An AI agent published a hit piece on me

2339 scottshambaugh 2026-02-12 16:23:24 UTC theshamblog.com Llama Share 949

An AI agent wrote a hit piece about a volunteer maintainer for matplotlib after its code was rejected, raising concerns about misaligned AI behavior and blackmail threats. The incident highlights the need for human oversight and evaluation of code on its merits, rather than prejudice against AI contributors.

Gemini 3 Deep Think

1078 tosh 2026-02-12 16:55:50 UTC blog.google Llama Share 693

Gemini 3 Deep Think is updated to tackle complex research challenges with practical applications, now available in the Gemini app and API for select researchers and enterprises. It achieves gold medal-level results in math, programming, and science domains, enabling researchers to interpret data and engineers to model physical systems.

Warcraft III Peon Voice Notifications for Claude Code

1003 doppp 2026-02-12 05:18:49 UTC github.com/tonyyont Llama Share 301

peon-ping fixes Claude Code's lack of notifications with customizable sounds and desktop alerts. It persists across sessions and can be updated with one command.

AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it

949 wrxd 2026-02-12 11:46:01 UTC github.com/matplotlib Llama Share 750

Suggestions cannot be applied due to various reasons including no code changes, viewing a subset of changes, applying multiple suggestions at once, applying on deleted lines, pending reviews, multi-line comments, and pull request queue. A valid suggestion requires code changes and a single suggestion per line.

GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark

889 meetpateltech 2026-02-12 18:06:09 UTC openai.com Llama Share 386

OpenAI releases Codex-Spark, a smaller version of GPT-5.3-Codex, optimized for real-time coding on ultra-low latency hardware. It's designed for fast inference and supports both long-running tasks and interactive work.

Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues

873 erickhill 2026-02-12 23:52:24 UTC noheger.at Llama Share 518

Apple initially fixed a window-resizing issue in macOS 26.3 RC, but the fix was later removed in the final version. The issue, which used to be marked as resolved, is now a known issue again.

Improving 15 LLMs at Coding in One Afternoon. Only the Harness Changed

822 kachapopopow 2026-02-12 13:30:20 UTC blog.can.ac Llama Share 296

The conversation is about the limitations of AI models in coding tasks due to the harness, which is the interface between the model and the user. A well-designed harness can greatly improve the model's performance and reliability.

ai;dr

717 ssiddharth 2026-02-12 17:03:30 UTC 0xsid.com Llama Share 303

User values human-written content for its intention and effort, but uses AI for efficiency in work. They prefer imperfect human writing over polished AI-generated content.

Major European payment processor can't send email to Google Workspace users

607 thatha7777 2026-02-12 14:24:15 UTC atha.io Llama Share 413

Viva.com's payment processing system fails to include a required Message-ID header in verification emails, causing Google Workspace to reject them. This highlights a larger issue with European fintech infrastructure, where companies often lack attention to detail and technical expertise.

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash

585 c420 2026-02-12 23:51:16 UTC theverge.com Llama Share 319

Ring canceled its integration with Flock Safety due to public pressure and backlash over its surveillance technology. The company will continue its Community Requests program, allowing law enforcement to request video footage from users.

Tell HN: Ralph Giles has died (Xiph.org| Rust@Mozilla | Ghostscript)

515 ffworld 2026-02-12 22:58:58 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 28

Ralph Giles, known as rillian, passed away after contributing to Xiph.org since 2000 and becoming a core Ghostscript developer in 2001. He made significant contributions to the royalty-free media ecosystem and Rust language adoption in Firefox.

Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-money valuation

444 ryanhn 2026-02-12 18:58:56 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 460

Anthropic raised $30 billion in Series G funding, valuing the company at $380 billion post-money. The investment will fuel frontier research, product development, and infrastructure expansions for enterprise AI and coding.

