I had ChatGPT build me a free PDF editor because I didn't trust it to change my files - it worked!

The smartest way to use AI may not be letting it touch your files, but asking it to write software that handles them safely - ...
InfoWorld

Pyrefly 1.0: A fast, forward-looking Python linter

Meta’s Rust-powered linter and type checker for Python pairs blazing speed with advanced and innovative features.
WLRN

Florida Python Challenge returns in July with $25,000 in prizes for Everglades hunt

Registration is open for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition that offers participants a shot at $25,000 in prizes for removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. The ...
Tech Times

GitHub Copilot Replaces GPT-4 With Project Polaris, Ships Multi-Agent VS Code at Build

GitHub Copilot multi-agent support for VS Code launched at Microsoft Build 2026 alongside Project Polaris, an in-house AI ...
GitHub

Scalene: a Python CPU+GPU+memory profiler with AI-powered optimization proposals

Scalene is a high-performance CPU, GPU and memory profiler for Python that does a number of things that other Python profilers do not and cannot do. It runs orders of magnitude faster than many other ...