August 5, 2026
5 curated links on AI agents, Python, security, Google Cloud, and engineering, selected by Médéric Hurier.
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A unified API for AI model routing
developers.googleblog.com
Google Cloud API Gateway launches a model routing feature in Public Preview, enabling developers to dynamically route OpenAI-compatible requests across models like Gemini and Claude using standard OpenAPI specifications without managing custom proxies.
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Deep dive on new AI-powered database agents
cloud.google.com
Google introduces AI-powered database operations agents, including the Database Onboarding Agent and Database Observability Agent, to automate setup, configuration, and monitoring across AlloyDB, Bigtable, Cloud SQL, and Spanner.
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White House meets with top AI companies in big regulation push
edition.cnn.com
The White House convened top AI firms—including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta—to negotiate a voluntary pre-release safety-review framework for frontier models following recent cybersecurity incidents with autonomous agents.
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Google exec says heavy AI capex spending is a precursor to RSI
seekingalpha.com
Google DeepMind executive Jasjeet Sekhon argues that massive capital expenditures by technology companies are necessary precursors to achieving recursive self-improvement (RSI), where AI systems begin to autonomously upgrade themselves.
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Why smarter AI models could drive up compute prices 10x
youtube.com
Dwarkesh Patel outlines why physical supply constraints paired with hypergrowth in AI capabilities and their labor replacement potential could drive advanced computing power prices up by 10x.