·3 min read·By Wind Tunnel Radio
Morning Brief
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Morning Brief
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Another great day ahead. The 405 is rough this morning, but at least the weather is perfect. Let's make it count.
Weather
Los Angelesâ›…
72°F/ 54°F(22°C / 12°C)
Partly cloudy, clearing by noon · Humidity 58% · AQI 42
Commute
I-405 S
I-10 W
I-110 S
PCH
US-101
Construction on I-405 near LAX continues through Friday. Expect 15-20 min delays southbound between 5-8 AM.
Heads Up
Reminder: Company all-hands at 10 AM PST today. The CTO will be presenting the Q1 engineering review.
AI & Tech Headlines
1
Anthropic Releases Claude 4.5 Haiku
Fastest model in the Claude family now available. 3x faster than Sonnet at 80% of the quality.
The Verge
2
Google DeepMind Announces Gemini 2.5 Pro
New reasoning model with 1M token context. Early benchmarks show strong performance on agentic tasks.
Google Blog
3
OpenAI GPT-5 Launch Date Confirmed
Sam Altman confirms Q2 2026 release. Focus on reliability and reduced hallucination rates.
Reuters
4
EU AI Act Enforcement Begins
First enforcement actions expected this month. High-risk AI systems must now comply with transparency requirements.
TechCrunch
Dev Tip
AI Tools
Claude Code: Multi-file editing with the Task tool
Use the Task tool with subagent_type='executor' to parallelize independent file edits across your codebase. Each agent gets its own worktree, preventing merge conflicts. Ideal for large refactors where changes don't depend on each other.
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Tomorrow: Tomorrow's investigation: a deep dive into Vercel's new AI SDK 5.0 architecture changes.
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