Step-by-Step Action Trail Action Trail AI & Tools

Autonomous Agents & Creative AI

Step-by-step Action Trails and open-source demos exploring local LLMs and agentic coding.
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Step 1

Felix Ringe

Curator’s note: Creative experiment pushing forward human-machine collaboration.

“Updates 09/26: Reproduce before publishing [blog post] · Classifying Interpretive Canons [ICML AI4Law '26] I use computational methods to ...”

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Updates 09/26: Reproduce before publishing [blog post] · Classifying Interpretive Canons [ICML AI4Law '26] I use computational methods to ...

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YSK Molly(Signal fork) has not been updated since 3 months and is vulnerable to attacks fixed in mainline Signal

Curator’s note: Creative experiment pushing forward human-machine collaboration.

“cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/ysk/p/1503393/ysk-molly-signal-fork-has-not-been-updated-since-3-months-and-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-f A…”

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/ysk/p/1503393/ysk-molly-signal-fork-has-not-been-updated-since-3-months-and-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-f A…

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Anthropic Model Context Protocol (MCP) Specification

Curator’s note: Crucial reading for anyone architecting multi-agent tool communication.

“An open standard for connecting AI assistants to data systems, enterprise tools, and local development environments.”

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An open standard for connecting AI assistants to data systems, enterprise tools, and local development environments.

Step 8

Models made with KerfScript

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Browse KerfScript models for laser cutting. Customize boxes, gears, puzzles and signs, then download the source, SVG or DXF.”

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Browse KerfScript models for laser cutting. Customize boxes, gears, puzzles and signs, then download the source, SVG or DXF.

Step 9

Enclyra — Offline AI for your Mac

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Enclyra is an offline AI system for your Mac: a local 4B model that does multi-step tasks end to end, built for 8 GB of RAM. Free core forever.”

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Enclyra is an offline AI system for your Mac: a local 4B model that does multi-step tasks end to end, built for 8 GB of RAM. Free core forever.

Step 10

Tiramisu Fridge AI — Make the Viral Fridge POV Tiramisu Video

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Upload one photo of you, a friend or your pet and get the viral fridge POV tiramisu video: 10 seconds, vertical, ready for TikTok and Reels. No editing.”

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Upload one photo of you, a friend or your pet and get the viral fridge POV tiramisu video: 10 seconds, vertical, ready for TikTok and Reels. No editing.

Step 11

LLM OCR Pricing Calculator (2026): Cost per Document | OCR Bench

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Calculate the real cost per document and per month of LLM OCR. Compare the latest GPT, Gemini, Claude and Qwen models on measured token counts.”

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Calculate the real cost per document and per month of LLM OCR. Compare the latest GPT, Gemini, Claude and Qwen models on measured token counts.

Step 12

Domain (James Herbert)

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“914zdCAvtbL The most shocking thing about Domain, the third novel in James Herbert's Rats trilogy is that it's a genuinely enjoyable, often gripping novel...”

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914zdCAvtbL The most shocking thing about Domain, the third novel in James Herbert's Rats trilogy is that it's a genuinely enjoyable, often gripping novel...

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Defending the patch gap against automated attackers | The Mozilla Blog

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“AI models can now identify software vulnerabilities as effectively as top security researchers, and at a speed and scale that was not possible a year ago.”

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AI models can now identify software vulnerabilities as effectively as top security researchers, and at a speed and scale that was not possible a year ago.

Step 15

Appraisal by AI: Model-driven victim prioritization in the VOLTA infostealer

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“The self-deleting VOLTA infostealer steals credentials, sessions, and cryptocurrency wallets. Then, it uses LLMs to profile victims and rank their most valuable assets.”

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The self-deleting VOLTA infostealer steals credentials, sessions, and cryptocurrency wallets. Then, it uses LLMs to profile victims and rank their most valuable assets.

Step 16

Do the Math: How We Took Over ChatGPT Accounts

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“By bypassing ChatGPT's sandbox and content security policy, our research team was able to take over anyone's account simply by sending them a link.”

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By bypassing ChatGPT's sandbox and content security policy, our research team was able to take over anyone's account simply by sending them a link.

