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Show HN: I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work
Built a ~9M param LLM from scratch to understand how they actually work. Vanilla transformer, 60K synthetic conversations, ~130 lines of PyTorch. Trains in 5 min on a free Colab T4. The fish thinks th
9h agoMusician says AI company is cloning her music, filing claims against her
Article URL: https://twitter.com/unlimited_ls/status/2040577536136974444 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653471 Points: 111 # Comments: 18
13h agoCopilot is ‘for entertainment purposes only,’ according to Microsoft’s terms of use
AI skeptics aren’t the only ones warning users not to unthinkingly trust models’ outputs — that’s what the AI companies say themselves in their terms of service.
14h agoRunning Gemma 4 locally with LM Studio's new headless CLI and Claude Code
Article URL: https://ai.georgeliu.com/p/running-google-gemma-4-locally-with Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47651540 Points: 272 # Comments: 66
16h agoCan orbital data centers help justify a massive valuation for SpaceX?
On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we debated Elon Musk's vision for data centers in space.
17h agoNanocode: The best Claude Code that $200 can buy in pure JAX on TPUs
Article URL: https://github.com/salmanmohammadi/nanocode/discussions/1 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47649742 Points: 185 # Comments: 25
19h agoIn Japan, the robot isn’t coming for your job; it’s filling the one nobody wants
Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.
19h agoEight years of wanting, three months of building with AI
Article URL: https://lalitm.com/post/building-syntaqlite-ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47648828 Points: 774 # Comments: 233
20h agoLLM Wiki – example of an "idea file"
https://x.com/karpathy/status/2040470801506541998https://xcancel.com/karpathy/status/2040470801506541998 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47640875 Points: 279 # Comments: 89
1d ago12k AI-generated blog posts added in a single commit
Article URL: https://github.com/OneUptime/blog/commit/30cd2384794c897d95aca77d173db44af51ca849 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47640722 Points: 153 # Comments: 146
1d agoAnthropic says Claude Code subscribers will need to pay extra for OpenClaw usage
It’s about to become more expensive for Claude Code subscribers to use Anthropic’s coding assistant with OpenClaw and other third-party tools.
1d agoAnthropic is having a moment in the private markets; SpaceX could spoil the party
Glen Anderson, president of Rainmaker Securities, says the secondary market for private shares has never been more active — with Anthropic the hottest trade around, OpenAI losing ground, and SpaceX's
2d agoClaude Code Found a Linux Vulnerability Hidden for 23 Years
Article URL: https://mtlynch.io/claude-code-found-linux-vulnerability/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633855 Points: 413 # Comments: 258
2d agoTell HN: Anthropic no longer allowing Claude Code subscriptions to use OpenClaw
Received the following email from Anthropic:Hi,Starting April 4 at 12pm PT / 8pm BST, you’ll no longer be able to use your Claude subscription limits for third-party harnesses including OpenClaw. You
2d agoOpenAI executive shuffle includes new role for COO Brad Lightcap to lead ‘special projects’
In addition to Lightcap's new role, OpenAI CMO Kate Rouch will be stepping away from the company to focus on cancer recovery, with a plan to return when her health allows.
2d agoAnthropic buys biotech startup Coefficient Bio in $400M deal: Reports
Anthropic has purchased the stealth biotech AI startup Coefficient Bio in a $400 million stock deal, according to The Information and Eric Newcomer.
2d agoAnthropic ramps up its political activities with a new PAC
With the midterms right around the corner, the new group is positioned to back candidates who support the AI company's policy agenda.
2d agoAI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong?
Meta, Microsoft, and Google are all betting big on new natural gas power plants to run their AI data centers. They may regret it.
2d agoPeople would rather have an Amazon warehouse in their backyard than a data center
A new poll shows that the debate over data centers is far from settled.
2d agoThe Facebook insider building content moderation for the AI era
Moonbounce has raised $12 million to grow its AI control engine that converts content moderation policies into consistent, predictable AI behavior.
2d agoShow HN: Apfel – The free AI already on your Mac
Github: https://github.com/Arthur-Ficial/apfel Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47624645 Points: 729 # Comments: 151
3d agoOpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder-led business talk show
TBPN, Silicon Valley's cult-favorite tech podcast, will operate independently, even as it's overseen by chief political operative Chris Lehane.
3d agoWe replaced RAG with a virtual filesystem for our AI documentation assistant
Article URL: https://www.mintlify.com/blog/how-we-built-a-virtual-filesystem-for-our-assistant Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47618223 Points: 403 # Comments: 149
3d agoMicrosoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models
MAI released models that can transcribe voice into text as well as generate audio and images after the group's formation six months ago.
3d agoGemma 4: Byte for byte, the most capable open models
Gemma 4: Our most intelligent open models to date, purpose-built for advanced reasoning and agentic workflows.
3d agoGoogle now lets you direct avatars through prompts in its Vids app
Google is adding a way to customize and instruct avatars for video creation in the Vids app.
3d agoLemonade by AMD: a fast and open source local LLM server using GPU and NPU
Article URL: https://lemonade-server.ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47612724 Points: 569 # Comments: 113
3d agoOpenAI acquires TBPN
OpenAI acquires TBPN to accelerate global conversations around AI and support independent media, expanding dialogue with builders, businesses, and the broader tech community.
