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Auto-research with codex: How I achieved a 232x Faster Kernel

A researcher achieved a 232x speedup over baseline in a GPU optimization contest by implementing an optimized batched QR…

OpenAI rolling out ads for Europe later this month

Working with AI Feels More Like Leadership Than Coding

Working effectively with AI requires leadership skills rather than traditional coding precision, since AI produces…

Debian has begun voting on the future of AI/LLM contributions

Using GCC's Nested Functions with Wide Pointers and No Trampolines II

GCC 16 now guarantees that nested functions without variable capture don't require trampolines, improving security by…

"That's not SoC 2 compliant"

Amp, a software company, bypasses traditional pull requests and pushes code directly to main while maintaining SOC 2…

Ask HN: How do you keep up with HN these days?

A Hacker News user asks how others manage to keep up with the site as the volume of AI-related content has made it…

Show HN: ThoughtDAG – An editable context graph for LLM conversations

ThoughtDAG is a desktop and web application that visualizes LLM conversation context as an editable, directed acyclic…

The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist

Apple denied a man named Sean Joseph Byrne access to App Store Connect, claiming he matched someone on a U.S.

The End of Mathematics

At an OpenAI workshop on the future of mathematics, a speaker explored a cautionary scenario where despite AI becoming…

AI Driven Testing

Deltix is an AI-driven mobile app testing platform that allows developers to test their iOS apps by describing tasks in…

The Ploopy A+ Trackball Is Here

2D Gaussian Splatting for Bézier Spline Line Art Vectorization

Researchers from Disney and ETH Zurich have developed a new method for converting line art and sketches into vector…

Simplifying and Refactoring Introductory Calculus

Jonathan Bartlett proposes simplifying first-year calculus instruction by streamlining redundant processes and concepts…

Jane Street suffers $15B hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness

Strategy Pushes Back on MSCI Plan to Drop MSTR From Global Indexes

MSCI’s proposed eligibility screen would remove Strategy from its global equity benchmarks, the largest of three…

Stop sending me huge PRs; a rant

The author argues that AI-generated pull requests are becoming problematically large, making code reviews exponentially…

Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up

PayPal is still reportedly negotiating a potential sale to Stripe and private equity firm Advent, as the fintech firm's…

RISC-V: They should have known better

The author argues that RISC-V's fundamental flaw is trying to be optimal for all use cases simultaneously—from…

eigendrum

Eigendrum is an interactive web application that simulates drumhead vibrations by solving eigenvalue problems to…

Everything is about to "go dark"

Matthew Green expresses concern that AI-powered encryption will make software overly secure, potentially causing U.S.

France Tax Hack Exposes Data of 678,000 Taxpayers, Including Millionaires

France’s tax breach exposed data tied to 678,000 taxpayers, raising concerns over scams and risks for wealthy crypto…

Self-driving trucks are officially testing on California highways

Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California…

China's Z.AI Ships GLM-5.3, Calling It the Top Open-Weight Coding Model

The Chinese lab says the release beats comparably sized open models on code benchmarks.

CEO who fired 900 people on Zoom just before Christmas wants his job back

Vishal Garg, the CEO of Better.com who infamously laid off 900 employees via Zoom before Christmas 2021, was fired in…

Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria

The AI opportunity is huge but "it would also be a grave error in our minds to let excitement weaken our investment…

Anthropic Risk August 2026 [pdf]

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Show HN: AletheionAGI – Grounding enforcement for AI agents

AletheionAGI is a system designed to add grounded memory and safety enforcement to AI agents by ensuring claims are…

What You Gain by Building Your Own Game Engine