AI Daily Digest · 2026-09-01
🔬 New AI Craft
1. Uber shares how it runs a "software factory" at massive scale
Uber's engineering blog details running the dev pipeline like a factory: standardized toolchains, automated validation, AI woven through requirements to release. Unlike the Agent Plan mode you use daily (decomposing a single requirement), this solves team-level pipeline governance — keeping hundreds of devs/agents producing in parallel without chaos.
https://www.uber.com/us/en/blog/efficient-software-factory/
2. CDAF: cached descriptive asset files so AI agents stop re-analyzing the same footage
An open sidecar format that caches descriptive metadata for video, letting agents reuse prior analysis instead of re-running vision models — a direct efficiency win for batch video workloads.
https://github.com/UditAkhourii/cdaf
🛠️ Tools & Tips
1. tokentab: one CLI to see what you spend on Claude Code / Codex / Gemini CLI
Reads session logs from all three coding agents and tallies cost by model, project, and day — perfect if you mix multiple agents.
https://github.com/damejan80/tokentab
2. ChatGPT Work Tool & Skill reference
Simon Willison's handy reference site for ChatGPT Work Tool/Skill definitions — faster than digging through official docs.
https://codex-tool-reference.simonw.chatgpt.site/
3. Google Analytics launches an official MCP server
Let Claude/Cursor agents query GA data directly — no more manual exports for reporting.
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/MCP
⭐ Open Source Highlights
1. sepia: a De-AI writing skill for any coding agent
Works with 77+ Agent Skills-compatible agents, native plugins for Claude Code/Codex/Grok Build; 1.2k stars in a week.
https://github.com/Nanako0129/sepia
2. my-free-code: open-source multi-provider gateway for coding agents
Model routing, streaming, tools, fallbacks behind one key for Claude Code and other agents.
https://github.com/hkqr/my-free-code
3. useagent: open-source AI coworker with its own cloud computer
Each agent gets a cloud machine plus your tools and context, handing back finished websites instead of advice.
https://github.com/useagenthq/useagent
📰 Industry News
1. Anthropic signs a $35B cloud deal backed by Nvidia
2. ChatGPT becomes the first AI chatbot subject to stricter EU rules
3. Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence in trade-secrets case, cites "shocking evidence" from ex-employee's MacBook
🚀 Major Releases
1. IBM releases Granite 4.2 family, granite-4.2-8b now on Hugging Face
