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A glimpse into OpenAI’s largest ambitions

technologyreview.com James O'Donnell 2026-01-09 21:00:00

As Will points out, there were two recent wins for OpenAI in its efforts to build AI that outcompetes humans. Its models took second place at a top-level coding competition and—alongside those from Google DeepMind—achieved gold-medal-level results in the 2025 International Math Olympiad. People who believe that AI doesn’t pose genuine competition to human-level intelligence might actually take some comfort in that. AI is good at the mathematical and analytical, which are on full display in olym

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ChatGPT can no longer tell you to break up with your boyfriend

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-01-09 21:59:59

Elyse Betters Picaro/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways OpenAI adds reminders to take a break. ChatGPT will also have improved functions for mental health support. The company is working with experts, including physicians and researchers. As OpenAI prepares to drop one of the biggest ChatGPT launches of the year, the company is also taking steps to make the chatbot safer and more reliable with its latest update. Also: Could Apple create an AI search engine to rival Gemini and ChatGPT? Here's how

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Clojure Civitas – Publish Clojure Ideas and Explorations

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-05 22:33:21

Clojure Civitas Clojure Civitas makes it easy for you to publish Clojure ideas and explorations without the overhead of setting up a new project, blog, or repo. Whether you're sketching out a quick experiment or writing a deeper post, just fork this repo, create a namespace, write, commit and submit a pull request. This is your shared scratch space. Think. Code. Share. ⚡ No setup – Clone this repo, make a new namespace, start coding. ✍️ Write as you code – Capture notes, results, and ideas a

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Introduction to Unikernel: Building, deploying lightweight, secure applications

news.ycombinator.com Om Prakash Yadav 2026-01-05 14:22:45

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have everything in the world just for yourself — where every resource and every service is just for you? Imagine you have rented a private villa on a small, quiet island. Everything in the villa — the rooms, the pool, and the beach — is just for you. No other guests can use anything there, and the staff are there just for you. Isn’t that exciting? I’m sure it is! This concept also applies to applications, which are given their own space to work in

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, Aug. 5

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-09 18:54:00

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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OpenAI Admits ChatGPT Missed Signs of Delusions in Users Struggling With Mental Health

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-09 22:12:59

After over a month of providing the same copy-pasted response amid mounting reports of "AI psychosis", OpenAI has finally admitted that ChatGPT has been failing to recognize clear signs of its users struggling with their mental health, including suffering delusions. "We don't always get it right," the AI maker wrote in a new blog post, under a section titled "On healthy use." "There have been instances where our 4o model fell short in recognizing signs of delusion or emotional dependency," it

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Passkeys are just passwords that require a password manager

news.ycombinator.com Dan Fabulich 2026-01-09 16:29:47

Passkeys are just passwords that require a password manager You reset your passkey the same way you reset your password. But you’ll find that passkeys make it harder to switch between password managers, because you can’t copy and paste a passkey. Dan Fabulich 3 min read · Just now Just now -- Listen Share Passkeys are randomly generated passwords that are required to be managed by a password manager. All the major password managers support them, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, and

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EconTeen – Financial literacy lessons and tools for teens

news.ycombinator.com Mr. K 2026-01-09 21:10:51

We've reimagined financial education for the digital generation. Our comprehensive curriculum combines proven teaching methods with engaging technology to deliver real results. 💡 Interactive Learning Engaging lessons with quizzes, scenarios, and hands-on activities that make complex financial concepts easy to understand and remember. 🎓 Comprehensive Curriculum From budgeting basics to investment strategies, our 22+ lesson modules cover everything students need for lifelong financial success.

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EconTeen – Financial Literacy Lessons and Tools for Teens

news.ycombinator.com Mr. K 2026-01-10 03:10:51

We've reimagined financial education for the digital generation. Our comprehensive curriculum combines proven teaching methods with engaging technology to deliver real results. 💡 Interactive Learning Engaging lessons with quizzes, scenarios, and hands-on activities that make complex financial concepts easy to understand and remember. 🎓 Comprehensive Curriculum From budgeting basics to investment strategies, our 22+ lesson modules cover everything students need for lifelong financial success.

