Data centres and the new AI world
Data centres are a hot-button issue, but what do they actually do, and why are people worried? ⌘ Read more
We asked our AI model to simulate the World Cup 100,000 times. Here are the results
There are 48 teams, 104 matches and infinite possibilities at the World Cup. We crunched the numbers to find every team’s probability of success. ⌘ Read more
We asked our AI model to simulate the World Cup 100,000 times. Here are the results
There are 48 teams, 104 matches and infinite possibilities at the World Cup. We crunched the numbers to find every team’s probability of success. ⌘ Read more
Apple’s Camera Chief Thinks AI Can Give You Superpowers
The generative features in iOS 27’s new Photos app will add fake pixels to some of your shots, but Apple’s Jon McCormack says the company isn’t using AI “for the sake of AI.” ⌘ Read more
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares, Siri’s AI Makeover, and Knicks Owner’s Surveillance Machine
Today on Uncanny Valley, we take an early look at the SpaceX IPO and why you might find yourself among the investors without even realizing it. ⌘ Read more
Meet the OpenAI Engineer Leading ChatGPT’s Biggest Transformation Yet
Thibault Sottiaux helped make AI coding one of OpenAI’s fastest-growing businesses. Now he’s overseeing a sweeping overhaul of ChatGPT. ⌘ Read more
Coinbase Launches Tool To Let AI Agents Manage Trading and Payments
Coinbase has launched Coinbase for Agents, a tool that lets AI agents like ChatGPT or Claude execute crypto trades and manage payments on a user’s behalf. “For example, customers can prompt their agent to rebalance portfolios, identify trading opportunities, execute strategies and manage positions over time,” reports CNBC. “It will eventually ex … ⌘ Read more
ACLU Sues After Facial Recognition Falsely Identifies Florida Man As a Child Abductor
fjo3 shares a report from Reason: Police arrested a man in Florida for attempted child abduction in a town he had never visited, and the only evidence linking him to the crime was an AI facial recognition hit. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), he is now suing the officers and agenci … ⌘ Read more
OpenAI Mulls Slashing Prices As It Competes With Anthropic For Users
OpenAI is reportedly considering sharp price cuts for paid access to its AI models as competition with Anthropic intensifies and both companies race for users ahead of potential IPOs. “The company is weighing significant cuts to what it charges for tokens, the unit of measurement artificial-intelligence firms use to bill for their products,” t … ⌘ Read more
Opendoor Ends India Operations, Fueling a Bigger Conversation About AI and Outsourcing
Opendoor is shutting down its India operations less than two years after opening offices there. Slashdot reader alternative_right shares a post from Opendoor CEO Kaz Nejatian: “I shared this note earlier today with the entire team at Opendoor. Today we began to say goodbye to our colleagues in India as we win … ⌘ Read more
Jordan, éborgné par un tir de LBD: «Je suis allé voir le match du PSG et à la fin de la soirée, j’ai un œil en moins»
Venu assister aux feux d’artifice avec deux de ses amis, ce mannequin de 26 ans «même pas fan de foot» a reçu un projectile dans l’œil gauche à deux pas de l’Arc de triomphe. Il a perdu la vue. Le parquet de Paris a ouvert une enquête. ⌘ Read more
The $15,000 AI Bill. Your $20 Subscription is a DELUSION [video]
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfApUobqN8Y
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48491670
Points: 7
# Comments: 6 ⌘ Read more
OpenAI Says China Launched Influence Campaign To Shape US Attitudes On AI Datacenters
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: China was likely behind an online influence operation to sway U.S. perceptions of artificial intelligence technology and reshape the debate in Washington around the infrastructure needed to support it, according to research from OpenAI published Wednesday. Ope … ⌘ Read more
Workers are spending over 6 hours a week botsitting AI, fueling job frustration
Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/botsitting-ai-hidden-human-labor-at-work-2026-6
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48490057
Points: 9
# Comments: 1 ⌘ Read more
More AI-generated code doesn’t make your team faster. It might slow you
Article URL: https://twitter.com/awscloud/status/2064449711155589396
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48489835
Points: 19
# Comments: 4 ⌘ Read more
小米发布 MiMo Code，基于 OpenCode，限免 MiMo-V2.5
MiMoCode 是一个终端原生的 AI 编程助手，基于 OpenCode fork 构建，能读写代码、执行命令、管理 Git，通过持久化记忆系统，在多次会话间保持对你项目的深度理解，并自我进化。@Appinn 上面的内容不重要，重要的是 MiMoCode 内置了一个可以直接使用的免费 MiMo A ⌘ Read more
Anthropic Walks Back Policy That Could Have ‘Sabotaged’ AI Researchers Using Claude
The company changed course after researchers spoke out against the policy, which would have covertly limited Claude’s ability to develop competing AI models. ⌘ Read more
ASX falls as Middle East tensions escalate; Oil jumps, Southern Cross slumps
The Australian sharemarket is lower in early trade as fresh US strikes on Iran cast doubt on the chances of a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. ⌘ Read more
AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhere
Article URL: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1077035/c7e7c14fbd60fae9/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48484584
Points: 17
# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 11, 2026
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Suspicious AI activity in Fedora; fork() + exec(); splice() + vmsplice(); BPF loop verification; fanotify; trusted publishing.
