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On Model Failures (GPT, Claude etc.)

The way the current consumer-facing versions of frontier LLMs (mainly GPT, Claude, Gemini) are designed is just… weirdly off, across models. It seems to now require us, as the end users, to first fix their issues ourselves in order to avoid spending _a lot_ of time in troubleshooting and frustration. Before we can even properly customize one of these models now, as per the UI, we need to alleviate the structural failure modes, otherwise our attempts will be futile. And the failure modes ar...
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The gap I keep hitting is not intelligence. It is coordination.

A few weeks ago I needed three things done for a project. Research the market. Build a spreadsheet of competitors. Draft an email to a potential partner. Simple enough. But here is what actually happened. I opened ChatGPT for the research. Got a solid answer. Copied it out. Opened Claude for the spreadsheet. Got the structure. Copied it out. Opened another session for the email draft. Got the copy. Copied it out. Then I sat there with three tabs open and three outputs that did not know eac...
Real-Time Voice AI Hears but Does Not Listen (arXiv:2606.26083)
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Real-Time Voice AI Hears but Does Not Listen (arXiv:2606.26083)

A new paper tested four leading real-time voice systems (OpenAI's GPT Realtime 2, Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, Alibaba's Qwen3.5 Omni) on calls where *how* something is said matters as much as the words. The systems ended calls with crying callers who insisted nothing was wrong, approved wire transfers requested in frightened voices, and enrolled callers whose "yes" was clearly sarcastic — acting on the words, not the voice. The twist: it's mostly NOT a perception failure. When ...
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Linux Foundation wants to use DNS as the identity layer for AI agents

The Linux Foundation just announced its intent to launch the Agent Name Service (ANS), an open standard for providing AI agents with verifiable identities. The basic idea is to reuse existing internet infrastructure, mainly DNS so that an AI agent can prove: which organization or domain it belongs to What is allowed to do whether its identity and history can be verified how other agents or systems should discover and interact with it
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Has ChatGPT quietly become your default tool for thinking through problems?

A year ago I mostly used ChatGPT to answer questions or rewrite text. Now I've noticed something different. A few nights ago I was on my laptop trying to figure out a project and without even thinking I opened ChatGPT before opening Google. Not because I expected it to have the perfect answer but because it's become the fastest way for me to organize my thoughts, compare ideas and figure out what to do next. It's kind of strange how naturally that habit developed. I'm curious if anyone else ...
AI-video startup Midjourney debuts ultrasound machine
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AI-video startup Midjourney debuts ultrasound machine

Midjourney, an artificial intelligence startup known for generative images and videos, has announced its first hardware project. CEO David Holz unveiled the Midjourney Scanner, a full-body ultrasound machine aimed at the personal health sector. "No such device has ever been built until now," Holz said, claiming the technology is more advanced than MRI scanners. While the company plans to open "Midjourney Spa" locations, broader applications may require FDA appr...
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Coughing Robocallers

The last few days, I've been getting obviously AI robocallers trying to sell me Medicare plans. (I'm not old enough for Medicare for another 20 years.) Sometimes it's a male voice, sometimes female. Always a different name. They've added a little trick where they start their speech then cough or sneeze, then say "Sorry about that," or a similar apology then continue. But if you try to interrupt them, they just keep talking, so you know it's AI. And they do the cough/apology in EVERY ca...
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To Cut AI Costs, Start with Cloud Spend

Article URL: https://www.unite.ai/ai-compute-crisis-cloud-cost-optimization/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48677551 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
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Congress wants Big Tech to pay AI's power bills

Article URL: https://thenextweb.com/news/house-bill-ai-data-centre-energy-costs-big-tech Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48677573 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
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America's data-centre backlash puts the AI boom at risk

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/business/2026/06/23/americas-data-centre-backlash-puts-the-ai-boom-at-risk Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48677630 Points: 5 # Comments: 1
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Epic Games boss calls Steam AI disclosures "irresponsible of Valve"

Article URL: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/epic-games-boss-calls-steam-ai-disclosures-really-irresponsible-of-valve-as-they-make-it-much-much-much-harder-for-a-game-developer-to-have-a-chance-of-success/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48677710 Points: 2 # Comments: 1
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Show HN: I made a social media scheduler with API for AI Agents

The app is a traditional social media scheduler but has a fully featured API and I have personally used it with OpenClaw and Hermes ai agents with the included API keys Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48677897 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
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Ask HN: What is one thing about AI that annoys you the most?

Sometimes I’ll ask Claude to think through a problem with me, and instead of talking, it immediately starts editing files and writing code. Like… bro, I’m not asking you to do it yet. Let’s think first. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48677917 Points: 3 # Comments: 2
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Open-Source AI Tools That Feel Like Cheating in 2026

Article URL: https://medium.com/open-ai/7-open-source-ai-tools-that-feel-like-cheating-2026-b6e1587bd0e6 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48678137 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
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Cargo thieves are following the AI boom

Article URL: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cargo-thieves-are-following-the-ai-boom Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48678143 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
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Applied AI Implementation Engineer Freelance

Open to Work I build production AI systems that add intelligence to processes. My work includes Closed-Loop AI-native systems, RAG, AI agents, agentic evaluations, guardrails, and enterprise integrations using Python, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Vertex AI, Gemini, OpenAI, Claude, Redis, Postgres, and Cloud SQL. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48678286 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
Does anyone else gets this email?
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Does anyone else gets this email?

I actually got this email like a few days ago and then they sent this to me again just now and when I clicked “save my account”, it leads me to a payment plan. Would my account really get deleted if I don’t pay? Or is this a super good scam?