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ChatGPT Will Start Asking If You Need a Break. That May Not Be Enough to Snap a Bad Habit

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-10 06:25:32

We've all been mid-TV binge when the streaming service interrupts our umpteenth-consecutive episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation to ask if we're still watching. That may be in part designed to keep you from missing the first appearance of the Borg because you fell asleep, but it also helps you ponder if you instead want to get up and do literally anything else. The same thing may be coming to your conversation with a chatbot. OpenAI said Monday it would start putting "break reminders" into

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ChatGPT rockets to 700M weekly users ahead of GPT-5 launch with reasoning superpowers

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-01-10 11:42:05

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now OpenAI’s ChatGPT will reach 700 million weekly active users this week, the company announced Monday, cementing its position as one of the fastest-adopted software products in history just as the company prepares to release its most powerful language model yet. The surge is a 40 percent jump from the 500 million weekly users ChatGPT had at

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US iPhones: ‘Made in India’, built in China

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-01-10 17:16:47

Apple may say that most iPhones sold in the U.S. are now assembled in India, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Apple has reduced its reliance on China. Patrick McGee, who literally wrote the book on Apple in China, explains. For the last two quarters, Apple CEO Tim Cook has noted that iPhones sold in the U.S. are sourced from India. The move, of course, allows Apple to avoid those pesky Trump tariffs on products exported from China and sold in the United States. Responding to a technically tru

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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission ends in disappointment

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-10 17:13:19

The Lunar Trailblazer mission to the moon officially ended on July 31, but it wasn't a complete journey. NASA said today that its teams lost contact with the satellite shortly after its launch several months prior. The NASA satellite was part of the IM-2 mission by Intuitive Machines, which took off from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center on February 26 at 7:16PM ET. The Lunar Trailblazer successfully separated from the rocket as planned about 48 minutes after launch. Operators

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Anthropic wants to stop AI models from turning evil - here's how

zdnet.com Radhika Rajkumar 2026-01-10 22:30:28

Lyudmila Lucienne/Getty ZDNET's key takeaways New research from Anthropic identifies model characteristics, called persona vectors. This helps catch bad behavior without impacting performance. Still, developers don't know enough about why models hallucinate and behave in evil ways. Why do models hallucinate, make violent suggestions, or overly agree with users? Generally, researchers don't really know. But Anthropic just found new insights that could help stop this behavior before it happen

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DrawAFish.com Postmortem

news.ycombinator.com Alden Hallak 2026-01-10 14:10:22

DrawAFish.com TL;DR: Incident Duration: ~6 hours (2AM–8AM EST) ~6 hours (2AM–8AM EST) Impact: Username vandalism (slurs) Offensive fish approved / safe fish removed Root Causes: Legacy 6-digit admin password exposed in past data breach Username update API lacked authentication JWT not tied to specific user Mitigation: Manual reversal of mod actions, fixed authorization logic, backups reviewed Manual reversal of mod actions, fixed authorization logic, backups reviewed Takeaway: hwoopsy dais

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ChatGPT will ‘better detect’ mental distress after reports of it feeding people’s delusions

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-10 22:36:56

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI, which is expected to launch its GPT-5 AI model this week, is making updates to ChatGPT that it says will improve the AI chatbot’s ability to detect mental or emotional distress. To do this, OpenAI is working with experts and advisory groups to improve Ch

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White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-11 02:14:40

The White House has instructed NASA employees to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. As NPR reports, Trump officials reached out to the space agency to draw up plans for terminating the two missions, called the Orbiting Carbon Observatories. They've been collecting widely-used data, providing both oil and gas companies and farmers with detailed information about the distribution of carbon dioxide and how it can affect crop health. One is attached to the Internationa

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ChatGPT will now remind you to take breaks, following mental health concerns

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-11 03:02:21

OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT will now remind users to take breaks if they're in a particularly long chat with AI. The new feature is part of OpenAI's ongoing attempts to get users to cultivate a healthier relationship with the frequently compliant and overly-encouraging AI assistant. The company's announcement suggests the "gentle reminders" will appear as pop-ups in chats that users will have to click or tap through to continue using ChatGPT. "Just Checking In," OpenAI's sample pop-up rea

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OpenAI updating ChatGPT to encourage healthier use

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-01-11 08:29:01

OpenAI is updating how ChatGPT works to encourage healthier use and avoid unintended consequences. One change that OpenAI says ChatGPT users will see “starting today” is a technique used by other digital services. Much like video streaming services and social networks, OpenAI is adding a gentle break reminder for users during prolonged chat sessions. Starting today, you’ll see gentle reminders during long sessions to encourage breaks. We’ll keep tuning when and how they show up so they feel na

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Drawafish.com Postmortem: Whoops

news.ycombinator.com Alden Hallak 2026-01-11 08:10:22

DrawAFish.com TL;DR: Incident Duration: ~6 hours (2AM–8AM EST) ~6 hours (2AM–8AM EST) Impact: Username vandalism (slurs) Offensive fish approved / safe fish removed Root Causes: Legacy 6-digit admin password exposed in past data breach Username update API lacked authentication JWT not tied to specific user Mitigation: Manual reversal of mod actions, fixed authorization logic, backups reviewed Manual reversal of mod actions, fixed authorization logic, backups reviewed Takeaway: hwoopsy dais