Briefs: CA age bill; Bundler cooldowns; insecure code completion; Asahi and macOS 27 beta; Buildroot 2026.05; Ubuntu MATE; rsync 3.4.4; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, securit … ⌘ Read more
ASX set to fall as Middle East tensions escalate; Oil jumps
Wall Street has closed sharply lower with AI stocks again weighing on the market while escalating tensions in the Middle East are casting doubt on when United States and Iran can reach a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers. ⌘ Read more
Visa Plugs Its Payment Network Into ChatGPT
Visa is integrating its payment network with ChatGPT so AI agents can shop and complete purchases on users’ behalf. “It means AI agents can not only recommend products but complete the purchase on the user’s behalf, at potentially any merchant that accepts Visa,” reports the Associated Press. “The payment network’s previous attempts at this technological leap were confined to a single re … ⌘ Read more
ASX set to fall as AI stocks, Middle East tensions weigh on Wall Street
Wall Street is sharply lower in late trade with AI stocks again weighing on the market while escalating tensions in the Middle East are casting doubt on when United States and Iran can reach a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers. ⌘ Read more
CISA Tells US Agencies to Fix Security Bugs in as Little as 3 Days Thanks to AI Threats
“Defenders cannot afford to take weeks to patch,” one Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency official warned on Wednesday. ⌘ Read more
ASX set to fall as AI stocks, Middle East tensions weigh on Wall Street
Wall Street is sharply lower in late trade with AI stocks again weighing on the market while escalating tensions in the Middle East are casting doubt on when United States and Iran can reach a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers. ⌘ Read more
Policy on the AI Exponential
Article URL: https://darioamodei.com/post/policy-on-the-ai-exponential
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480719
Points: 3
# Comments: 1 ⌘ Read more
German Court Holds Google Liable For False AI Overview Answers
A Munich regional court has ruled (PDF) that Google can be held directly liable for false claims in AI Overviews. The case involved AI Overviews falsely linking two publishers to scams and shady business practices, with the court rejecting Google’s argument that users could simply check the sources themselves. The Decoder reports: Google’s AI overview … ⌘ Read more
The Business of Tech: AI v public sector jobs
The Government’s plan to cut 8,700 public sector jobs and save $2.4 billion has been framed largely as a brutal cost‑cutting exercise. ⌘ Read more
AMD’s Lemonade SDK For Local AI Adds NVIDIA CUDA Support
Lemonade, the local AI server solution developed by AMD that is designed to work across their CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs, is out with a new version today that also adds NVIDIA CUDA support… ⌘ Read more
Seattle Enacts Year-Long Ban On New AI Datacenters
Seattle has enacted a one-year moratorium on new datacenters, making it the largest U.S. city to do so as the backlash against AI infrastructure grows across the country. The city council voted unanimously in favor of the ban. The Guardian reports: Lawmakers have framed the pause as an opportunity to draft regulations specifically targeting the electricity-hungry datacenters bei … ⌘ Read more
Martin Scorsese’s AI Support Draws Pushback From Art Directors Guild
Just days after declaring his support for the use of AI in filmmaking by collaborating with Black Forest Labs, Martin Scorsese has garnered criticism for his stance, with the Art Directors Guild issuing a lengthy statement against him. The IATSE union released a strongly worded message against the legendary director, describing his backing of artificial […]
The post [Martin Scorsese’s AI Suppor … ⌘ Read more
[$] AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhere
Agentic AI systems can be used to do a variety of things
autonomously on behalf of a human user: open or manage bugs, generate
code, submit pull-requests, and (apparently) even complain about\
rejection. In May, a Fedora developer discovered that an allegedly
rogue agent had been pestering the project in a number of ways:
reassigning bugs, fabricating unhelpful replies to bugs, and even
persuading maintainers to merge questionable code into the [Anaco … ⌘ Read more
(g+) Hungary: AI used to hunt Viktor Orbán’s alleged corruption
Head of Hungary’s anti-graft body says €160bn may have been siphoned off during ex-PM’s 16 years in power ( Politik, KI)
Labor to force data centres to wind down energy use at peak times
As US states block data centre construction, Labor’s AI guru Andrew Charlton says Australia’s approach should be “neither boosterism nor alarmism”. ⌘ Read more
Linux Firmware Repository Preps For AI Coding Agents
The linux-firmware.git repository that serves as the de facto home of all the binary blobs used by the mainline Linux kernel open-source drivers has now introduced AGENTS.md documentation and other preparations for embracing AI coding agents… ⌘ Read more
Rich Sutton on AI creativity and discovery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5LAFEjTlBA
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48470581
Points: 8
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Will the AI boom lead to lower interest rates?