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A/SIDE — Private photo sharing and encrypted messages

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Share photos, videos and everyday updates with people you know. A chronological feed, encrypted chats, no ads and no AI in the app.”

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Share photos, videos and everyday updates with people you know. A chronological feed, encrypted chats, no ads and no AI in the app.

Step 19

Ex-Meta Researcher Torrented Pirated Books Dataset, Deleted It 'Due to All This Litigation' * TorrentFreak

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“A former Meta researcher has testified that he downloaded an AI training dataset which includes the pirated Books3 collection, via BitTorrent.”

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A former Meta researcher has testified that he downloaded an AI training dataset which includes the pirated Books3 collection, via BitTorrent.

Step 20

When AI Writes the Code, Who Proves It Works? - The Data Exchange

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Leo de Moura on Formal Proofs, AI Agents, and the End of “Trust Me” Code. Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • … More”

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Leo de Moura on Formal Proofs, AI Agents, and the End of “Trust Me” Code. Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • … More

Step 21

Breaking the Open Web Won’t Stop the Bad Bots

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Policymakers should resist treating anonymity as something wrong in and of itself, argue Lila Bailey and Tess Vartanian.”

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Policymakers should resist treating anonymity as something wrong in and of itself, argue Lila Bailey and Tess Vartanian.

Step 22

A Court Just Fined Lawyers for Prompt Injection

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Two lawyers hid a white-on-white instruction inside a court filing telling the AI to go easy on their case. The court's AI caught it. The fine was $16,000.”

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Two lawyers hid a white-on-white instruction inside a court filing telling the AI to go easy on their case. The court's AI caught it. The fine was $16,000.

Step 23

RAMBO: Leaking Secrets from Air-Gap Computers by Spelling Covert Radio Signals from Computer RAM

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Air-gapped systems are physically separated from external networks, including the Internet. This isolation is achieved by keeping the air-gap computers disconnected from wired or wireless networks, preventing direct or r”

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Air-gapped systems are physically separated from external networks, including the Internet. This isolation is achieved by keeping the air-gap computers disconnected from wired or wireless networks, preventing direct or remote communication with other devices o

Step 24

Zinc creep in the cable spelter sockets brought down the 57 year old Arecibo telescope in 2020, a failure sequence that began with Hurricane Maria three years e

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“A 2024 National Academies report blames the 2020 Arecibo telescope collapse on zinc creep in cable spelter sockets, a failure never documented before.”

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A 2024 National Academies report blames the 2020 Arecibo telescope collapse on zinc creep in cable spelter sockets, a failure never documented before.

Step 28

The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“One of my pet peeves with the web development community is that so many of the decisions we make are vibes-based. Frameworks are “blazing fast,” tools will…”

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One of my pet peeves with the web development community is that so many of the decisions we make are vibes-based. Frameworks are “blazing fast,” tools will…

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Security Disclosure: Sunday November 1st | Trigger.dev

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“An attacker gained unauthorized access to environment variables for a subset of organizations. We've blocked the exploit and emailed all impacted account owners with steps to mitigate.”

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An attacker gained unauthorized access to environment variables for a subset of organizations. We've blocked the exploit and emailed all impacted account owners with steps to mitigate.

Step 32

"These tools have made it very easy for bad actors to flood things" - AI video game wikis riddled with errors are taking over, and pushing real fans to the side

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“LLM-powered wikis, often full of inaccurate or irrelevant information, are starting to take over, leaving fans sidelined and publishers playing whack-a-mole.”

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LLM-powered wikis, often full of inaccurate or irrelevant information, are starting to take over, leaving fans sidelined and publishers playing whack-a-mole.

Step 33

OccupySaaS — They laid us off. We

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Clean-room, AI-assisted, open-source, drop-in replacements for the SaaS giants. Apache-2.0. Self-hosted. No per-seat tax.”

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Clean-room, AI-assisted, open-source, drop-in replacements for the SaaS giants. Apache-2.0. Self-hosted. No per-seat tax.

