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YC-backed AI: "Never miss another booking." Its terms: no liability for downtime

I wrote an outside-in analysis of Elyra, a YC-backed restaurant AI. Its Voice Agent page says "Never Miss Another Booking"; Section 17 of its Terms says no guaranteed availability and no liability for downtime. The piece looks at who actually carries that risk and what a fallback would need to look like. Section on downtime is here: https://aarushthinks.com/company-analysis/elyra#who-bears-the-downtime Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49741200 Points: 1 # Comments: 2
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Show HN: Unimodal – Our AI Manifest

We're launching some products that need to get built to enable what's coming next. The focus is around AI economies and Human economies, how they work together and individually. Everything is in alpha so any feedback would be helpful. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49741238 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
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AI Consciousness Is Not a Safety Property

Article URL: https://philippdubach.com/posts/ai-consciousness-is-not-a-safety-property/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742078 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
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Microsoft Azure CTO and AI Ported ZoomIt to macOS in Two Days

Article URL: https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/09/17/microsoft-azure-cto-used-ai-to-port-20-year-old-windows-tool-to-macos-in-two-days-i-was-flabbergasted/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742146 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
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Disarming the Slop Cannon (Ironically, with AI)

Article URL: https://blog.expectedparrot.com/p/disarming-the-slop-cannon-ironically Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742333 Points: 2 # Comments: 1
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Jev Is the Missing Piece in Production AI Systems

Article URL: https://blog.nimendra.xyz/blog/jev-decision-layer-for-production-ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49737892 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
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AI Safety Is Mostly a Sex Cult

Article URL: https://skywriter.blue/@segyges.bsky.social/3mvom4b4dn22q Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49737985 Points: 126 # Comments: 91
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The paradox of AI automation at the workplace

I find it interesting how people are very ambitious to automate their processes at their companies using new AI tools, but they set the limit of automation on their own terms, and if you try to pass it, you become the cynic or negative one. For example, this guy where I work suggested to use LLMs before 1:1 meetings to scan all the data on them from Google Drive and Slack conversations, so they can be better prepared for the conversation. First this sounds very useful, but if you think about it,...
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Sex, AI, and the Apocalypse

Article URL: https://www.iankduncan.com/personal/2026-09-16-sex-ai-and-the-apocalypse/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49738411 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
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Don't build tools for AI agents

Article URL: https://www.seangoedecke.com/dont-build-tools-for-ai-agents/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49738456 Points: 4 # Comments: 1
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The White House Tussle to Sway Trump on AI

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/inside-the-white-house-tussle-to-sway-trump-on-ai-0043d567 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49738719 Points: 3 # Comments: 0