> Markdown version of [/magazine/673-ai-overspill-dec-2026-ai-in-a-jam-blocking-ai-browsers-learning-programming-languages](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/673-ai-overspill-dec-2026-ai-in-a-jam-blocking-ai-browsers-learning-programming-languages). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI overspill Dec 2026: AI in a JAM, Blocking AI browsers, learning programming languages **By:** [Chris Heilmann](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@chris-heilmann) **Published:** December 19, 2025 Welcome to the AI overspill for December 2025. Here are some of the links that didn’t make it to the WeAreDevelopers Dev Digest but are still interesting to check out. 1. Jonah Glover of Hightouch tried [to use Claude to re-create the recreate the 1996 Space Jam Website](https://j0nah.com/i-failed-to-recreate-the-1996-space-jam-website-with-claude) and failed spectacularily. Still shows that hand-made old school web stuff has its own rules and craft. [Check out the original](https://www.spacejam.com/1996/) and marvel at table layout faking a circle. 2. A research paper asks if [AI-Assisted Coding really Delivers](https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04427) by comparing the diffs of open source repos that use Claude with those that do not. 3. [Otterly.ai](http://Otterly.ai) did an in-depth analysis of 30,000+ AI Citations using Google’s AI mode and AI overviews and found [two different Googles playing by separate rules](https://otterly.ai/blog/google-ai-mode-vs-ai-overviews/) 4. Gartner research advises that [Cybersecurity Must Block AI Browsers for Now](https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/7211030) as they are too powerful without knowing what security mistakes to avoid. The Register [has more details](https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/08/gartner_recommends_ai_browser_ban/). 5. The Verge has an interesting piece explaining that [AI image generators are getting better by getting worse](https://www.theverge.com/column/843883/ai-image-generators-better-worse) meaning that images generated show the same lens and colour inaccuracies that mobile phones have. So by generating images that look less perfect, they appear as if they’ve been taking with a phone. 6. Matt Suiche analyses the [economics of Agentic AI](https://www.msuiche.com/posts/when-machines-pay-machines-the-economics-of-agentic-ai/) diving deep into how Matt machines pay machines. 7. Google [published an AI playbook to help others with sustainability reporting.](https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/ai-playbook-sustainability-reporting/) which they use themselves. 8. [The Cursor Browser now has a visual editor](https://cursor.com/blog/browser-visual-editor) which seems to deliver the WYSIWYG promise that Microsoft Frontpage and Macromedia Dreamweaver failed at. 9. Coderabbit did some research finding that [it iss harder to read code than to write it](https://www.coderabbit.ai/blog/its-harder-to-read-code-than-to-write-it-especially-when-ai-writes-it), especially when that code was AI generated. This shouldn’t be surprising as it is a bit like doing a code review of a colleague that learned the language, but prefers a different one. 10. And speaking of languages, François Marier shares his findings when [learning a new programming language with an LLM](https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/learning-new-programming-language-with-ai/). 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