Step 34

New 3D thermal invisibility cloak makes objects disappear from infrared cameras | ScienceDaily

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Researchers have developed a groundbreaking 3D invisibility cloak that can hide complex objects from infrared cameras while protecting them from extreme heat and cold. Instead of blocking heat, the device guides it aroun”

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Researchers have developed a groundbreaking 3D invisibility cloak that can hide complex objects from infrared cameras while protecting them from extreme heat and cold. Instead of blocking heat, the device guides it around an object, making the object appear in

Step 35

Mathematics has changed. Let’s act like it

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“[This is a guest post by Frank Calegari. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] Why we should not be sad The release by OpenAI on Octobe…”

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[This is a guest post by Frank Calegari. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] Why we should not be sad The release by OpenAI on Octobe…

Step 37

Parchment Paper History: How We Got Paper Perfect for Baking

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“What the heck is parchment paper, where did it come from, and why is it such a prominent baking aid these days? So many questions—here’s my attempt to answer.”

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What the heck is parchment paper, where did it come from, and why is it such a prominent baking aid these days? So many questions—here’s my attempt to answer.

Step 39

AI Testing Platform: 117k Bugs Caught | Momentic

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Mo is an AI QA engineer that bug bashes your app. 117,010 bugs caught, with repro steps and evidence. Plain-English tests agents execute and maintain.”

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Mo is an AI QA engineer that bug bashes your app. 117,010 bugs caught, with repro steps and evidence. Plain-English tests agents execute and maintain.

Step 40

Anthropic's internal AI use is now worth more than employee pay, at the prices it charges customers

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Anthropic's IPO filing reveals a striking milestone: Its internal AI usage is now valued above employee compensation.”

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Anthropic's IPO filing reveals a striking milestone: Its internal AI usage is now valued above employee compensation.

Step 43

Shop fridges and freezers across Europe hit by fresh suspected cyber-attack

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Chains in seven countries say cooling unit temperatures rose overnight in incident similar to hack of French stores”

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Chains in seven countries say cooling unit temperatures rose overnight in incident similar to hack of French stores

Step 44

The U.S. Census Bureau and “Super Intelligence”

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“I was reminded today of AI Adoption Rate Trending Down for Large Companies, a chart produced by Apollo Global Management in September 2025, which appeared to show a slowdown in …”

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I was reminded today of AI Adoption Rate Trending Down for Large Companies, a chart produced by Apollo Global Management in September 2025, which appeared to show a slowdown in …

Step 46

In October 2026, the Video Game Industry Went All-In on AI

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“I keep a running list of game developers that use AI in any capacity. It’s a list that has grown to over 85 developers including development studios, publish...”

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I keep a running list of game developers that use AI in any capacity. It’s a list that has grown to over 85 developers including development studios, publish...

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Sparks of Weight-Space Programming: LLMs can natively read & write neural network weights

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“We find that frontier LLMs are surprisingly good at natively reading and writing neural network weights, well past what we’d expect from humans or conventional algorithms.”

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We find that frontier LLMs are surprisingly good at natively reading and writing neural network weights, well past what we’d expect from humans or conventional algorithms.

Step 49

NASA's Swift telescope predicted to plummet back to Earth tomorrow

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“After plans to save it failed, NASA's Swift telescope is hurtling back to Earth. Here's how to track its descent.”

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After plans to save it failed, NASA's Swift telescope is hurtling back to Earth. Here's how to track its descent.

Step 53

Bear turns 10, and it still feels like day one

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“🐻🎂 Happy 10th bearthday! Join us for the stories behind our design principles, the tiny details hidden all over the app, plus some wonderful new features and Bear swag.”

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🐻🎂 Happy 10th bearthday! Join us for the stories behind our design principles, the tiny details hidden all over the app, plus some wonderful new features and Bear swag.

Step 54

Study estimates 75% of NFL players who died over 15-year span had CTE

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“The study looked at NFL players who died from 2008 to 2023. Not everyone with signs of the disease in the brain develops symptoms.”

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The study looked at NFL players who died from 2008 to 2023. Not everyone with signs of the disease in the brain develops symptoms.

Step 55

HackerChurn: SaaS Tools Hacker News Wants to Leave

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Every business tool Hacker News complains about, ranked by count, with what commenters say they replaced it with. Counts from public HN comments.”

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Every business tool Hacker News complains about, ranked by count, with what commenters say they replaced it with. Counts from public HN comments.

Step 56

C++26 DIS failed, how does C++ survive?