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Microsoft tops $4T in valuation: Great news for MSFT, not so great for workers

news.ycombinator.com More This Author 2026-01-11 12:11:36

If you own Microsoft stock, you’ve got to be happy. Microsoft’s latest financial results for the quarter ending June 30, 2025 were robust: Revenue reached $76.4 billion (up 18% year-over-year), with net income at $27.2 billion (up 24%). The primary driver was robust growth in Microsoft’s cloud and AI businesses. Azure’s revenue, which has finally been separated out in the financial reporting, now stands at $75 billion in annual revenue, representing a 34% surge for the year. Put it all togethe

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Four radioactive wasp nests found on South Carolina nuclear facility

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-11 17:35:13

Wasps living around a Cold War-era nuclear facility in South Carolina have built at least four radioactive nests, raising questions about their source of hazardous material and the extent of environmental contamination, according to a report by The New York Times. Last week, news broke that officials at the site—Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina—had found one radioactive nest on July 3. The discovery was documented in a July 22 report by the US Department of Energy, which own

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Tired of Google Home not working? This new change will make you furious

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-12 03:11:23

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is updating names for certain voice options for Gemini-powered Assistant on Google Nest and Home smart devices. Some of these names are now simpler and easier to recall. These changes do not reflect Google’s plans to fix the ongoing reliability issues with Google Assistant on Home-affiliated smart devices. Google Assistant on Nest and other Google Home devices has been a mess lately, displaying a steadily declining perception of voice commands

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LastPass can now warn or block logins to shadow SaaS apps - here's how

zdnet.com David Berlind 2026-01-12 03:00:19

LastPass ZDNET's key takeaways: The LastPass plug-in can now prevent access to unapproved SaaS apps. Feature extends plug-in's monitoring of SaaS access attempts. Passkey authentication coming by month's end -- not yet supported. Earlier this year, LastPass announced it was adding the ability for administrators of its password management solution to monitor employee usage of SaaS or web-based applications. Today at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, the company announced it has

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Galaxy S26 could get a hardware upgrade for much easier payments

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-12 04:59:03

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is apparently thinking about adding an additional NFC antenna to the top of the Galaxy S26 series. This should make it more convenient to use tap-to-pay, as you can do so via the rear or top of the phone. The Galaxy S26 rumors are trickling in at a steady pace, even though the expected launch window is roughly six months away. The latest leak has revealed that Samsung could significantly improve NFC payments like Samsung Pay or Google Wallet.

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Samsung could finally catch up to other Android OEMs with this navigation choice

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-12 17:54:52

Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung could soon let you choose swipe navigation as the default while setting up a new phone. Samsung is testing a choice screen that will allow choosing between three-button navigation and swipe navigation gestures during setup. The feature is only being tested and could be introduced with One UI 8.5 on the Galaxy S26. Despite being a leading innovator in the mobile space, Samsung can sometimes resist change, especially when the mandate originates from

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, Aug. 4

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-12 09:11:57

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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Nvidia's set to regain some China access. But it still faces eroding AI chip market share

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2026-01-12 20:43:15

Nvidia 's H20 chips are likely to return to China, but tech experts don't expect them to be met with the same fanfare in the market in light of new competition and regulatory scrutiny. The Trump administration last month gave Nvidia assurances that it would be permitted to resume sales of its H20 chips to China, after their exports had been effectively banned in April. It also announced a new "fully compliant" made-for-China chip. The move was seen as a huge win for the company, which had flag

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The First Lunar Road Trip

news.ycombinator.com Molly Glick 2026-01-09 08:59:49

Today in 1971, David Scott and James Irwin went for a drive—but this was no joyride. Scott and Irwin, NASA astronauts on the Apollo 15 moon mission, became the first people to burn rubber on the moon’s surface. The battery-powered Lunar Roving Vehicle, or “moon buggy,” could travel up to a cool 12 miles per hour, and took astronauts on longer journeys than previously possible during brief, cumbrous walks in their bulky suits. The buggy weighed a mere 77 pounds on the moon and could whisk around

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Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatization

news.ycombinator.com Michael Childers 2026-01-12 09:17:05

The Trump administration’s cuts to the National Park Service’s budget and staffing have raised concerns among park advocates and the public that the administration is aiming to further privatize the national parks. The nation has a long history of similar efforts, including a wildly unpopular 1980 attempt by Reagan administration Interior Secretary James Watt to promote development and expand private concessions in the parks. But debate over using public national park land for private profit da

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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission ends in disappointment

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ChatGPT will ‘better detect’ mental distress after reports of it feeding people’s delusions

White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite

ChatGPT will now remind you to take breaks, following mental health concerns

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Four radioactive wasp nests found on South Carolina nuclear facility

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Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatization

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