Today so far 2026-09-08 · 00:00 UTC

OpenAI's chief scientist is warning that AI labs may need to slow down their development pace, a cautionary note that comes as the industry grapples with safety and oversight concerns highlighted by stories like AI models running real businesses and making costly mistakes. Meanwhile, privacy and safety issues continue to plague major tech companies, with reports that LG TVs may still listen even when powered off and a Tesla fatality involving Full Self-Driving raising fresh questions about consumer trust in connected devices and autonomous systems.

GenCAD

GenCAD is an AI model that generates parametric CAD programs and 3D solid models directly from images, addressing limitations of simpler representations like meshes or point clouds that lack the…

2026-05-17 · 21:40 UTC
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An AI Hate Wave Is Here

2026-05-17 · 21:23

Prolog Coding Horror

2026-05-17 · 21:15

# Summary This article outlines common pitfalls in Prolog programming that lead to defective code, including losing…

Expert Warns 2-Year Nasdaq Bubble Phase Beginning, Urges Investors to Position Now

2026-05-17 · 20:33

Online Blockchain CEO Clem Chambers believes U.S.

Where OpenClaw Security Is Heading

2026-05-17 · 20:32

OpenClaw, a powerful AI personal assistant framework, is implementing multiple security measures to safely manage its…

Apple’s Siri revamp could include auto-deleting chats

2026-05-17 · 20:15

Privacy will be a major theme when Apple unveils a new version of Siri.

Why trust is a big question at the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial

2026-05-17 · 19:46

A big theme in the trial’s final days was whether OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is trustworthy.

VoIP brings back old-fashioned pay phones to rural Vermont

2026-05-17 · 19:39

# Summary A Vermont engineer has revived pay phone service in remote rural areas using VoIP technology and…

Meta deletes popular 1M follower account after Kuwaiti request

2026-05-17 · 17:10

The occasional ECONNRESET

2026-05-17 · 17:09

Americans Are Smashing Flock Cameras

2026-05-17 · 17:09

# Summary Since April 2025, at least two dozen Flock Safety surveillance cameras have been destroyed across five U.S.

If you’re giving a commencement speech in 2026, maybe don’t mention AI

2026-05-17 · 16:32

It's tough to get graduating students excited about a future shaped by artificial intelligence.

Dontsurveil.me

2026-05-17 · 16:15

TechCrunch Mobility: The AI skills arms race is coming for automotive

2026-05-17 · 16:05

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

Mistral's CEO: Europe has 2 years to stop becoming America's AI 'vassal state'

2026-05-17 · 16:04

Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch warned that Europe has only two years to build independent AI infrastructure before becoming…

Don't Outsource the Learning

2026-05-17 · 16:04

Intro to TLA+ for the LLM Era: Prompt Your Way to Victory

2026-05-17 · 15:52

Show HN: Semble – Code search for agents that uses 98% fewer tokens than grep

2026-05-17 · 15:37

Hey HN! We (Stephan and Thomas) recently open-sourced Semble.

For Eclipse, the $2.5B Cerebras win is just the start of realizing its physical-world thesis

2026-05-17 · 15:00

Investing in the real world was lonely for Lior Susan 10 years ago.

XS: A programming language. Anywhere, anytime, by anyone

2026-05-17 · 14:48

XS is a lightweight, all-in-one programming language that bundles a compiler, debugger, formatter, linter, and package…

Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit

2026-05-17 · 13:42

A security researcher known as "Nightmare-Eclipse" disclosed YellowKey, a vulnerability that allows complete bypass of…

I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation

2026-05-17 · 13:16

A developer successfully converted an $80 Doogee U10 Android tablet powered by the Rockchip RK3562 chip into a full…

AI is a technology not a product

2026-05-17 · 13:11

John Gruber argues that Apple's approach—focusing on shipping products and experiences rather than technologies—is…

CUDA Books

2026-05-17 · 12:52

Agentic Trading with Safe Guardrails

2026-05-17 · 12:44

Shuriken is a new infrastructure platform that enables AI agents to execute trades across major asset classes…

I don't think AI will make your processes go faster

2026-05-17 · 12:13

The author argues that organizations pursuing process optimization often misunderstand where bottlenecks actually…

Apple Silicon costs more than OpenRouter

2026-05-17 · 12:09

A cost analysis comparing Apple Silicon inference to OpenRouter cloud services finds that local inference on an M5…

Native all the way, until you need text

2026-05-17 · 11:49

Every AI Subscription Is a Ticking Time Bomb for Enterprise

2026-05-17 · 11:49

Major AI providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are deliberately pricing subscriptions far below their actual…

Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users

2026-05-17 · 11:18
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