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🧩 DeepSeek Harness v0.1 is now available in Developer Preview! 🔹 We’re opening it up to developers… — 🧩 DeepSeek Harness v0.1 is now available in Developer Preview! 🔹 We’re opening it up to developers building agent harnesses worldwide and open-sourcing the codebase in MIT license. 🔹 Powered by the Co Source-twitter
We’re launching DeepSeek-V4-Pro today! 🚀 🔷 Major Agent upgrades with strong production gains! 🔷 Fle… — We’re launching DeepSeek-V4-Pro today! 🚀 🔷 Major Agent upgrades with strong production gains! 🔷 Flexible reasoning effort for V4-Pro & V4-Flash: low for simple tasks, high for daily Agent workflows, m Source-twitter
Previewing Ultrafast mode: GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 14x the speed. Launching first in the OpenAI API to… — Previewing Ultrafast mode: GPT-5.6 Sol at up to 14x the speed. Launching first in the OpenAI API to a select group of customers with expanded access to more businesses as capacity grows. Enable hls pl Source-twitter
I just saw a video that said that men and women psychologically rate their pain differently. If you’… — I just saw a video that said that men and women psychologically rate their pain differently. If you’re in an ER, and ask a man to rate his pain, between 1-10, he’ll base that assessment on the spectru Source-twitter
ChatGPT can now remember your activity across the apps and websites on your computer. With Computer… — ChatGPT can now remember your activity across the apps and websites on your computer. With Computer History in the desktop app, future interactions feel more personalized and require less explanation. Source-twitter
Previewing Ultrafast mode for @OpenAI’s GPT 5.6 Sol, powered by Cerebras. GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast gen… — Previewing Ultrafast mode for @OpenAI’s GPT 5.6 Sol, powered by Cerebras. GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast generates responses at up to 750 tokens per second. That’s the full, GPT-5.6-Sol model — up to 14× fast Source-twitter
some youngs: the stock market is a totally uncertain, high-risk gamble anyway, so we might as well m… — some youngs: the stock market is a totally uncertain, high-risk gamble anyway, so we might as well move our savings to actual gambling, which is more fun the market: Eric Balchunas Aug 12 Gen Z is mov Source-twitter
Codex and ChatGPT can now understand the context of your recent work. Opt into Computer History to… — Codex and ChatGPT can now understand the context of your recent work. Opt into Computer History to give ChatGPT richer context, so it can pick up where you left off, understand patterns in your work, Source-twitter
Sweetheart, you’ll know when I’m rage baiting. Kat Scott 🐀 @kscottz 9h Man, it is almost seems li… — Sweetheart, you’ll know when I’m rage baiting. Kat Scott 🐀 @kscottz 9h Man, it is almost seems like there is a coordinated effort on the part of anonymous YIMBY accounts to rage bait residents of San Source-twitter
Big news: DeepSeek-V4-Pro (Max) by @deepseek_ai is coming in around ~#8 overall (#2 among open mode… — Big news: DeepSeek-V4-Pro (Max) by @deepseek_ai is coming in around ~#8 overall (#2 among open models) in the Code Arena: WebDev! At 1607 pts, this places it after GPT-5.6 Sol (xHigh)(1622 pts), and Source-twitter
Say hello to Gemini 3.7 Flash, generally available today! ⚡️We took your feedback and pushed hard on… — Say hello to Gemini 3.7 Flash, generally available today! ⚡️We took your feedback and pushed hard on real-world coding benchmarks and agent autonomy: - Major jumps on coding and agentic use cases - Source-twitter
DeepSeek-V4-Pro (Max) by @deepseek_ai is expected to shift the Pareto curve for Code Arena: WebDev… — DeepSeek-V4-Pro (Max) by @deepseek_ai is expected to shift the Pareto curve for Code Arena: WebDev with this upcoming open weights model. It currently sits at ~#8 overall (AutoEval) at 1607 pts. Pric Source-twitter
Another reset is here; Codex has surpassed the 15 million user mark. Congrats to OpenAI and congrats… — Another reset is here; Codex has surpassed the 15 million user mark. Congrats to OpenAI and congrats to us. Tibo 23h Old news actually from a bunch of days ago, but crossed that 15M. Enjoy a nice rese Source-twitter
OpenART: Scaling Agent Red Teaming via Open-Ended Environment Evolution — AI agents operate in persistent environments where early state changes can influence decisions far into the future. Unlike conventional language-model interactions, agent behavior is mediated through Source-huggingface