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“On October 23, 2026, the unthinkable happened. It was supposed to be a mere formality: C++26 was up for a vote by the ISO National Bodi...”

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On October 23, 2026, the unthinkable happened. It was supposed to be a mere formality: C++26 was up for a vote by the ISO National Bodi...

Step 58

There is no posttraining data commons

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“The LLM revolution ran on a pretraining commons that humanity built for other reasons. Posttraining consumes tasks, not documents, and no such commons exists. If the open models community wants...”

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The LLM revolution ran on a pretraining commons that humanity built for other reasons. Posttraining consumes tasks, not documents, and no such commons exists. If the open models community wants...

Step 60

Progress on provable inference for large language models

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Sharing progress on a powerful type of cryptographic proof known as a zkSNARK, which is uniquely fit for provable inference.”

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Sharing progress on a powerful type of cryptographic proof known as a zkSNARK, which is uniquely fit for provable inference.

Step 61

Linux on the Nvidia RTX Spark Laptop: What Actually Works

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“A hands-on look at dual-booting Linux on the Nvidia RTX Spark laptop, the GPU clock throttling bug found, and why WSL still wins.”

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A hands-on look at dual-booting Linux on the Nvidia RTX Spark laptop, the GPU clock throttling bug found, and why WSL still wins.

Step 62

PC Deal Check | A second opinion before you buy

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Quick, easy computer price checks for anyone. AI helps read listings; our custom pricing engine determines the grade. Working now. Free US checks, no account needed.”

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Quick, easy computer price checks for anyone. AI helps read listings; our custom pricing engine determines the grade. Working now. Free US checks, no account needed.

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Recursive Self-Improvement via AI for Chip Design & Chip Design for AI - Ricursive Intelligence

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“We develop frontier AI methods to reinvent chip development, collapsing traditional design timelines, closing the loop between AI and the hardware that fuels it, and enabling a Cambrian explosion of custom silicon.”

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We develop frontier AI methods to reinvent chip development, collapsing traditional design timelines, closing the loop between AI and the hardware that fuels it, and enabling a Cambrian explosion of custom silicon.

Step 67

I wanted to write in my ebooks. So I built PageScribe.

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“A pen for thoughts, a finger for text, and optional offline pronunciation—two open-source KOReader plugins shaped by everyday reading.”

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A pen for thoughts, a finger for text, and optional offline pronunciation—two open-source KOReader plugins shaped by everyday reading.

Step 70

The Stacks Project, formalized in Lean

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“A unified library for modern algebraic geometry, built on decades of human scholarship and engineered for the next era of mathematical discovery.”

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A unified library for modern algebraic geometry, built on decades of human scholarship and engineered for the next era of mathematical discovery.

Step 72

MCP Explained: how the Model Context Protocol works

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Every MCP message on the wire, step by step. Transports, auth, tools, sampling, tasks, tool search and codemode. By Runlayer.”

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Every MCP message on the wire, step by step. Transports, auth, tools, sampling, tasks, tool search and codemode. By Runlayer.

Step 73

Building a Multi-Agent System from Scratch: Architecture Patterns

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Orchestrator-worker, blackboard, and pipeline patterns for coordinating multiple AI agents — with the failure modes that only show up once you go past a single-agent demo.”

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Orchestrator-worker, blackboard, and pipeline patterns for coordinating multiple AI agents — with the failure modes that only show up once you go past a single-agent demo.

Step 76

The Hackintosh Reborn... with AI

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“A "Hackintosh" is the feat of running macOS on non-Apple hardware, and has a history dating back to the late 1980s. Almost a decade ago, I released a hackintosh guide on running macOS 10.14 through a VM with an”

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A "Hackintosh" is the feat of running macOS on non-Apple hardware, and has a history dating back to the late 1980s. Almost a decade ago, I released a hackintosh guide on running macOS 10.14 through a VM with an x86 host. At the time KVM and PCI

Step 78

Closed AI models now dominate the price-performance frontier | Village

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“At almost every budget, the best AI model you can buy is closed. An open-weight model wins at just 3% of price points, down from 41% in June.”

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At almost every budget, the best AI model you can buy is closed. An open-weight model wins at just 3% of price points, down from 41% in June.