3d agoCodex now offers more flexible pricing for teams
Codex now includes pay-as-you-go pricing for ChatGPT Business and Enterprise, providing teams a more flexible option to start and scale adoption.
3d agor/programming bans all discussion of LLM programming
Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1s9jkzi/announcement_temporary_llm_content_ban/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47610336 Points: 198 # Comments: 223
4d agoThe Claude Code Leak
Article URL: https://build.ms/2026/4/1/the-claude-code-leak/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609294 Points: 199 # Comments: 182
4d agoAnthropic took down thousands of GitHub repos trying to yank its leaked source code — a move the company says was an accident
Anthropic executives said it was an accident and retracted the bulk of the takedown notices.
4d agoThe AI Marketing BS Index
Article URL: https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/bs/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47604218 Points: 108 # Comments: 21
4d agoGradient Labs gives every bank customer an AI account manager
Gradient Labs uses GPT-4.1 and GPT-5.4 mini and nano to power AI agents that automate banking support workflows with low latency and high reliability.
5d agoAccelerating the next phase of AI
OpenAI raises $122 billion in new funding to expand frontier AI globally, invest in next-generation compute, and meet growing demand for ChatGPT, Codex, and enterprise AI.
5d agoHelping disaster response teams turn AI into action across Asia
AI for Disaster Response in Asia: OpenAI Workshop with Gates Foundation
Mar 29STADLER reshapes knowledge work at a 230-year-old company
Learn how STADLER uses ChatGPT to transform knowledge work, saving time and accelerating productivity across 650 employees.
Mar 27Gemini 3.1 Flash Live: Making audio AI more natural and reliable
Our latest voice model has improved precision and lower latency to make voice interactions more fluid, natural and precise.
Mar 26Protecting people from harmful manipulation
Google DeepMind researches AI's harmful manipulation risks across areas like finance and health, leading to new safety measures.
Mar 25Lyria 3 Pro: Create longer tracks in more
Introducing Lyria 3 Pro, which unlocks longer tracks with structural awareness. We’re also bringing Lyria to more Google products and surfaces.
Mar 25Inside our approach to the Model Spec
Learn how OpenAI’s Model Spec serves as a public framework for model behavior, balancing safety, user freedom, and accountability as AI systems advance.
Mar 25Introducing the OpenAI Safety Bug Bounty program
OpenAI launches a Safety Bug Bounty program to identify AI abuse and safety risks, including agentic vulnerabilities, prompt injection, and data exfiltration.
Mar 25Helping developers build safer AI experiences for teens
OpenAI releases prompt-based teen safety policies for developers using gpt-oss-safeguard, helping moderate age-specific risks in AI systems.
Mar 24Powering product discovery in ChatGPT
ChatGPT introduces richer, visually immersive shopping powered by the Agentic Commerce Protocol, enabling product discovery, side-by-side comparisons, and merchant integration.
Mar 24Update on the OpenAI Foundation
The OpenAI Foundation announces plans to invest at least $1 billion in curing diseases, economic opportunity, AI resilience, and community programs.
Mar 24Creating with Sora Safely
To address the novel safety challenges posed by a state-of-the-art video model as well as a new social creation platform, we’ve built Sora 2 and the Sora app with safety at the foundation. Our approac
Mar 23How we monitor internal coding agents for misalignment
How OpenAI uses chain-of-thought monitoring to study misalignment in internal coding agents—analyzing real-world deployments to detect risks and strengthen AI safety safeguards.
Mar 19OpenAI to acquire Astral
Accelerates Codex growth to power the next generation of Python developer tools
Mar 19Measuring progress toward AGI: A cognitive framework
We’re introducing a framework to measure progress toward AGI, and launching a Kaggle hackathon to build the relevant evaluations.
Mar 17OpenAI Japan announces Japan Teen Safety Blueprint to put teen safety first
OpenAI Japan announces the Japan Teen Safety Blueprint, introducing stronger age protections, parental controls, and well-being safeguards for teens using generative AI.
Mar 17From games to biology and beyond: 10 years of AlphaGo’s impact
Ten years since AlphaGo, we explore how it is catalyzing scientific discovery and paving a path to AGI.
Mar 9Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Built for intelligence at scale
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite is our fastest and most cost-efficient Gemini 3 series model yet.
Mar 3Nano Banana 2: Combining Pro capabilities with lightning-fast speed
Our latest image generation model offers advanced world knowledge, production ready specs, subject consistency and more, all at Flash speed.
Feb 26Gemini 3.1 Pro: A smarter model for your most complex tasks
3.1 Pro is designed for tasks where a simple answer isn’t enough.
Feb 19A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music
The Gemini app now features our most advanced music generation model Lyria 3, empowering anyone to make 30-second tracks using text or images.
Feb 18Accelerating discovery in India through AI-powered science and education
Google DeepMind brings National Partnerships for AI initiative to India, scaling AI for science and education
Feb 17Gemini 3 Deep Think: Advancing science, research and engineering
Our most specialized reasoning mode is now updated to solve modern science, research and engineering challenges.
Feb 12Accelerating Mathematical and Scientific Discovery with Gemini Deep Think
Research papers point to the growing impact of Deep Think across fields
Feb 9Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds
Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can try out Project Genie, an experimental research prototype that lets you create and explore worlds.
Jan 29D4RT: Teaching AI to see the world in four dimensions
D4RT: Unified, efficient 4D reconstruction and tracking up to 300x faster than prior methods.
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