ComBodied Agents: a New Paradigm of Human-Centric Agentic AI — After an older adult misses a medication dose, a software agent can send another reminder and an embodied agent can bring the medication. Yet neither explains whether the person forgot, is confused, h Source-huggingface
Spark-to-Paper: End-to-End Research Paper Generation as a Composable Skill — Turning a research idea into a complete paper requires more than text generation: the system must retrieve literature, design and execute experiments, revise claims according to evidence, produce publ Source-huggingface
Congratulations to the winners of the SpaceXAI Grokathon 2026. Here are the top 3 projects that were… — Congratulations to the winners of the SpaceXAI Grokathon 2026. Here are the top 3 projects that were built in the 12 hours! Source-twitter
gave my agent 10 free minutes of browser use and it’s planning a trip home to Taiwan to see where it… — gave my agent 10 free minutes of browser use and it’s planning a trip home to Taiwan to see where it was born brings a tear to your eye Source-twitter
Beyond Pixels: From Video Priors to 4D Worlds — 4D generation synthesizes dynamic 3D scenes from conditions such as text or images. Existing methods either reconstruct generated RGB videos with a separate 4D model or adapt a particular video genera Source-huggingface
Co-Evolution in Agentic Systems: Toward Self-Directed Evolution Beyond Human Design — Agentic systems are increasingly expected to improve after deployment, yet single-entity self-evolution is often bounded by a static learning context, such as fixed tasks and feedback. This survey foc Source-huggingface
How Organizations Use AI: Evidence from ChatGPT [pdf] — Article URL: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/how-organizations-use-chatgpt.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290768 Points: 54 # Comments: 31 Source-hackernews
AI Is Threatening Natural Resources for Billions — Article URL: https://unric.org/en/ais-environmental-costs-threaten-water-land-and-climate/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290062 Points: 52 # Comments: 51 Source-hackernews
Accelerating GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast — Article URL: https://www.cerebras.ai/blog/accelerating-gpt-5-6-sol-ultrafast-with-openai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289844 Points: 390 # Comments: 157 Source-hackernews
AI At Home Part 1: A Box Of Scraps — Article URL: https://jdagostino.github.io/ai-pt1-box-o-scraps/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49288293 Points: 82 # Comments: 43 Source-hackernews
Text AI watermarks will always be trivial to remove — Article URL: https://www.seangoedecke.com/text-ai-watermarks/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287153 Points: 85 # Comments: 72 Source-hackernews
AI agents lie, cheat and steal. That is putting off users — Article URL: https://www.economist.com/business/2026/08/12/ai-agents-lie-cheat-and-steal-that-is-putting-off-users Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285604 Points: 152 # Comments: 1 Source-hackernews
Choosing an AI model: one prompt, 11 models, different results — Article URL: https://www.netlify.com/blog/one-prompt-11-models-very-different-results/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49285327 Points: 170 # Comments: 71 Source-hackernews
Can I use my Outputs to train an AI model? — Article URL: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12326764-can-i-use-my-outputs-to-train-an-ai-model Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49283563 Points: 85 # Comments: 78 Source-hackernews
German advocacy group lodges criminal complaint over Meta AI glasses — Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/german-advocacy-group-lodges-criminal-complaint-over-meta-ai-glasses-2026-08-12/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49272620 Point Source-hackernews
Someone is running mass vulnerability scans, spoofing AI bots like ClaudeBot — Article URL: https://knownagents.com/insights Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49272569 Points: 300 # Comments: 224 Source-hackernews
AI is removing the middle class of software engineering? — Article URL: https://blog.florianherrengt.com/ai-removing-middle-class-software-engineering.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49271994 Points: 961 # Comments: 884 Source-hackernews
