OpenAI says California should strengthen its AI safety bill
OpenAI is calling for California to strengthen SB 53, an AI safety bill that the company previously opposed.
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Robot Sourcing Index — Article Archive (Page 65)
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Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model
A new study finds leading AI labs have few publicly documented plans for containing rogue models, raising questions…
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W. Kamau Bell has the most practical ‘most indispensable tool’
W. Kamau Bell is one of those people who has always just seemed to be there. From Totally Biased, to Politically…
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Scientists release biggest 2D map of the universe
Direct link to Legacy Survey Sky Viewer: https://viewer.legacysurvey.org Comments URL:…
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Amazon just hiked the prices for Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle products by up to 60 percent
Citing "significant increases in memory and storage component costs," in a statement given to Fortune, Amazon has…
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Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US
Lands free of roads are under threat from the Trump administration’s proposed rollback.
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Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses
Hibernation cuts down on synapses, but mice seem to retain memories anyway.
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Two great new repairable gadgets
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 141, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new…
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Your Expired Visa Card Could Be ‘Zombified’ to Make Contactless Payments
Plus: Apple sends out an “unprecedented” number of spyware warnings, Ukraine hits a Russian ecommerce giant with cyber…
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The Best Mattress Toppers I've Tried (2026): Supportive, Plush, Memory Foam
These toppers will transform your mattress into exactly what you need, whether that’s a super-plush pillow top, memory…
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Set Up a Separate Work Profile on Your Android Phone
It is possible to achieve your desired work-life balance on your smartphone. Just set up separate accounts using this…
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The 4 Best Monitor Arms to Clear Up Your Desk Space (2026)
Your desk setup needs a monitor arm, and I’ve been testing every one I can get my hands on to find the best.
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Rust Glancer: Rust LSP using 100x less RAM
https://matklad.github.io/2026/08/21/rust-glancer.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49393052…
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NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope
The LINK probe was supposed to use robotic arms to capture Swift and lift it into a safe orbit. Problems with its…
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There's no reason for software to be slow anymore
Article URL: https://danluu.com/perf-opt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49395628 Points: 227 #…
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Claudette: Make Claude stop talking like a BuzzFeed article
Article URL: https://github.com/adnanakil/nobuzz/blob/main/README.md Comments URL:…
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Small, native web tricks worth remembering
Article URL: https://htmlcat.net/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49385860 Points: 211 # Comments: 54
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The Unlikely Place at the Center of China’s AI Boom: Why Inner Mongolia Became a Data Center Hub
Cheap energy, abundant land, and proximity to Beijing have turned a city in Inner Mongolia into a crucial hub for data…
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I'm becoming AI-blind
Article URL: https://cymerys.com/w/im-becoming-ai-blind Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49386699…
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Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
https://archive.ph/SflVChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2rokxux5cU Comments URL:…
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Hidden Zillow listings created fake supply shock, raising NYC rents, lawsuit says
Renters say hidden Zillow listings make it harder to afford living in New York City.
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Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging
Thunderstorms make seismic waves that can be used to find sub-surface features.
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Over one million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button
LinkedIn actually announced a "Seems like AI slop" button on July 30th, and the company says that a lot of people have…