Compass Notes
Short reads on how the technology press covers things.
Every few days the measurement behind Compass hands us something worth sharing: a name the press found, a launch that faded faster than its class, a conversation that changed subject. We write it up here, with the articles behind every number.
October 15, 2026
AI Coding Agents Produced More Code While Human Reviews Took Longer
AI coding agents increased the amount of code developers produced without a statistically significant increase in completed software work, according to a study of more than 700 software firms reported on October 12. The…
October 15, 2026
OpenAI announced EU text watermarks without settling who wrote what
OpenAI announced on October 5 that it was introducing invisible watermarks in text generated by ChatGPT and Codex for eligible European Union users, across all plans, over the following weeks. Developers elsewhere could…