The Edition
Saturday, August 1, 2026
The 3 stories two independent AI reviewers judged worth reading this day, ranked by editorial score.
The Decoder · Security · Engineering
A security researcher built a self-spreading worm that hides inside Word docs and hijacks Microsoft Copilot
Ordinary Word documents can silently carry self-spreading prompt injections that hijack Microsoft Copilot, and Microsoft has not fixed the flaw after 144 days.
The Decoder · Policy & Society · Business
German court rules AI music generator Suno violated copyrights, rejects fair use defense
AI music companies can no longer assume training on copyrighted songs is legally safe in Germany after a Munich court ruled against Suno.
Hacker News · Engineering
Everyone is building LLM routers, we deprecated ours
A gateway vendor killed its own LLM router after real-world use, undercutting the cost-saving promise driving the current model-routing hype.