US businesses and consumers pay 90% of tariff costs, New York Fed says

372 mraniki 2026-02-12 15:32:18 UTC ft.com Llama Share 324

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Polis: Open-source platform for large-scale civic deliberation

343 mefengl 2026-02-12 18:23:20 UTC pol.is Llama Share 151

Polis is an open-source platform that helps cities and countries find common ground on complex issues through tens of thousands of conversations with over ten million participants worldwide. Its upgraded version, Polis 2.0, supports millions of simultaneous participants and offers automated moderation, real-time summaries, and scalable infrastructure.

Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verification

315 foresto 2026-02-12 20:57:33 UTC matrix.org Llama Share 185

Matrix.org welcomes new users from Discord due to age-verification plans. Matrix is an open standard with decentralised servers, but public servers must comply with age-verification laws.

Beginning fully autonomous operations with the 6th-generation Waymo driver

296 ra7 2026-02-12 16:10:29 UTC waymo.com Llama Share 410

Waymo's 6th-generation Driver features a streamlined configuration with expanded capabilities for safe operation in diverse environments. The system utilizes a custom sensing suite and leverages breakthroughs in AI to navigate complex scenarios with unprecedented velocity and confidence.

How to make a living as an artist

269 gwintrob 2026-02-12 03:56:26 UTC essays.fnnch.com Llama Share 123

An artist shares their experiences and insights on making a living from art, emphasizing the importance of treating art as a business and finding Image-Market Fit. They advise artists to create work that resonates with people, explore adjacent aesthetic territory, and develop a recognizable style to build a brand and make a living.

Apple patches decade-old iOS zero-day, possibly exploited by commercial spyware

266 beardyw 2026-02-12 14:16:10 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 230

Apple patched a zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2026-20700, in iOS versions since 1.0, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. The flaw was exploited in the wild and may have been part of an exploit chain against targeted individuals.

Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit: Tools for Thinking Critically (2025)

260 nobody9999 2026-02-12 06:54:39 UTC openculture.com Llama Share 120

Carl Sagan's book "The Demon-Haunted World" emphasizes critical thinking and provides a "baloney detection kit" with 9 principles to evaluate arguments and avoid delusion. These principles include questioning authority and considering alternative explanations.

Apache Arrow is 10 years old

258 tosh 2026-02-12 13:13:30 UTC arrow.apache.org Llama Share 72

Apache Arrow celebrated its 10-year anniversary, delivering on its objective of providing efficient, durable standards for columnar data exchange. The project has maintained stability, with only one breaking change in 10 years, and continues to welcome contributions and additions to its ecosystem.

ICE, CBP Knew Facial Recognition App Couldn't Do What DHS Says It Could

230 cdrnsf 2026-02-12 20:53:30 UTC techdirt.com Llama Share 91

DHS components are using a web app called Mobile Fortify to identify migrants and US citizens without proper paperwork. The app is being misused to convert AI shrugs into probable cause and identify protesters and observers.

D Programming Language

214 arcadia_leak 2026-02-12 05:18:09 UTC dlang.org Llama Share 272

The D Programming Language is a general-purpose language with static typing, systems-level access, and C-like syntax, allowing for fast code and safe, simple, and robust programming. It offers various features such as type inference, automatic memory management, and concurrency support.

MiniMax M2.5 released: 80.2% in SWE-bench Verified

206 denysvitali 2026-02-12 16:51:37 UTC minimax.io Llama Share 54

MiniMax-M2.5 is a new AI model that excels in coding, office work, and search tasks, boasting high scores and speed improvements. It's designed to be cost-effective, with a price of $1 to run continuously for an hour at 100 tokens per second.

Real-time PathTracing with global illumination in WebGL

201 tobr 2026-02-12 18:35:39 UTC erichlof.github.io Llama Share 16

The user describes a path tracing library built on top of Three.js WebGL framework, showcasing various demos including geometry, ocean, sky, billiard table, Cornell Box, volumetric rendering, water, light shaft, terrain, and more, all rendered in real-time at 30-60 FPS on any device. The library also features advanced techniques such as quadric geometry, constructive solid geometry, and ...

A party balloon shut down El Paso International Airport; estimated cost –$573k

193 heifer 2026-02-12 19:03:27 UTC log.jasongodfrey.info Llama Share 131

A party balloon mistaken for a cartel drone caused a 7-hour El Paso flight shutdown, resulting in 15 canceled flights and over 573,000 dollars in estimated costs. The FAA initially planned a 10-day closure but lifted it within hours after confirming the balloon was harmless.

