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'Defeated' GPT-6 Astra model spent several hours just farming potatoes after being blown up by a Creeper in Minecraft — OpenAI offering gets further than any other AI system in 141-hour test (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Stephen Warwick | get Minecraft Java and Bedrock Edition PC game → | tags: gpt-6 astra, openai, minecraft benchmark

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China's open-weight AI models are now just 4 months behind frontier US offerings, Mozilla report claims — models still lag in some benchmarks but are drastically cheaper to use (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Shane Downing | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card → | tags: mozilla, state of open source ai, china ai models

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Google fixes actively exploited Android zero-day on Pixel devices (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-16 | get Google Pixel 9 Pro smartphone → | tags: google pixel, cve-2026-58704, android zero-day

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Apple explains how the iPhone 18 Pro’s new Reference Image camera mode works (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-16 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple iPhone 18 Pro → | tags: iphone 18 pro, reference image, apple security research

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BOOX debuts three new E-Ink tablets, including a pair of stylus-equipped Note models (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-16 | get BOOX Note Air4 C E-Ink tablet stylus → | tags: boox, palma 3, note models

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Electrically controllable superconducting memory effect in UTe<sub>2</sub> (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-16 | by Wu | tags: ute2, superconducting memory, dilution fridge

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Scalable near-real-time Bayesian phylogenetics for outbreaks with Delphy (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-16 | by Varilly | tags: delphy, bayesian phylogenetics, outbreak modeling

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Overmassive black holes and little red dots naturally form in simulations (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-16 | by Chon | tags: cosmological simulations, population iii stars, dark matter halos

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While Hollywood Fears an AI Future, China's Film Industry is Embracing It (slashdot.org)

2026-09-15 | by Posted | tags: ai film production, china film industry, sun wei studio

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Saving Jet Fuel (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Mark Litwintschik | tags: scikit-decide, openap, boeing 787-9

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The real reason AI researchers suddenly want to slow down (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: ai safety, alignment, frontier models

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Quantum’s Big Promise—and Its Big Risk (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: quantum computing, nord quantique, qusecure

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Meta now lets AI agents handle the boring parts of WhatsApp Business setup (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-15 | by Sarah Perez | tags: whatsapp business, meta, mcp server

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The Gemini 3.8 family is getting a little bigger with two new additions (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-15 | get Google Pixel 9 Pro smartphone → | tags: gemini 3.8, gemini, google

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WangNet – 1.8 MB, zero-dependency Numberwang adjudication in 11 languages (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: numberwang, neural network, zero-dependency

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Introducing System One Models and Jev (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: typesafe ai, jev, system one models

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Jev: New frontier model 40-400x cheaper and 20-200x faster (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: typesafe ai, jev, system one model

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Hisense’s new C3 Ultra projectors go global, but the Pro model is sitting this one out (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-15 | get Hisense C2 Ultra laser projector → | tags: hisense, c3 ultra, projector

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AppZapper 3000: ‘The uninstaller Apple forgot’ returns for the modern Mac era (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-15 | by Zac Hall | get MacBook Air M2 laptop → | tags: appzapper 3000, mac app uninstaller, launchpad

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Autodesk’s AI assistant could radically change how buildings are designed and built (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: autodesk, ai assistant, 3d modeling

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iOS 27 gives Camera app on iPhone three powerful new features (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-15 | by Ryan Christoffel | get PolarPro iPhone camera grip → | tags: ios 27, camera app, siri mode

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Cartesian – AI 3D Modeling for Design (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | get Wacom Intuos drawing tablet → | tags: cartesian, formas, ai 3d modeling

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Musk urges top AI labs, Chinese companies to test each other's models amid calls for slowdown (cnbc.com)

2026-09-15 | by Annie Palmer | tags: elon musk, artificial intelligence, openai

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GRP-Obliteration: Unaligning LLMs with a Single Unlabeled Prompt (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: llms, alignment, unlabeled prompt

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The AI Inference Revolution Is Here (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-09-15 | by Matthew S. Smith | get NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit → | tags: ai inference, nvidia, jensen huang

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Exclusive: Paying for frontier AI models buys 4-month head start at 5x the cost (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: frontier ai, mozilla report, moonshot ai

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Exclusive: Open Chinese models close gap with Silicon Valley’s frontier AI models (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: open chinese models, silicon valley, frontier ai models

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AI models need more data about biology, and OpenAI is paying to create it (technologyreview.com)

2026-09-15 | by Antonio Regalado | tags: openai, biological data, xai

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Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-15 | by Julie Bort | tags: salesforce, nvidia, koa

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Show HN: Restarted – a 2026 remake of the classic 2015 startup generator (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Jasper Clayton | tags: restarted, startup generator, show hn