The Waymo effect: how AI is quietly making research less collaborative

28 JohnHammersley 2026-09-11 11:18:19 UTC researchagenda.news Llama Share 2

Researchers are losing the value of human collaboration due to frictionless technologies like AI, which remove the need for face-to-face interactions and lead to decollaboration. This trend is driven by funding pressure, velocity worship, and the convenience offered by AI tools that can produce high-quality output without requiring human input.

Cherenkov Radiation - traveling faster than light

96 andsoitis 2026-09-11 09:41:19 UTC iaea.org Full Share 54

RTK reports token savings, but our cost benchmarks disagree

12 michalwarda 2026-09-11 11:15:19 UTC quesma.com Llama Share 4

Researchers tested RTK, a tool that filters and compresses terminal output for AI agents, on two platforms and found mixed results. RTK reduced costs by 3% for Fable and increased costs by 7% for DeepSeek in some cases.

Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin

1101 fnthawar2 2026-09-10 14:41:19 UTC shopify.engineering Llama Share 790

Shopify is moving from React Native to Swift and Kotlin due to advancements in coding models, allowing for faster development without sacrificing performance. This change will enable Shopify's teams to build mobile apps more efficiently with the help of artificial intelligence.

So you want to use OpenRouter?

182 player85 2026-09-11 06:41:19 UTC mmoustafa.com Llama Share 21

The author, who runs an AI assistant called Olly on open-source models through OpenRouter, shares lessons learned from testing 20+ companies for the DeepSeek V4 Flash model.

Don't let anyone take away your big box of cables

578 Brajeshwar 2026-09-10 15:41:19 UTC blog.jim-nielsen.com Llama Share 368

A man found two old cables in his "Big Box of Cables" and realized he needed them, rekindling motivation and purpose. He hopes to pass on the lesson to his future kids about not discarding useful items.

Claude is no longer available for minors

65 Muhammad523 2026-09-11 10:48:19 UTC support.claude.com Llama Share 87

Claude's account setup requires users to confirm they are 18 or over, with safety systems in place to detect minors. Users can verify their age using Yoti, a third-party platform offering facial age estimation and ID verification options.

Working with Git Worktrees in Magit

62 srijan4 2026-09-11 05:41:19 UTC emacsredux.com Llama Share 21

The author recently discovered git worktrees, which allow multiple parallel branches in a single repository without conflicts. They found this feature useful for AI coding agents and long test runs on one branch while working on another.

OpenAI Agents API

275 aquir 2026-09-10 20:41:19 UTC developers.openai.com Llama Share 152

The Agents API provides access to the Codex harness through an OpenAI-managed API, allowing applications to interact with agents in a sandbox environment. Sessions are managed by OpenAI, while applications provide tools and choose their execution environment.

The Deathray: A simple way for an untrusted site to freeze a Mac

216 auberonedu 2026-09-10 22:41:19 UTC auberon.xyz Llama Share 139

A WebGPU shader on an untrusted site can hang a Mac's graphics, making the desktop UI unusable until a restart is forced by clicking a link. Apple has not prioritized fixing this issue despite its potential to be annoying and violating user trust.

CSS Curiosities of the Past

18 robin_reala 2026-09-11 08:41:19 UTC vale.rocks Llama Share 6

The web has evolved significantly since its inception, with various browser-specific hacks and non-standard CSS features being used to target specific browsers. These hacks often led to inconsistent rendering and behavior across different browsers.

Mexican student creates an acoustic fire extinguisher to put out fire in seconds

244 rguiscard 2026-09-11 01:41:19 UTC upsocl.com Llama Share 85

ngela Karime Venegas Hernández, a 16-year-old Mexican student, invented "Vortex Tech", a device that extinguishes fires using sound waves. It has been tested successfully on various materials and is set to represent Mexico at an international fair.

GPT‑Live‑1 in the API

38 arittr 2026-09-11 06:41:19 UTC openai.com Llama Share 32

OpenAI's GPT-Live-1 API brings natural, full-duplex conversations to developers, allowing for more control over voice agents and improved interruption handling. The API offers features such as tone, pace, and style customization, telephony support, and seamless turn-taking latency.

Resist "AI"

41 mborch 2026-09-11 10:41:19 UTC ronjeffries.com Llama Share 38

The author argues that AI is not a net good for individuals, organizations, and society due to its potential harm and seductive nature. They advocate resisting AI's growth until its harms are mitigated or compensated for.

Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images (2025)

345 gumby 2026-09-10 15:41:19 UTC spinoff.nasa.gov Llama Share 56

A Singaporean archaeologist used NASA's decorrelation stretch technique to uncover 200 previously hidden paintings at Angkor Wat, revealing faded images that were invisible to the naked eye. The technique, originally developed for satellite imagery, has been widely applied in various fields including archaeology and tattoo preservation.

iPod Classic 6G in QEMU

24 dmonterocrespo 2026-09-11 07:41:19 UTC reddit.com Full Share 3

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Neijuan

52 vermilingua 2026-09-11 08:41:19 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 16

Neijuan, a Chinese term describing intensifying effort and competition without corresponding output or benefit, has become a buzzword in China's youth culture. It reflects the country's hyper-competitive work environment and societal pressures on parents to secure their children's futures through education and hard work.

Nine coding harnesses vs. your laptop

116 nasutton12 2026-09-11 03:41:19 UTC nasutton.notion.site Full Share 36

A collaborative AI workspace, built on your company context. Build and orchestrate agents right alongside your team's projects, meetings, and connected apps.

More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math

823 pred_ 2026-09-10 13:41:19 UTC mathstodon.xyz Llama Share 756

Tristan Buckmaster questioned OpenAI's transparency about using his conversations with ChatGPT for training data. He felt misled by their response, which he perceived as dishonest and lacking explanation or evidence.

Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra

422 seelos 2026-09-10 15:41:19 UTC cognition.com Llama Share 176

The new coding model SWE-2 achieves 50.0% on FrontierCode 1.1 Main, within one point of Fable 5.1, while being 64% cheaper than its predecessor SWE-1.7 and outperforming GPT-6 Astra at a quarter of the cost.

Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom

241 aanet 2026-09-10 17:41:19 UTC musictheory.pugetsound.edu Full Share 103

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Forgejo <=16.0.3 Critical RCE

193 weierstass 2026-09-10 16:41:19 UTC codeberg.org Llama Share 73

A strategy to avoid receiving garbage on Codeberg involves not visiting as an AI scraper or contacting Codeberg. Using a Location directive with konqueror can help choose which changes to use, defaulting to 1 for best speed.

An interactive tour of the spanning tree protocol

17 zdw 2026-09-11 08:41:19 UTC vincent.bernat.ch Llama Share 1

The article explains the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), a network protocol used to prevent network loops and ensure loop-free connectivity. STP is designed to block just enough cables to leave a loop-free tree, allowing for efficient communication between devices.

Neki – Sharded Postgres

251 simon_weber 2026-09-10 16:41:19 UTC planetscale.com Llama Share 132

Neki is a sharded Postgres database built from lessons learned running large MySQL clusters, addressing common issues like table size and backup times. It offers an online operations model with features like schema changes, version upgrades, and resharding through a single psql connection.

Proof of Capture: Apple Reference Image, but open source and using steganography

114 merybenavente 2026-09-10 20:41:19 UTC merybenavente.me Llama Share 66

A new camera technology, Proof of Capture, has been introduced to prove a photo was taken by a camera and not AI generated. This approach uses an invisible watermark in the image pixels to sign a perceptual hash at capture time.

NTSB issues investigative update on B-767 runway excursion accident in Miami

111 mckn1ght 2026-09-10 21:41:19 UTC ntsb.gov Llama Share 199

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a runway excursion accident involving Air Flight 7598 at Miami International Airport on September 6, 2026. The NTSB has recovered and read the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, which will be reviewed to produce a written transcript.

Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft

689 mmastrac 2026-09-10 13:41:19 UTC rustfoundation.org Llama Share 442

Microsoft has invested heavily in Rust, making it a Tier-1 language for internal development alongside C++, C#, and TypeScript. The company's MSVC backend, now connected to Rust via rustc_codegen_utc, enables seamless interoperability between the two languages.

Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026

140 garo-pro 2026-09-10 17:41:19 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 207

Threat actors have increasingly used AI models like Claude to carry out sophisticated cyber operations, including espionage and influence operations. These attacks often involve the use of compromised API keys, session tokens, and devices to accelerate their ability to rapidly scan, exploit, and take over target systems.

Douglas Hofstadter: Analogy as the Core of Cognition [video]

187 tosh 2026-09-10 15:41:19 UTC youtube.com Embed Share 81

Testing race conditions with mem access tracing and stack-based delay injection

12 mfrw 2026-09-11 06:41:19 UTC projectzero.google Llama Share 0

The author has developed a tool called MAccConc to analyze memory access concurrency in multi-threaded code, particularly for the Linux kernel. The tool uses ASAN instrumentation and KCOV coverage information to identify potential communication points between threads.