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Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
Google released two new audio-focused Gemini models on Tuesday, targeting the fast-growing market for voice agents and real-time conversational AI. Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking represent the company's bet that th...
Why I'm still bearish on LLMs after navier-stokes
A widely shared blog post this week laid out a detailed case for why large language models will remain useful tools rather than autonomous workers, even after high-profile breakthroughs in mathematics and security research. The ar...
Show HN: Self-adjusting vLLM at production scale
A startup called Rivvr launched an automation platform this week aimed at one of the messier problems in running large language models in production: keeping latency predictable when traffic spikes hit. The tool targets teams runn...
Ask HN: Harness for Learning – Thoughts?
A Hacker News post this week proposed a new category of AI tool: a harness designed specifically for learning, rather than task completion. The idea, posted by user arvindm1991, argues that current AI agent frameworks are built ar...
PyMalbolge: Malbolge Interpreter in Python
A new Python toolchain for Malbolge, the esoteric programming language designed in 1998 to be as close to unprogrammable as possible, is now available on PyPI. pyMalbolge compiles a subset of Python into Malbolge20 bytecode, ships...
Intel Secures AI Agents at the Edge for Autonomous Ride Performance
Intel and Atsign announced a partnership this week that claims to have eliminated the encryption bottleneck that has been holding back AI agents running on edge devices. The two companies demonstrated an 8,700% performance improve...
Show HN: AirmailAI, a BYOK LLM chat app with a browser extension backend
A new open-source chat interface called AirmailAI launched this week with a single design principle: your conversations and API keys should never leave your browser. The project supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and OpenRouter A...
Health benefits platform Thatch reaches $1B valuation as healthcare costs surge
Thatch, a platform that helps employers manage healthcare benefits through individual plan marketplaces, raised $108 million at a $1 billion valuation this week. The round came from existing investors The General Partnership, Inde...
AI-Assisted Discovery Helps Microsoft Patch More Than 1,000 Vulnerabilities in a Month
Microsoft's September 2026 security update patched more than 950 vulnerabilities, bringing the company's total for the year to roughly 2,750, more than double its previous annual record of about 1,250 set in 2020. The numbers refl...
AI is now leading driver of new cybersecurity spending
Artificial intelligence is now the primary reason organizations are increasing their cybersecurity budgets, according to the 2026 Security Budget Benchmark Report from IANS and Artico Search. Seven out of every 10 chief informatio...