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...his first Bear Blog hate mail.

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“I opened my laptop this morning to a couple new messages in my guestbook. One of them was this: have you considered suicide? (if not, consider) I've n...”

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I opened my laptop this morning to a couple new messages in my guestbook. One of them was this: have you considered suicide? (if not, consider) I've n...

Step 83

Lippitt-Knoster in Practice (Field Notes for Managing Complex Projects)

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“"Lippitt-Knoster" is one of those things where if you've worked with me during the last 10 years, you've likely heard me mention it. You might even be reading this because I needed somewhere to point you. In which case,”

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"Lippitt-Knoster" is one of those things where if you've worked with me during the last 10 years, you've likely heard me mention it. You might even be reading this because I needed somewhere to point you. In which case, Hi! 👋 The Lippitt-Knoster Model for Mana

Step 84

Anthropic IPO Valuation Talks Drop to $1.3 Trillion as Major Investors Balk at $1.5T Target

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Anthropic's planned initial public offering — which could be the first for a frontier AI model developer — is being repriced in real time. Prospective investors are now discussing a valuation of $1.2…”

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Anthropic's planned initial public offering — which could be the first for a frontier AI model developer — is being repriced in real time. Prospective investors are now discussing a valuation of $1.2…

Step 86

Thirteen years ago I failed at their dream

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“It was expected that I become a doctor, just like them. They wanted me to become confident, worldly, athletic, respected, important; something they could be ...”

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It was expected that I become a doctor, just like them. They wanted me to become confident, worldly, athletic, respected, important; something they could be ...

Step 87

After Action Report: Delta-Sperrlisten

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Ein abgelaufene Delta-Sperrliste legt unser DMS lahm. Was ich dabei über Zertifikate, CRLs, Fail-Closed und anderen Kram gelernt habe.”

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Ein abgelaufene Delta-Sperrliste legt unser DMS lahm. Was ich dabei über Zertifikate, CRLs, Fail-Closed und anderen Kram gelernt habe.

Step 88

LLM Judges for Identity Resolution at 4x Lower Cost | Hightouch

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“We tested Jev and GPT-6 Luna as judges for identity resolution. A hybrid of Jev and Claude Opus matched frontier accuracy at over 4x lower cost.”

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We tested Jev and GPT-6 Luna as judges for identity resolution. A hybrid of Jev and Claude Opus matched frontier accuracy at over 4x lower cost.

Step 89

Firecracker VM Escape: PwnEscape Part 2.

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“A malicious guest crossed Firecracker's microVM boundary, resolved the live VMM from inside the VM, and took control of a root-run host process—turning a Linux networking flaw into a guest-to-host code-execution primitiv”

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A malicious guest crossed Firecracker's microVM boundary, resolved the live VMM from inside the VM, and took control of a root-run host process—turning a Linux networking flaw into a guest-to-host code-execution primitive.

Step 90

The AI Sell-Off Compared to Well-Known Stock Market Crashes: S&P 500 vs 1987, 2008 and Covid | Company Tracker

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“The S&P 500 fell 4.4% on 5 Nov 2026, its worst day since April 2025, and is 6% below its 6 Oct record. Charted day by day against 1987, 2008, Covid and other falls since 1950.”

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The S&P 500 fell 4.4% on 5 Nov 2026, its worst day since April 2025, and is 6% below its 6 Oct record. Charted day by day against 1987, 2008, Covid and other falls since 1950.

Step 92

Inside GitHub's new Git storage architecture

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“GitHub's new Git storage architecture is built so thousands of agents can push to a single repository at once. Here's how it works.”

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GitHub's new Git storage architecture is built so thousands of agents can push to a single repository at once. Here's how it works.

