Wednesday, 28 October 2026Global technology intelligence

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◆More than 85% of humanoids shipped last year went to stages, classrooms and data labs.◆Seven hyperscalers have promised households will not pay for AI's electricity.◆One attacker, hundreds of AI agents, 395 organisations breached in days.◆The world's open-model hub now belongs to the world's chipmaker.◆The head of a frontier lab has asked the industry to slow down, and a rival's chief scientist agrees.◆Texas has 470 GW of data-centre power requests and under 4 GW actually drawing power.◆The first four-digit humanoid factory contract starts with boxes, not assembly.◆Payment networks are writing KYC for machines.◆More than 85% of humanoids shipped last year went to stages, classrooms and data labs.◆Seven hyperscalers have promised households will not pay for AI's electricity.◆One attacker, hundreds of AI agents, 395 organisations breached in days.◆The world's open-model hub now belongs to the world's chipmaker.◆The head of a frontier lab has asked the industry to slow down, and a rival's chief scientist agrees.◆Texas has 470 GW of data-centre power requests and under 4 GW actually drawing power.◆The first four-digit humanoid factory contract starts with boxes, not assembly.◆Payment networks are writing KYC for machines.

Parallax Index · #6 · Mainstreaming

AI Coding Agents

Software is the first domain where agents deliver verifiable output. It previews every other form of agentic work.

Score

80

12-week change

+5

AI Coding Agents: Parallax Index scoreEditorial estimate

Trailing 12 weeks

Source: Parallax Index. Editorial estimates.

Why now?

Tests and version control give agents feedback loops
Engineering plans built around agent throughput
Bottleneck shifting to review and security

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