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GitHub's Copilot Cost Dial Spans 14 Models Priced 25x Apart

Efficiency, Balance and Intelligence tiers arrived on September 14. GitHub says all three use one model pool, and never says how a tier changes the bill.

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Most AI Coding Tools Fix Security Bugs Without Advisories

Twelve days after the GitSpawn disclosure, we checked what each fix left behind: one published advisory, a CVE from a third party, a GHSA that 404s.

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A Malicious Git Config Can Hijack Your AI Coding Agent

A booby-trapped repo can run code the moment your AI agent opens it. Who has patched, who has not, and why the popular mitigation does not work.

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ChainDrop npm Worm Hid in Claude Code and VS Code Configs

The August npm attack hit 400+ packages and used AI coding tools' auto-run hooks for persistence, with its C2 list read from an Ethereum contract.

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Claude Fable 5.1 Cuts Cache Reads 75%, Token Prices Frozen

Token prices stay frozen at $10/$50; prompt-cache reads drop from $1.00 to $0.25 per million tokens. For agents, that line item is most of the bill.