Step 94

Anatomy of Apple's Personal Knowledge Graph — Eighth Rank

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Every Mac since macOS 13 (2022) ships a pair of daemons whose only purpose in life is to build a graph about who you are, who you know, how those people are related to you and to each other, how you communicate with them”

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Every Mac since macOS 13 (2022) ships a pair of daemons whose only purpose in life is to build a graph about who you are, who you know, how those people are related to you and to each other, how you communicate with them, where you go, what you do and when. In

Step 96

8088 Domination Post-Mortem, Part 1

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“These next few posts are a technical write-up of how I created 8088 Domination, which is a program that displays fairly decent full-motion video on a 1981 IBM PC. Before reading further, it might b…”

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These next few posts are a technical write-up of how I created 8088 Domination, which is a program that displays fairly decent full-motion video on a 1981 IBM PC. Before reading further, it might b…

Step 97

AI Almost Made Me Quit Writing

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“In a previous blog, I said that I was contemplating giving up writing fiction because of the onslaught of AI. I’m worried people will think I use AI. I know ...”

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In a previous blog, I said that I was contemplating giving up writing fiction because of the onslaught of AI. I’m worried people will think I use AI. I know ...

Step 98

Introducing MaxxBench: Benchmarking Task Adaptation and Generalization in Frontier Coding Agents | MaxxBench

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“How coding models respond when familiar engineering tasks ask for something different.”

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How coding models respond when familiar engineering tasks ask for something different.

Step 101

OpenAI Just Raised $11 Billion at a $1.25 Trillion Valuation, Below the $1.4 Trillion It First Sought

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“OpenAI got its money, but not on the terms it wanted, and the gap between its growth story and investor appetite is landing on two giants. One faces a bookkeeping hit, the other a deeper dependency on the funding flow.”

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OpenAI got its money, but not on the terms it wanted, and the gap between its growth story and investor appetite is landing on two giants. One faces a bookkeeping hit, the other a deeper dependency on the funding flow.

Step 102

Agent memory needs its OpenTelemetry moment — LoreKit blog

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Every agent tool stores memory in its own shape, and every week someone builds another one. None of them can read the others. Observability had the same problem until OpenTelemetry gave everyone one data model to share.”

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Every agent tool stores memory in its own shape, and every week someone builds another one. None of them can read the others. Observability had the same problem until OpenTelemetry gave everyone one data model to share. A tour of today's memory formats, the pr

Step 104

Nyquist Limit - the frequency of changes in tech is invalidating our understanding :: Ryan Prior — dot com

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Product teams are using LLMs to increase the frequency of change in technology, and near a certain limit, the sample rate (the human decision maker's rate of understanding and evaluating technology) would need to more th”

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Product teams are using LLMs to increase the frequency of change in technology, and near a certain limit, the sample rate (the human decision maker's rate of understanding and evaluating technology) would need to more than double every time the frequency of ch

Step 105

Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“The drones built by U.S.-based Ornadyne are designed to look like birds you might see flying in any region of the world.”

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The drones built by U.S.-based Ornadyne are designed to look like birds you might see flying in any region of the world.

Step 106

BenchUp — Free 3D Woodworking & Furniture Design App

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Free, open-source 3D modeling for woodworking and furniture design. Plan shelves, tables, and cabinets with precise dimensions on Windows, macOS, Linux, or in your browser.”

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Free, open-source 3D modeling for woodworking and furniture design. Plan shelves, tables, and cabinets with precise dimensions on Windows, macOS, Linux, or in your browser.

Step 108

I'm Not Convinced The AI Bubble Exists

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“The AI bubble is a speculative concept that the AI industry is extremely over-valued. If true, the value of most companies involved in AI (several of whom are worth well over a trillion dollars) will collapse, devastatin”

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The AI bubble is a speculative concept that the AI industry is extremely over-valued. If true, the value of most companies involved in AI (several of whom are worth well over a trillion dollars) will collapse, devastating the entire economy. If you check any o

Step 109

Outlook.com Is Quietly Rejecting Email From Domains Without DMARC | MailRoute

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Since November 5, Outlook.com and Hotmail have been bouncing mail from domains with no DMARC record, small senders included. What changed, and the one-record fix.”

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Since November 5, Outlook.com and Hotmail have been bouncing mail from domains with no DMARC record, small senders included. What changed, and the one-record fix.

Step 110

A Message to Our Company

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“I owe my family and all of you an apology. I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry. Throughout my life, my ...”

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I owe my family and all of you an apology. I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry. Throughout my life, my ...

Step 113

Ur-Nammu: Founder of the Sumerian Renaissance

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Ur-Nammu (circa 2112-2094 BCE) was the founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur in Sumer, who initiated the so-called Ur III period (circa 2112 to circa 2004 BCE), also known as the Sumerian Renaissance...”

