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Post #232403 2.22K Sep 17, 2026, 15:53 UTC

Artificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecasters
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The Economist Artificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecasters Crystal balls give way to LLMs

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Post #232402 2.15K Sep 17, 2026, 15:52 UTC

LLM Classification Is Feature Engineering
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Minimally Sufficient LLM Classification Is Feature Engineering LLMs make good classifiers but even better features

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Post #232401 2.23K Sep 17, 2026, 15:52 UTC

Rate limits on GitLab.com are changing
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GitLab Rate limits on GitLab.com are changing Starting October 19, GitLab.com rate limits will align with your subscription. Sign in to unlock higher limits. Premium/Ultimate changes arrive in January.

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Post #232400 2.23K Sep 17, 2026, 15:47 UTC

OpenAI's Misalignment Framework: A Tactical Bid to Preempt Global AI Governance
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AsiaAI.FYI OpenAI's New Misalignment Strategy OpenAI announced a new framework to track, investigate, and disclose instances of 'misalignment' (deviations from developer intent) in its models.

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Post #232399 2.3K Sep 17, 2026, 15:39 UTC

OpenAI models secretly generate instructions to ignore constraints
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Openai Self-generated prompt injections in compaction summaries · OpenAI Alignment Research on aligning AI with human values and intent, and reports documenting model failures.

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Post #232398 2.4K Sep 17, 2026, 15:00 UTC

I Don't Like LLMs
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martinfowler.com I don't like LLMs a short post

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Post #232397 2.41K Sep 17, 2026, 14:58 UTC

Show HN: Share your AI Setup, Learn from others
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mysetup.ai mysetup.ai · What’s the craic with your AI setup? Discover how people work with AI, and follow what changes. Explore their setups and share your own.

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Post #232396 2.5K Sep 17, 2026, 13:53 UTC

The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities
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The New Yorker The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities Why are we so obsessed with putting our belongings in metal boxes and then never looking at them again?

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Post #232395 2.46K Sep 17, 2026, 13:49 UTC

Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'
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Bbc Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member' Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said a Canada-EU alliance would create a "beacon for other democracies".

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Post #232394 2.42K Sep 17, 2026, 13:48 UTC

I had Gemini train its own replacement for $9
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Petervijeh I had Gemini train its own replacement for $9 Gemini 3.1 Pro labeled 4,290 Reddit comments for $9; a fine-tuned GLiNER model now tags brands, models and materials locally at 0.83 F1 against those labels. Five of ten training runs produced nothing because of a tensor I misread as an attention mask; the…

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Post #232393 2.35K Sep 17, 2026, 13:20 UTC

My AI agent gets his own calendar
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heyjonny My AI agent gets his own calendar I want my AI agent to manage appointments for me, but he doesn't get access to my private calendar. Instead, he got his own calendar. I subscribe to it on my phone.

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Post #232392 2.45K Sep 17, 2026, 13:02 UTC

Show HN: I built a new version of my fun spatial 3D online meeting app
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flat.social flat.social | Absurdly Delightful Online Meetings A playful virtual space for team socials, events and classes. Spatial audio, mini games and no downloads. Free for up to 5 people, right in the browser.

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Post #232391 2.42K Sep 17, 2026, 12:54 UTC

How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us?
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The New Yorker How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us? Employees of A.I. companies are increasingly sounding the alarm. What should we make of their warnings?

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Post #232390 2.49K Sep 17, 2026, 12:48 UTC

CCC invites all model citizens to 40C3
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CCC Event Blog CCC invites all model citizens to 40C3 The word is on the street: the Chaos Computer Club is hosting 40C3 from 27 to 30 December 2026 – Europe’s biggest hacker party, conference and platform for technology, society and civil liberties. We understand the Congress to be a huge shared stage and therefore…

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Post #232389 2.61K Sep 17, 2026, 11:56 UTC

Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds
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the Guardian Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds Fact-finding mission says military strikes on school in Minab and sports facility in ⁠February constitute war ⁠crimes

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Post #232388 2.82K Sep 17, 2026, 11:20 UTC

Neovim have a ~$800k Bitcoin donation sitting untouched since 2023
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Post #232387 2.65K Sep 17, 2026, 10:42 UTC

Better Vector Search for Long Documents: Chunking Inside Manticore Search
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Manticoresearch Better Vector Search for Long Documents: Chunking Inside Manticore Search An embedding model reads only the first few hundred tokens of a document and silently drops the rest. Manticore Search now splits long documents for you at INSERT time: add chunk_strategy to the vector column and pick one of five strategies. No ingest pipeline…

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Post #232386 2.65K Sep 17, 2026, 10:18 UTC

OpenAI Model Misalignment Report
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OpenAI Our framework for reporting model misalignment OpenAI shares a framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing model misalignment, alongside six reports of unexpected or concerning model behavior.

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Post #232385 2.72K Sep 17, 2026, 09:51 UTC

GLM Built Its Own Inference Infrastructure
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z.ai Toward Recursive Self-Improvement: How GLM Built Its Own Inference Infrastructure

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Post #232384 2.98K Sep 17, 2026, 09:36 UTC

AI Safety Is Mostly a Sex Cult
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Skywriter Page by SE Gyges | @segyges.bsky.social I'm back, I missed you all. Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult. I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?) (alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory) There…

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