Grok Build open-sourced, VS Code agents, Microsoft's sales script - July 16, 2026

Cortech Daily · Jul 16, 2026 · 8m

xAI open-sources its coding agent after a privacy blowup, Microsoft patches a record 622 flaws and credits AI scanners, and eleven signed bootloaders quietly undo Secure Boot.

(0:00) - Intro

(0:24) - xAI open-sources Grok Build after a privacy backlash - source

(1:15) - VS Code moves coding agents into their own process - source

(2:03) - Microsoft trains its sales force to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic - source

(2:54) - OpenAI ships a 230 dollar keyboard for Codex - source

(3:48) - Microsoft patches a record 622 vulnerabilities - source

(4:37) - An unpatched Windows zero-day lands on patch…