Digest — Jan 18, 2026

Michael Truell shared GPT-5.2 agents building a custom web browser with rendering engine in Rust, HTML parsing, CSS cascade, layout engine, and JS VM. Multi-agent hierarchy with Planners and Workers running uninterrupted.

"Kind of works" — demonstrates scaling of autonomous coding agents to unprecedented levels.

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OpenAI reports 2025 annual revenue exceeded $20B ARR went from $2B (2023) to over $20B now. 800M weekly active users, 1M business customers. Company valued at $500B, aims for hundreds of billions in revenue by 2030.

Another Erdős problem (#281) solved by GPT-5.2 Update: Fourth Erdős problem solved in 2026. Number theory problem #281 cracked. Terence Tao called it "perhaps the most unambiguous instance" of AI solving open math. Follows #728, #729, #397.

ShowUI-Aloha: Human-taught GUI agent for Windows/macOS Learns complex tasks from single human demonstration via "record-parse-learn" pipeline. 60.1% success on OSWorld benchmark. Generalizes from one demo to entire task family.

Steam updates AI disclosure: dev tools no longer require disclosure Valve clarifies: AI coding helpers, debugging, animation cleanup don't need disclosure. Focus is on AI content "consumed by players." Live-generated content requires guardrails.

Quick hits — memory upgrades and benchmarking tools.

ChatGPT can now remember conversations from a year ago Memory upgrade for Plus/Pro users. Ask about that recipe from last year — finds it with source link. Chat history becomes searchable.

mcpbr: MCP server benchmark runner Evaluate your MCP server against SWE-bench tasks. Controlled experiments: same model, same tasks — only variable is your MCP server.

Goldman Sachs: AI could automate 25% of all work hours Analysis: only 6-7% of jobs permanently displaced. 40% of today's jobs didn't exist 85 years ago. New roles may emerge.

From Reddit

r/StableDiffusion r/comfyui

FLUX.2 Klein LoRA training on consumer GPUs, ComfyUI background removal upgrades, and clothing generation workflows.

FLUX.2 Klein LoRA Training — now on 8GB VRAM FLUX.2 Klein training supported in AI-Toolkit, SimpleTuner, OneTrainer. 4B model fits on 8GB VRAM (Int8 quantization). 9B needs ~14GB. Consumer-accessible fine-tuning for latest FLUX models.

ComfyUI-RMBG v3.0.0 — Florence-2, YOLOv8, SAM3 Major update: new nodes for Florence-2, YOLOv8, SAM3. Advanced background removal, object/face/clothes segmentation. Clean masking pipelines for production workflows.

Dresser v1.0 — Clothing generation workflow ComfyUI workflow for generating clothing assets from sketch + prompt. Uses SAM3 for mask separation. Designed for visual novel assets.

VIBE-Image-Edit — Text-guided image editing framework Open-source framework for powerful image editing via natural language instructions.

From Reddit

r/macapps r/selfhosted

macOS utilities galore — private radio stations, Launchpad replacements, per-app volume control, and self-hosted music dashboards.

Macrowave — Turn your Mac into a private radio station Native macOS app to broadcast audio to friends/colleagues. Stream from any app or microphone. Beautiful skeuomorphic design. Listeners don't need the app — just share the link. Great for DJ sets or live podcasts.

Square Sketch — iA Writer, but for vector graphics Minimalist vector drawing app with modeless UI (no toolbar). Digital graph paper influenced by Larry Tesler and Jef Raskin's UI principles. Native SwiftUI + AppKit. $30 one-time. "Deceptively capable."

LaunchOS — Launchpad replacement for macOS 26 For those mourning Launchpad in Tahoe. Imports your existing layout, matches native feel. Adds vertical scroll, adjustable grid, external drives, sorting. No SIP disable needed. Low RAM usage.

YourLastFM — Self-hosted Last.fm stats dashboard Syncs scrobbles to local SQLite, generates stats locally. Top artists/tracks/albums, listening time, daily averages, time filters. Docker deploy, mobile-friendly. YourSpotify alternative for Last.fm users.

Quick hits — hot corners, audio control, radio discovery, and single-track grabbing.

CCCCorners — Supercharge Mac hot corners Assign apps, shortcuts, or Shortcuts automations to corners. Smart toggle, modifier key support. No permissions needed. Privacy-focused.

BetterAudio 26.4 — Per-app volume control for macOS Finally! Control Spotify separately from meetings. Core feature free forever. Beta with driver install. SoundSource alternative.

Roam FM 1.2.0 — Double-click to visit countries Update: Now pick countries on the globe to explore their stations. New favorites feature. "Tune into North Korea for a wild vibe."

MusicGrabber — Grab single tracks without Lidarr drama Self-hosted tool for downloading one song without entire discographies. Uses yt-dlp. Note: YouTube-to-FLAC conversion is controversial.