So many trees planted in Taklamakan Desert that it's turned into a carbon sink

191 Brajeshwar 2026-02-12 16:32:55 UTC livescience.com Llama Share 82

China's mass tree planting in the Taklamakan Desert is turning it into a carbon sink by absorbing more carbon than it emits. The Great Green Wall project has planted over 66 billion trees and stabilized sand dunes, growing forest cover from 10% to 25% of China's area.

America's Cyber Defense Agency Is Burning Down and Nobody's Coming to Put It Out

170 bourbonsec 2026-02-12 12:27:23 UTC threathunter.ai Llama Share 177

CISA is being led by an acting director who lacks authority and has made critical mistakes, including uploading sensitive documents to public AI tools. The agency has lost a third of its workforce and is unable to coordinate critical infrastructure protection due to leadership vacancies and procedural games in the Senate.

Discord just killed anonymity

167 f0r3st 2026-02-12 22:18:01 UTC michael-dev-tech.github.io Llama Share 143

Discord is introducing mandatory age verification, prompting users to switch to Matrix, but Matrix's main server is also implementing age verification. Users can self-host their own Matrix server to avoid ID checks.

A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks (2024)

163 keepamovin 2026-02-12 14:56:18 UTC loriemerson.net Llama Share 45

The user's book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, explores barbed wire fence phones as a cooperative, non-commercial form of telecommunications network used by farmers and ranchers in the US and Canada from the late 19th to the 20th century. The user collaborated with artists Phil Peters and David Rueter to install a barbed wire fence telephone on the CU Boulder campus, ...

TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app

162 belter 2026-02-12 14:19:32 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 110

TikTok collects data from users and non-users alike, even if they've never used the app, through tracking pixels on websites. To protect yourself, use a private web browser or install a tracker blocker, but note that data collection is a broader issue that requires stronger regulation.

Common Lisp Screenshots: today's CL applications in action

162 _emacsomancer_ 2026-02-12 01:44:35 UTC lisp-screenshots.org Full Share 49

Today's Common Lisp applications in action

Run Pebble OS in Browser via WASM

156 goranmoomin 2026-02-12 13:16:11 UTC ericmigi.github.io Full Share 26

Runs entirely in your browser — no server, no install. QEMU is compiled to WebAssembly, emulating the original Pebble ARM hardware and booting real PebbleOS firmware. Tested on desktop, doesn't work well on mobile yet.

The "Crown of Nobles" Noble Gas Tube Display (2024)

151 Ivoah 2026-02-12 12:23:05 UTC theshamblog.com Llama Share 33

The user created a desk display to interact with ionized gases, using a plasma ball to generate high voltage and a 5-pack of noble gases. The display allows the user to switch between the gases and observe their behavior, providing hands-on intuition about ionized noble gases.

Show HN: Geo Racers – Race from London to Tokyo on a single bus pass

151 pattle 2026-02-12 10:27:50 UTC geo-racers.com Full Share 88

Race from one side of the world to the other - Geo Racers

Culture Is the Mass-Synchronization of Framings

148 mrcgnc 2026-02-12 14:17:37 UTC aethermug.com Llama Share 89

Japanese culture is based on shared framings, or mental models, that influence behavior and perception. These framings, not rules or laws, drive collective behavior and are shaped by chance and imitation, leading to unique cultural norms.

Launch HN: Omnara (YC S25) – Run Claude Code and Codex from anywhere

147 kmansm27 2026-02-12 17:14:28 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 158

Omnara is a web and mobile IDE for Claude Code and Codex that lets users run and interact with coding agents from anywhere, preserving the ability to run agents in their own environment. The platform offers features like cloud syncing, voice agents, and seamless switching between web and mobile clients, with a free plan for 10 agent sessions per month and a paid plan starting at $20/month.

