker

• Energy giant ENGIE discloses data breach affecting customers
• Hackers repeatedly breached suppliers holding UK police data, watchdog finds
• University of New Mexico hospital diverts ambulances after cyberattack
• Japan Airlines warns of data breach as country grapples with multiple cyber incidents
• Binance probes potential $5.8 billion crypto-theft hack