Robot Sourcing Index (Page 42)

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FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking

Carrier scorecards may include call-blocking stats and data on customer complaints.

Sep 3, 2026

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I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale

The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.

Sep 3, 2026

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Democrats Have a Plan to Force Trump’s Associates to Cooperate With Investigations

Donald Trump’s West Wing renovations and DC arch could be on the chopping block, should Democrats win the midterms—they…

Sep 3, 2026

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Spending deal comes with a bonus: Blocking political control of grants

Congress pauses the OMB's attempt to rewrite how research is funded.

Sep 3, 2026

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Amazon’s 2026 Holiday Deals Are About to Look Better Than They Are

Amazon just hiked prices on Kindles, Echo speakers, Eero routers, and Fire TV devices ahead of the holiday shopping…

Sep 3, 2026

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Real World AI Stage features Nvidia, robots, and extinct animals

On our new Real World AI stage, we’ll be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the…

Sep 3, 2026

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OpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety experts

OpenAI’s new Astra model will use “recurrent depth,” a technique that allows the model to operate outside of the…

Sep 3, 2026

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Three sites made 215,128 “best software” pages for AI. Perplexity cites them

Article URL: https://trellner.com/reports/manufactured-sources-behind-ai-recommendations/ Comments URL:…

Sep 3, 2026

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Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing

Trump’s secret reviews of frontier AI models may hide corruption, lawsuit says.

Sep 3, 2026

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Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks

Google's Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there's yet another Gemini Flash today.

Sep 3, 2026

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Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design

"Requirements are being adjusted to reflect near-term mission needs."

Sep 3, 2026

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Trump Administration Sides With OpenAI in New York Times Copyright Lawsuit

The US government wrote a letter in support of OpenAI’s argument that training AI on others' intellectual property is…

Sep 3, 2026

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1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project

1Password faced immediate backlash from customers this week over a $300,000 pledge in support of a Linux distro created…

Sep 3, 2026

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Here are some of REI’s best Labor Day sale deals

Summer is winding down, but REI’s Labor Day sale is here to help save you some bucks on gear that’ll let you get the…

Sep 3, 2026

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Mistral now trains on user input by default, except on enterprise tier

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Sep 3, 2026

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These Russian Mathematicians Taught AI Models How to Talk to Each Other Without Using Words

A startup called Mostik has a wild new approach to combining the capabilities of AI models.

Sep 3, 2026

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ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database

As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million…

Sep 3, 2026

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Commodore 64 released September 1, 1982

Article URL: https://dfarq.homeip.net/commodore-64-released-september-1-1982/ Comments URL:…

Sep 3, 2026

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Gemini 3.8 Flash

Article URL: https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-8-flash/ Comments URL:…

Sep 3, 2026

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US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case

The DOJ proved to the court that Google acted illegally, but it won't get the big win it wanted.

Sep 3, 2026

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The Emergent Symbolic Structure of Artificial Neural Networks

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.29530 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49531651 Points: 232 #…

Sep 3, 2026

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Continuous glucose monitors are about to get more complicated

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the…

Sep 3, 2026

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Google dodges another breakup attempt

US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema declined the Justice Department's request to make Google sell off parts of its…

Sep 3, 2026

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The Logical End Point of AI Job Interviews Is Two Bots Talking to Each Other

Christopher was sick of being ghosted by AI recruiters. So he unleashed ChatGPT on his robot interviewer.

Sep 3, 2026