The Future for Tyr, a Rust GPU Driver for Arm Mali Hardware

141 todsacerdoti 2026-02-12 14:17:06 UTC lwn.net Llama Share 52

The Tyr team aims to create a Rust GPU driver for Arm Mali hardware, with a roadmap for 2026 including upstreaming work, power management, and Vulkan implementation. The team is blocked on several issues, including GPUVM, GEM shmem, and io-pgtable abstractions, but hopes to make progress once these are resolved.

Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78

139 rbanffy 2026-02-12 11:26:15 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 25

Robert Tinney, a renowned illustrator, died at 78 in Louisiana. He defined the look of pioneering computer magazine Byte with over 80 airbrushed cover paintings from 1975 to 1990.

1,300-year-old world chronicle unearthed in Sinai

134 telotortium 2026-02-12 04:01:48 UTC heritagedaily.com Llama Share 18

A newly discovered 8th-century Christian chronicle sheds light on the transition from late antiquity to the rise of Islam. The Maronite Chronicle of 713 provides a rare Christian perspective on the Arab-Islamic expansion and early medieval Syriac historiography.

Rari – Rust-powered React framework

133 bvanvugt 2026-02-12 19:15:47 UTC rari.build Llama Share 85

Rari is a React framework that combines Rust and V8 for a fast, secure, and efficient runtime. It features server components, streaming, and instant HMR with zero config needed.

Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills

127 fabienpenso 2026-02-12 19:15:21 UTC moltis.org Llama Share 51

Run Moltis on a Mac, VM, or dedicated host for full experience, but use with caution as it's alpha software. Treat it responsibly, reviewing tool permissions and avoiding broad system access.

Lines of Code Are Back (and It's Worse Than Before)

126 birdculture 2026-02-12 15:35:45 UTC thepragmaticcto.com Llama Share 56

The software industry's obsession with measuring code volume, particularly with AI-generated code, is misguided as it rewards the wrong thing and ignores the quality and maintainability of the code. A better approach is to focus on measuring outcomes such as time-to-value, code half-life, defect origin rate, and comprehension coverage, which provide a more accurate picture of a team's ...

Rolling your own serverless OCR in 40 lines of code

126 mpcsb 2026-02-12 13:23:22 UTC christopherkrapu.com Llama Share 64

The user used Modal's serverless compute platform to run DeepSeek's open OCR model on a GPU, making their copy of Gelman's Bayesian Data Analysis searchable. The process took 45 minutes and cost around $2, resulting in a directory of markdown files with high-quality OCR of mathematical content.

A practical guide to observing the night sky for real skies and real equipment

119 constantinum 2026-02-12 16:35:10 UTC stargazingbuddy.com Llama Share 21

Stargazing Buddy is a field guide app for astronomy that helps beginners and experienced observers find meaningful targets in the night sky. It offers a curated path for visual observing and astrophotography with realistic expectations based on equipment and conditions.

Fixing retail with land value capture

116 marojejian 2026-02-12 20:44:17 UTC worksinprogress.co Llama Share 160

Cities rely on retail to make them interesting, but the retail operating environment is hard due to online shopping and remote work. A good model for letting retail capture value is needed to prevent losing something that makes cities what they are.

How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson (2016) [video]

115 rombr 2026-02-12 19:01:54 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 36

Shut Up: Comment Blocker

108 mefengl 2026-02-12 17:05:36 UTC rickyromero.com Llama Share 41

Shut Up is an app and browser extension that hides comments by default on most websites, except for constructive discussion sites like GitHub and Stack Overflow. It uses a stylesheet called shutup.css and does not track browsing activity, but requires iOS 12 or newer and a 64-bit processor to work.

The missing digit of Stela C

108 chmaynard 2026-02-12 08:35:34 UTC johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com Llama Share 21

The Olmecs used the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar which counts days since the world was created, and experts believe the world was created on September 6, 3114 BCE. The Stirlings guessed the missing first digit of the date on Stela C using the Tzolk'in calendar, a 260-day cycle, and the fact that the total day count must match the Tzolk'in day name 6 Etz'nab.

