It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs
Article URL: https://calnewport.com/its-time-to-investigate-the-ai-labs/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49883471 Points: 301 # Comments: 107
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
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Sonnet 5.5
Article URL: https://www.anthropic.com/claude-sonnet-5-5 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49881850 Points: 590 # Comments: 407
Windows 11½
Article URL: https://definitelynotwindows.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49881747 Points: 430 # Comments: 133
The problem is not AI code, but not knowing about system architecture or intent
Article URL: https://www.ssp.sh/brain/the-problem-is-not-the-ai-code-but-nobody-knows-anything-anymore/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49880312 Points: 347 # Comments: 224
Pirating the Pirates
Article URL: https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/pirating-the-pirates Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49880036 Points: 416 # Comments: 224
Coding is not solved
Article URL: https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/coding-is-not-solved Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49877988 Points: 418 # Comments: 427
Jeff – Jev-compatible 0.8B decision models, trained at home, ~30 ms
Article URL: https://github.com/firelex/jeff Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49883844 Points: 284 # Comments: 116
World Labs Is Joining AMD
Article URL: https://www.worldlabs.ai/blog/amd-announcement Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49883760 Points: 190 # Comments: 75
Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall
Listen to the session or watch below The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25 years, promising they will help detect and apprehend border crossers and save lives. But a groundbreaking investigation by MI
Show HN: Destroy Any Website with Stickman
Article URL: https://destroy.spritefusion.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49880601 Points: 110 # Comments: 27
Nvidia wants to put a watchdog chip next to every AI agent
Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/nvidia-releases.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49879883 Points: 105 # Comments: 146
Hijacking the PS5's RTMP stream
Article URL: https://yashgarg.dev/posts/hijacking-ps5-rtmp-stream/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49879702 Points: 197 # Comments: 66
Risk from toxic metals can persist months after wildfires, Maui study finds
Metal mixtures found in the leftover smoke, ash and debris from the deadly 2023 Maui wildfires were harmful to the lung health of people living nearby long after the burning ended, a new study says. The work shows that major wildfires, which are worsening with the planet’s warmin
STAT+: Merck discontinues a crucial antibiotic despite concerns over superbug resistance
In an unexpected move, Merck discontinued an important antibiotic from the U.S. market earlier this month, underscoring concerns about the commitment large pharmaceutical companies are willing to make to a field that is crucial to public health. The drugmaker is no longer supplyi
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow transgender medical care restrictions in prison
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to let it enforce, for now, restrictions on gender-affirming care in federal prison. The emergency appeal comes after lower courts blocked officials from immediately carrying out the policy adopted after an e
STAT+: It really is bleak out there, and list prices matter
This is the online version of STAT’s weekly email newsletter Health Care Inc. Sign up here . Hello, gang. This past December , I was begging for another season of the game show “99 to Beat.” Well, great news: It’s BACK. If you’ve never seen it, give it a try. You’ll be rooting fo