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Hacker News, Sans AI

Article URL: https://elijahpotter.dev/hnsansai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49453133 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
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Show HN: AI scientist builds an open-source Codex Micro from scratch for $40

A few weeks ago, we open-sourced our design for a cost-effective but full featured alternative to OpenAI x Work Louder's sold out Codex Micro macropad. And now, we're pleased to share that we've actually built them and they work! Quick recap of the I/O: - 13 assignable keys with individual LEDs - rotary encoder - joystick - touch disc - optional edge-lit LED band The cool part for us was just HOW our agent was able to do it when every other agentic skills, tools, and even commercial platforms fa...
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Disenchantment with the Post-AI Internet

Article URL: https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/disenchantment-with-the-post-ai-internet/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49454175 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
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Primus – AI Research Scientist

Article URL: https://lab.cloud/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49454244 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
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The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make now are critical

Article URL: https://www.gatesnotes.com/work/make-ai-work-for-everyone/reader/a-turbulent-ai-era-and-critical-choices-to-make?WT.mc_id=20260826_ai-overture-2026-med-med Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49454606 Points: 2 # Comments: 1
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The risks of AI are real but manageable

Article URL: https://www.gatesnotes.com/work/make-ai-work-for-everyone/reader/the-risks-of-ai-are-real-but-manageable Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49454742 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
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The AI writing taboo begins to fade following WSJ op-ed

Article URL: https://www.semafor.com/article/08/26/2026/the-ai-writing-taboo-begins-to-fade-after-wsj-op-ed Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49454754 Points: 2 # Comments: 1
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Why AI Agents Need Persistent Browser Identities

Article URL: https://github.com/Radek-B3/browser3/blob/main/WHY_AI_AGENTS_NEED_PERSISTENT_BROWSER_IDENTITIES.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49454780 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
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VMs won't contain cyber-capable agents

Article URL: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/08/26/vms-wont-contain-cyber-capable-agents/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49450188 Points: 108 # Comments: 79
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Tim Curry has died

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/tim-curry-dies-rocky-horror-show-stephen-king-it-legend-film Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49451448 Points: 395 # Comments: 142
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Launch HN: Risklytics (YC S26) – Insurance brokerage for frontier tech companies

Hi HN, we're Sam and Alex, founders of Risklytics ( https://risklytics.ai ). We're both on leave from Harvard, and we run an insurance brokerage for companies building robots, drones, autonomous systems and satellites. You describe your machine, we find the insurance companies willing to cover it, and we read everything before you sign. Buying insurance for any frontier tech goes like this: - your first customer or pilot requires coverage before your machine can work on their site - a broker han...