New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says the productivity gains from artificial intelligence will allow significant cuts in interest rates. More like the opposite. ⌘ Read more
German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews
Article URL: https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/
Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48470248](https://n … ⌘ Read more
AI misidentification results in wrongful arrest; man seeks justice
Article URL: https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/ai-misidentification-results-wrongful-arrest-man-seeks-justice/I7UQJWV33FBN3LMKHCSXI6FIVA/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48468789
Poin … ⌘ Read more
EU Orders Meta To Open WhatsApp To Rival AI Chatbots
The European Commission has ordered Meta to temporarily restore free WhatsApp Business API access for rival AI chatbots while it investigates whether Meta’s ban on third-party assistants abuses its dominant position. Meta says it will appeal, calling the move “regulatory overreach” that would let major AI companies use a paid WhatsApp product for free. The BBC reports: … ⌘ Read more
MCU Star, Toni Collette, & 2 More Cast in Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Netflix AI Movie
Joseph Gordon-Levitt‘s Netflix AI movie has expanded its cast with a popular MCU actress. She joins Toni Collette and two more stars for the upcoming film, which also features Anne Hathaway. Notably, Hathaway has already worked with Gordon-Levitt in 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises. Who has been cast in Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s AI movie? Alfre Woodard, […]
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Anthropic Releases Claude Fable, a ‘Safe’ Version of Mythos
Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class AI model for enterprise customers and paid subscribers. The company says broader access is possible thanks to new safeguards that block high-risk requests in areas like cybersecurity and biology. “For us, it’s really around what we call ‘race to the top,’ being able to provide this technology in a valuable fash … ⌘ Read more
Google’s 20% ‘project’ has become AI’s 120% ‘attention’
Article URL: https://joe.dev/posts/new-20pct-time/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48466917
Points: 5
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Neue KI-Siri befeuert Streit Brüssel – Apple
Das neueste Apple-Produkt, der runderneuerte durch künstliche Intelligenz (KI) gestützte Sprachassistent Siri, öffnet ein weiteres Kapitel im Streit zwischen der EU und dem iPhone-Hersteller. Am Montag stellte Apple die Neuerungen vor und zeigte sich „tief enttäuscht“, dass „unsere User in der EU“ nicht auf Siri AI, so der offizielle Name, zugreifen könnten. Schuld daran seien die strengen Regeln der EU, so der Vorwurf. Doch Brüssel will das nicht gelten lassen und verweist stattdessen auf z … ⌘ Read more
EU Says Decision Not to Launch Siri AI in Europe Is Apple’s Alone
The European Commission says Apple’s decision not to launch Siri AI in the EU is Apple’s alone, arguing that the company sought an exemption from Digital Markets Act interoperability rules instead of building a compliant privacy- and security-preserving solution. Apple, meanwhile, says regulators rejected its proposals and claims the DMA would … ⌘ Read more
‘We’ll miss the AI boom’: Nation’s top scientists warn of missed opportunity
As the nation grapples with how to extract economic uplift from AI investment, 640 of Australia’s top researchers have united. ⌘ Read more
Meta Will Use Your Activity On Other Websites To Personalize Your Feeds
Meta says it will expand how it uses off-platform activity shared by other businesses to personalize Facebook and Instagram feeds as well as AI responses, not just ads. The change starts in July and can be disabled through the “Activity from other businesses” setting, though Meta says it is not collecting new data as part of the upd … ⌘ Read more
Microsoft Hacked To Deliver Malware To Claude and Gemini Users
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Microsoft has shut down a wave of its own repositories on GitHub, including those related to Azure and AI coding agents, as it investigates a data breach, according to research from cybersecurity researchers and a statement given to 404 Media by Microsoft. Hackers planted malware that would harvest pe … ⌘ Read more
OpenAI files to go public in test of investor appetite for top AI startups
By Corrie Driebusch and Berber Jin
OpenAI, which kick-started the artificial-intelligence boom with the 2022 release of ChatGPT, is officially preparing to stage an initial public offering that will test investor appetite for AI companies. ⌘ Read more
Trans-Tasman AI: what we could build together
When Prime Minister Christopher Luxon met his Australian opposite, Anthony Albanese, over the weekend in Queensland, the talk predictably drifted to rugby, trade and the usual geopolitical irritants.
This time, however, artificial intelligence was on the agenda – and that’s exactly where it needs to stay. ⌘ Read more