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Dwarf Fortress creator: industry in shambles over AI and layoffs

In an interview with PC Gamer at Gamescom 2026, Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams sharply criticizes studio executives' obsession with generative AI and the wave of layoffs across the games industry. He compares the behavior of certain CEOs to a form of "psychosis," describing managers pressuring teams over AI usage and threatening to replace them with machines. He also brings up his own father, laid off from a sewage treatment plant by managers who didn't understand his job, to illustrate a pat...
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Show HN: Compilr.dev Studio – A project brain AI agents write to and people read

I built a platform to help project and product owners record vision, objectives, decisions, risks, assumptions, and requirements as a connected graph with the help of AI. So, how does it work? The platform offers a set of MCP tools so it is compatible with any AI application that lets you define a custom MCP. I use it with Claude AI on my phone or using the Claude plugin on Chrome (main Studio page on the browser with the Claude plugin chat window in the right panel). Studio also provides the sk...
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AI is making back-office work extinct

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Show HN: Weedout – Safari extension that hides YouTube AI-labeled videos

I'm the developer. I built this because AI-generated conspiracy videos were getting out of control in my own YouTube feed. Weedout is a $1.99 Safari extension for macOS that removes videos YouTube labels “Made with AI” from feed, search, related videos, playlists and Shorts. It uses YouTube's label rather than AI detection, runs locally, and does not catch unlabeled videos. Source for developers who want to fork or build: https://github.com/masteranza/weedout-for-youtube Pull requests are not ...
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AI Coding Agent Skills for Real Engineers

Article URL: https://github.com/mattpocock/skills Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529329 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
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Don't allow Gemini AI access to your Gmail

Article URL: https://tuta.com/blog/google-gemini-ai-email Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529336 Points: 8 # Comments: 1
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