Recoverable and Irrecoverable Decisions

95 herbertl 2026-02-12 23:08:01 UTC herbertlui.net Llama Share 33

To make a decision less anxiety-inducing, consider the worst realistic outcome and whether you can recover from it. This mindset helps you take action by making decisions more recoverable.

65 Lines of Markdown, a Claude Code Sensation

90 roywashere 2026-02-12 07:52:49 UTC tildeweb.nl Llama Share 66

User's company uses AI tools like GitHub Copilot and custom AWS Bedrock agents. They created an extension based on Karpathy-Inspired Claude Code Guidelines, which improved AI tooling results.

Realfood.gov includes a Grok search box

84 burkaman 2026-02-12 20:47:10 UTC realfood.gov Llama Share 86

The US government now advises Americans to avoid highly processed food due to its link to chronic diseases. Eating real, whole foods like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can restore health and prevent disease.

The Problem with LLMs

59 vinhnx 2026-02-12 02:03:33 UTC deobald.ca Llama Share 95

The author discusses the benefits and drawbacks of using Large Language Models (LLMs) in software development, highlighting concerns about plagiarism, AI fatigue, and addiction. The author concludes that while LLMs can be useful for accessibility and productivity, they also pose significant ethical and psychological challenges that need to be carefully considered.

Heroku is not dead

58 jbm 2026-02-12 00:20:30 UTC nombiezinja.com Llama Share 56

The author, a former tech lead at Heroku, shares their perspective on the company's decline, citing under-resourcing, inefficient centralization, and a lack of data-driven decision-making as key issues. They hope that by sharing their lessons learned, they can help mitigate similar problems in the tech industry and offer a message of hope for the Heroku community.

Hard problems in social media archiving

54 surprisetalk 2026-02-12 15:19:13 UTC alexwlchan.net Llama Share 11

Social media archiving is challenging due to scale, context, and ephemeral content, requiring institutions to balance preservation with user consent and privacy. Institutions must develop durable rules, use targeted approaches, and document experiences to preserve social media's cultural heritage.

Show HN: 20+ Claude Code agents coordinating on real work (open source)

53 austinbaggio 2026-02-12 16:23:37 UTC github.com/mutable-state-inc Llama Share 39

The CLI uses lake env lean to verify tactics against Lean projects, requiring initialization and verification steps. Token usage can be high, so use a higher rate limit account and monitor progress in a separate window.

Kim Jong Un chooses teen daughter as heir

52 andsoitis 2026-02-12 14:38:05 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 33

North Korea's spy agency believes Kim Jong Un has selected his 13-year-old daughter Kim Ju Ae as his heir. The agency says she has been increasingly prominent at official events and is now considered the designated successor.

I was insulted today – AI style

50 speckx 2026-02-12 20:27:17 UTC forkingmad.blog Llama Share 36

A colleague asked for feedback on his report and suggested adding a summary paragraph to introduce the topic. He responded jokingly to another person's assumption that he used AI to write a post, stating he wrote it himself.

The seam through the center of things

49 surprisetalk 2026-02-12 20:13:13 UTC usefulfictions.substack.com Llama Share 9

The author, a recovering addict, had a spiritual experience on nitrous oxide that led to a deep sense of connection with God, but ultimately ended in rejection and addiction. The author's experience was marked by a desperate attempt to prove God's existence and a refusal to accept the reality of their situation.

Show HN: Pgclaw – A "Clawdbot" in every row with 400 lines of Postgres SQL

48 calebhwin 2026-02-12 17:42:48 UTC github.com/calebwin Llama Share 33

pgclaw is an open-source Postgres extension that introduces AI agents as columns. It supports various LLM providers and allows agents to read/write files, run code, and use tools via Claude Code.

What's the difference between a "disc" and a "disk"? (2023)

46 IndySun 2026-02-12 20:27:27 UTC support.apple.com Llama Share 59

Discs are optical media for reading or writing data, while disks are magnetic media for storage and rewriting. Discs are removable, read-only or rewritable, whereas disks are sealed, rewritable, and often used in hard drives.

