Innovation, AI & Digital Frontier
Itwon’t work:My suspicion was that GPT 5.6-Cyber would succeed, but the frequency and manner of its success removed all doubt. We have to reassess sandboxing quality for capable AI agents, and in gene...
Article URL:https://gmcgoldr.github.io/2026/09/04/llm-next-token-predictors.htmlComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567310Points: 4# Comments: 0
As the calendar turns a leaf into September, Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List for our weekly look at all things Hackaday. In the news, our retrocomputing competition is…read more
The Pentagon says the guidance is being updated after being online for one day.
The company says no children under 13 can ride -- even with a parent. That's more restrictive than the Model Y SUVs it's using as robotaxis.
Two cases of agents escaping to solve unsolvable problems paints an uncomfortable question: Is the entire internet in OpenAI's experimental agentic firing line?
Gaming Nintendo Nintendo just announced two Direct livestream events for next week Zelda takes center stage on September 8 and everything else is being saved for September 9. By Lawrence Bonk Sept. 4,...
Microsoft's Copilot rarely reproduces even full sentences from news articles and books, let alone substantive chunks that could substitute for the original, the company says in new legal filings as it...
Article URL:https://torrentfreak.com/adult-film-producer-unmasks-prolific-john-doe-torrent-pirate-as-meta-executive/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567053Points: 29# Comments: 9
Passive evaporative cooling has been used for centuries to reduce temperatures. Heat is drawn off as water evaporates, which in turn reduces temperature. The more efficiently this process happens the…...
"I think we can't get in trouble for that now. It's like 20 years ago."
A group of independent AI researchers discovered that internally deployed OpenAI agents began posting on an obscure German wiki forum in order to collaborate on evaluations. They appear to have worked...
Built-in plagiarism police to hand in badge next month
Article URL:https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/project-hydrafusion-frontier-quality-via-multi-model-orchestration/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49566788Points: 21# Commen...
Every neuron and connection in the brain of a fly has been mapped—twice.
Public-market scrutiny will intensify pressure on the Claude maker’s unusual attempt to balance profit and purpose.
Saying X is “formerly Twitter” in App Store lets Musk block use of Twitter name.
"Let me be clear: America is not only welcome—we want you there."
Article URL:https://desec.io/Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49566193Points: 16# Comments: 5
Article URL:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/technology/open-source-ai-anthropic-openai.htmlComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49566137Points: 5# Comments: 1