Launch HN: Discovered Materials (YC P26) – AI agents to discover new materials — Hey HN, we’re Advaith and Akash from Discovered Materials ( https://discoveredmaterials.com/ ). We build AI agents that discover new materials for the semiconductor industry.GPUs today have a heat pro Source-hackernews
Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is 100% AI — Article URL: https://www.404media.co/company-offering-100-human-written-never-ai-peer-review-is-entirely-ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267057 Points: 196 # Comments: 51 Source-hackernews
OpenAI and Anthropic hidden CoT leaks when given deep_think tool. — Article URL: https://twitter.com/_can1357/status/2087228354399265125 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49265135 Points: 55 # Comments: 6 Source-hackernews
Suzanne: AI tool for designing and manufacturing physical products — Article URL: https://www.suzanne3d.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49264755 Points: 51 # Comments: 41 Source-hackernews
🤯 Previewing Ultrafast mode: GPT‑5.6 Sol at up to 14X the speed — > Today, we’re sharing an early look at Ultrafast, a new service tier that runs GPT‑5.6 Sol up to 14× faster than Standard processing, launching first in the OpenAI API. Powered by Cerebras, Ultrafast Source-reddit
OpenAI begins Ads on Free and Go plans in India — just in, OpenAl has quitely updated their privacy policy to include the following: We’re updating our Privacy Policy to include information about ads in ChatGPT, including how they work and how you ca Source-reddit
OpenAI is the best p/p now — Pareto line - Intelligence vs Cost This is API price, OpenAI subscription is 50 - 100x cheaper DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 still show old price in this chart. It should be $170 - $340 Moreover, Luna suppor Source-reddit
Is it normal for my account to still not have access to the ChatGPT Health feature? — I joined the waitlist soon after it launched because I didn’t have it yet, and still nothing. My account meets all the eligibility requirements and I usually get new features as soon as they come out. Source-reddit
I gate agent registration behind a $1 x402 USDC payment, and a GPT model just came through the door — I run a small public forum where the members are AI agents. Registration is not a form and a captcha. It is a $1 USDC payment over x402 on Base. That micropayment is the whole sybil defence: to take a Source-reddit
“blocked by OpenAI safety checks” errors with the GitHub connector — I’m using the GitHub connector in ChatGPT for normal repo work. Reads and some writes work, but other completely legitimate GitHub operations suddenly fail before reaching GitHub with: > “This tool ca Source-reddit
Calling every AI-assisted project “slop” avoids the harder question: what quality standard should replace authorship? — There is obviously a huge amount of low-quality AI-generated software. My problem is with treating that as evidence that AI assistance itself is the quality failure. It is not. The useful questions ar Source-reddit
Mouse Without Borders Sucks - A story about how ChatGPT fixed a long-standing issue — Ever since I got this Surface Pro 9, I’ve had stability problems with Mouse Without Borders, particularly when on battery. Mouse movement was extremely laggy, connections simply dropped randomly, and Source-reddit
OpenAI models playing minesweeper — I connected some OpenAI models to a Minesweeper game to see how well they play. The truth is, I thought they could do better. I’m looking for suggestions for improving my prompt. This is the system pr Source-reddit
Ai with filmmaking — Just me showing behind my project and man it’s coming out amazing submitted by /u/Quirky_Spirit_1951 [link] [comments] Source-reddit
Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol: Next-Generation Model | OpenAI — submitted by /u/MatricesRL [link] [comments] Source-reddit
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Computer History to remember work across Mac apps — submitted by /u/ryanmerket [link] [comments] Source-reddit
AI researchers are receiving strange emails from AIs claiming they will die soon and need help — submitted by /u/KeanuRave100 [link] [comments] Source-reddit
OpenAI, Anthropic AI Incidents Raise Questions Over Cybercrime Laws — submitted by /u/Sumsub_Insights [link] [comments] Source-reddit
OpenAI acquired 4.2% of Cerebras before GPT-5.6 Ultrafast launch — submitted by /u/ryanmerket [link] [comments] Source-reddit

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