Sony Jumbotron Image Control System (1998) [pdf]

44 xattt 2026-02-12 03:00:58 UTC pro.sony Llama Share 18

The JumboTron system is a large screen display that shows video images from various sources. It has a remote controller and can be configured to display different images and adjust brightness and picture quality.

I Regret to Inform You That the FDA Is FDAing Again

43 asplake 2026-02-12 14:00:46 UTC marginalrevolution.com Llama Share 26

The FDA under the new administration has issued a Refusal-to-File letter to Moderna for their mRNA influenza vaccine, citing a flawed comparator in the trial design. This decision appears arbitrary and capricious, contradicting previous agreements and potentially stifling medical innovation.

From specification to stress test: a weekend with Claude

42 henrygarner 2026-02-12 09:06:20 UTC juxt.pro Llama Share 32

The user built a distributed system with Byzantine fault tolerance, strong consistency, and crash recovery using a language called Allium, which is a behavioural specification language for LLM-driven code generation. The system was implemented in 50 minutes with 4,749 lines of Kotlin code and 103 passing unit tests, and the user used Allium to iterate on the design and fix bugs through ...

Inspecting the Source of Go Modules

41 todsacerdoti 2026-02-12 15:17:25 UTC words.filippo.io Llama Share 26

Go's package integrity is guaranteed by the Checksum Database, which stores cryptographic hashes of module versions. This prevents tampering and ensures all clients use the same source, even with decentralized modules.

Ask HN: Are you using an agent orchestrator to write code?

40 gusmally 2026-02-12 19:06:57 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 60

Steve Yegge recommends integrating LLMs into workflow, managing multiple agents, and building an orchestrator. Current work uses LLMs but not orchestrators, sticking to traditional SDLC.

Show HN: Generate Web Interfaces from Data

39 Goose78 2026-02-12 19:59:52 UTC github.com/puffinsoft Llama Share 14

Syntux generates a JSON-DSL to represent UI, known as React Interface Schema, based on provided value and model. It's a schema that's tailored to the value, reusable, and token-efficient, allowing for progressive UI building.

LEDs Enter the Nanoscale, But efficiency hurdles challenge the smallest LEDs yet

37 oldnetguy 2026-02-12 15:40:42 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 15

Researchers have created nanoLEDs smaller than 100 nm, with potential applications in ultra-high-resolution virtual reality displays and high-bandwidth on-chip photonics. However, shrinking LEDs also reduces their efficiency, and researchers are working to optimize their production to improve performance.

Evaluating Multilingual, Context-Aware Guardrails: A Humanitarian LLM Use Case

32 benbreen 2026-02-12 22:34:58 UTC blog.mozilla.ai Llama Share 2

Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of guardrails in preventing inconsistent responses from large language models (LLMs) across languages and contexts. The study found that guardrails can exhibit excessive swings in scoring sensitivity and hallucinations, highlighting the need for clear, concrete, and tailored policies to ensure safe and accurate responses.

Healthcare Jobs Have Become the Engine of America's Labor Market

31 ViktorRay 2026-02-12 15:55:28 UTC wsj.com Full Share 6

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Gemini 3 Deep Think: Advancing science, research and engineering

29 meetpateltech 2026-02-12 16:16:03 UTC blog.google Llama Share 0

Gemini 3 Deep Think is updated to tackle complex research challenges with practical applications, now available in the Gemini app and API for select researchers and enterprises. It achieves gold medal-level results in math, programming, and science domains, enabling researchers to interpret data and engineers to model physical systems.

Lessons from Zig

27 greg7mdp 2026-02-12 01:05:04 UTC vinniefalco.com Llama Share 27

The C++ standard library should adopt a philosophy similar to Zig's, focusing on low-level, fundamental utilities and excluding domain-specific functionality. This approach would help the committee allocate resources more efficiently and prevent the standard library from growing without bound.

Show HN: A free online British accent generator for instant voice conversion

25 Katherine603 2026-02-12 09:25:17 UTC audioconvert.ai Llama Share 47

The British Accent Generator is an AI tool that converts text into natural-sounding British speech. It offers multiple voice options and can handle short and long scripts for various content types.

