Lead · Review On Demand
Reviews can now be requested through REST and GraphQL with a chosen effort level, and Balanced replaces the old default everywhere.
Agentic Coding
Codex CLI
OpenAI's terminal agent can now start sessions without a project, with workspace defaults, and lets you page deeper into history.
Releasebot · Oct 2, 2026 ·
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Claude Code
A reliability-first update smooths session resume, fixes mid-response API timeouts and tightens plugin, MCP and permission handling.
Releasebot · Oct 2, 2026 ·
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Codex CLI
Version 0.159.0 adds an instant-interrupt control, a cleaner welcome screen and better Mermaid rendering and thread pagination.
Releasebot · Sep 29, 2026 ·
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Field Notes
Simon Willison's monthly roundup covers Fable-class models, shifting AI prices, Blender-style 3D work and LLMs doing mathematics.
Simon Willison · Oct 3, 2026 ·
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Film Production & Generative Video
Quiet desk today — nothing new surfaced that was not already covered in recent editions.
AI Editing & Post Workflow
Quiet desk today — the latest Resolve and After Effects assistant stories already ran in earlier editions.
Lead · The Studio Chiefs Are Out
The departures look like cost-cutting, with Paramount needing $6 billion in savings and Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg floated to oversee both studios.
Financing & Deals
Franchise Watch
After talks stalled over budget, the incoming leadership is reaching out to Robbie and LuckyChap to establish continuity.
Filmofilia · Oct 3, 2026 ·
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Studio Strategy
David Ellison backed the DC Studios leaders despite Supergirl's disappointing returns.
JoBlo · Oct 2, 2026 ·
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New Producing Players
Quiet desk today — no new production-company launches surfaced that had not already run.
Films Being Made
Director Hunt
Bayona, who made Fallen Kingdom, is reportedly the top choice after Gareth Edwards left over creative differences.
JoBlo · Oct 2, 2026 ·
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Release Watch
Ti West's Paramount adaptation of the Christmas classic opens in U.S. theaters November 13.
Filmofilia · Oct 4, 2026 ·
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Lead · The Seafloor Nobody Has Seen
E/V Nautilus is surveying unsurveyed ridges and seamounts around the Hawaiian Islands through October 12, with the dives streamed.
Earthworks, Cities & Structures
City in Miniature
Joe Macken's 50-by-27-foot model of the city is at the Museum of the City of New York through October 12.
Simon Willison · Sep 30, 2026 ·
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Interior Landscape
Space Popular wraps a Rotterdam gallery in color-coded carpet zones that sort Dutch architectural history into five themes.
Dezeen · Oct 4, 2026 ·
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Monumental Sculpture
Matyas Chochola's three large works at Frieze Sculpture blend digital fabrication with hand-finished surfaces.
Designboom · Oct 3, 2026 ·
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Street Surprise
Rex's Dino Store in Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza station sells news, rocks, eggs and sticks, with puns on every sign.
Simon Willison · Oct 2, 2026 ·
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Sky-Tech, Fire & Spectacle
Runway as Arena
Casper Mueller Kneer built Loewe's Paris venue as a circular, two-story arena of white scaffold and translucent fabric.
Designboom · Oct 3, 2026 ·
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Expeditions & Bodies at the Edge
New Line
Takaaki Nagato, Ryo Masumoto and Hiroki Yamamoto climbed 1,400 metres of the south face of the 6,677-metre peak in Pakistan.
ExplorersWeb · Oct 3, 2026 ·
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Desks & Sources
AI: GitHub Changelog · Simon Willison · MindStudio · No Film School
Film: TheWrap · Filmofilia · JoBlo
What-If: ExplorersWeb · Dezeen · Designboom
The Frontier Ledger is regenerated automatically every morning at 6:00 AM. The AI desk sweeps agentic coding, generative video and AI editing; the Film desk tracks financing & deals, new producing players and films in production; the What-If desk scouts artists, scientists, architects, athletes and inventors running bold "what-if" projects that could become Art Uncharted expeditions. Hover any headline for a quick scrollable preview; every headline links to its original source. Today’s run was thin in places: Deadline, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter could not be read in full, so the Film desk drew on TheWrap, Filmofilia and JoBlo and the New Producing Players band is omitted rather than padded with old or unverified items. The AI Film Production and Editing bands carry one item each because fresh items were scarce.