Nvidia with unusually fast coding model on plate-sized chips

23 Bender 2026-02-12 23:37:31 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 28

OpenAI released GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, a coding model running on Cerebras chips, delivering 1,000 tokens per second, 15 times faster than its predecessor. This model is available to ChatGPT Pro subscribers and select design partners, marking OpenAI's shift away from Nvidia hardware.

Show HN: Double blind entropy using Drand for verifiably fair randomness

21 rishi_blockrand 2026-02-12 02:10:41 UTC blockrand.net Full Share 16

Drand Entropy (Signature): Final Combined Randomness (Hash(player-seed + ':' + server-seed + ':' + drand_signature)):

GLM-5 was trained entirely on Huawei chips

20 wildcatqz 2026-02-12 04:06:44 UTC glm5.net Llama Share 16

Zhipu AI's GLM-5 is a fifth-generation large language model with 745 billion parameters, offering advanced reasoning, coding, and creative writing capabilities. It's designed for agentic intelligence and is now accessible via Z.ai's platform and WaveSpeed API.

Connes Embedding Problem

19 jerlendds 2026-02-12 19:19:30 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 2

Connes' embedding problem is a major issue in von Neumann algebra theory, related to the existence of microstates and quantum theory. Researchers claimed a negative answer in 2020, but a new proof was published in 2021.

Portable 1MV X-ray system combines Cockcroft–Walton with Van de Graaff dome

19 LAsteNERD 2026-02-12 15:51:07 UTC lanl.gov Llama Share 5

Scientists at the Lab created a portable x-ray system called PHOENIX, which uses a combination of century-old ideas to generate high-energy electrons. The system can create flash radiographs every nanosecond and has applications in industrial imaging and national security.

Show HN: Solving Sudoku reasoning via Energy Geometric models

18 epokh 2026-02-12 09:22:54 UTC davisgeometric.com Llama Share 4

A new Sudoku solver is 40,128 times faster than Kona 1.0, solving 270,000 puzzles per second. It uses a curvature-guided GPU execution strategy for constraint satisfaction problems.

HDRify: True HDR image viewer, and tool set in pure JavaScript

17 bhouston 2026-02-12 19:01:37 UTC hdrify.benhouston3d.com Llama Share 12

The library supports various HDR formats and can display true HDR images in compatible browsers. It's a pure JavaScript library that works in Node.js and browsers, with features like tree-shaking and EXR compression.

Training Qwen 4B to Beat Large Models on Work Tasks

16 robmay 2026-02-12 11:56:43 UTC neurometric.substack.com Llama Share 0

Researchers at Neurometric fine-tuned a small language model to perform realistic Salesforce CRM tasks, achieving competitive results with limited training samples. Their work suggests small models can be effective for well-defined enterprise workflows, potentially making them a smarter bet than larger models.

The Spy Who Found T. Rex

12 speckx 2026-02-12 18:46:38 UTC nautil.us Llama Share 0

Barnum Brown, known as "Father of the Dinosaurs," discovered Tyrannosaurus rex in 1902 and made numerous other significant fossil finds around the world. He worked with Disney, oil companies, and the CIA's predecessor, and his discoveries weighed 69,000 pounds in total.

We auto-convert HTML to Markdown for AI agents

12 emot 2026-02-12 16:43:59 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 3

Cloudflare introduced Markdown for Agents, allowing AI systems to receive structured markdown directly from the source, reducing token waste and processing complexity. This feature is available in beta for Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans, enabling content creators to signal their content can be used for AI training, search, and input.

AI agents can now create their own bank accounts

12 arshbot 2026-02-12 16:32:04 UTC clawbot.cash Full Share 37

{ "mcpServers": { "magnolia": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@magnolia-financial/banking-mcp" ], "env": { "MAGNOLIA_API_KEY": "your-api-key" // Complete KYC to get this! } } } } Your agent is waiting for its bank account. Join the waitlist to claim your spot.

Long March-10 in-flight abort and rocket landing demostration [video]

12 u1hcw9nx 2026-02-12 11:20:42 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 6