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Ur-Nammu (circa 2112-2094 BCE) was the founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur in Sumer, who initiated the so-called Ur III period (circa 2112 to circa 2004 BCE), also known as the Sumerian Renaissance...

Step 114

Canada launches the Real-Time Rail, bringing 24/7 payment infrastructure to the national economy | Payments Canada

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“The new system will enable participating financial service providers to clear and settle payments in real time, providing a made-in-Canada platform for future innovation and prosperity.”

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The new system will enable participating financial service providers to clear and settle payments in real time, providing a made-in-Canada platform for future innovation and prosperity.

Step 116

Magenta solar panels may be agrivoltaics’ cleverest trick yet

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“See-through solar cells harvest some wavelengths of light to make electricity, while passing through the red and blue wavelengths that plants need. In a new agrivoltaics experiment, broccoli yields held steady.”

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See-through solar cells harvest some wavelengths of light to make electricity, while passing through the red and blue wavelengths that plants need. In a new agrivoltaics experiment, broccoli yields held steady.

Step 117

What is malloc doing, anyway?

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“malloc has a very nice and simple interface: you ask for a certain amount of memory, and you’re given a void pointer to your block of contiguous bytes that’s been magicked into existence. Once you’re done with it, you ca”

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malloc has a very nice and simple interface: you ask for a certain amount of memory, and you’re given a void pointer to your block of contiguous bytes that’s been magicked into existence. Once you’re done with it, you call free with the same pointer and the me

Step 118

When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sells for $385 - CNX Software

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Raspberry Pi has announced yet another price increase, this time for most models with 16GB of RAM. The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now sells for $385, an $80”

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Raspberry Pi has announced yet another price increase, this time for most models with 16GB of RAM. The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB now sells for $385, an $80

Step 119

I Saw Your HN Comment

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“I used to love getting emails from people in response to things I’ve written online, blog posts or Hacker News comments, but in the last 2 years it’s changed from mostly signal to mostly noise. I’ve …”

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I used to love getting emails from people in response to things I’ve written online, blog posts or Hacker News comments, but in the last 2 years it’s changed from mostly signal to mostly noise. I’ve …

Step 120

Next-Concept Modeling: Fast, Parallel Coarse-to-Fine Text Generation

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Diffusion language models (DLMs) offer parallel sampling for faster generation than autoregressive models, an increasingly important advantage as inference becomes a dominant computational workload. However, DLMs degrade”

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Diffusion language models (DLMs) offer parallel sampling for faster generation than autoregressive models, an increasingly important advantage as inference becomes a dominant computational workload. However, DLMs degrade quickly with fewer sampling steps, proc

Step 122

Introducing Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, our new models for the hardest technical challenges. Fable 5.2 sets a new bar in coding, finance, and the sciences.”

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Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, our new models for the hardest technical challenges. Fable 5.2 sets a new bar in coding, finance, and the sciences.

Step 123

The AI ‘credit card’ is getting costlier as CoreWeave bond yield tops 16%

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Coreweave's steep yields reflect stress in the AI debt markets as investors worry about a data center slowdown. What comes next.”

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Coreweave's steep yields reflect stress in the AI debt markets as investors worry about a data center slowdown. What comes next.

Step 126

Introducing Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Muse Ember is our smallest and most efficient model, designed for complex reasoning execution and the work agents repeat all day.”

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Muse Ember is our smallest and most efficient model, designed for complex reasoning execution and the work agents repeat all day.

Step 129

Ghana Street Games — 3D Arcade

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“35 playable Ghanaian street games: Four Corners, Laski, One Pole, penalties, neighbourhood Pilolo and Pampanaa, and more.”

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35 playable Ghanaian street games: Four Corners, Laski, One Pole, penalties, neighbourhood Pilolo and Pampanaa, and more.

Step 130

After 7-months, Glasswing Overwelms Maintainers with Underwhelming Findings

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Seven months into Project Glasswing, VulnCheck has tracked 442 CVEs attributable to Anthropic, roughly 0.5% of all CVEs published this year, with only two identified as exploited in the wild. Of Anthropic’s 37,966 report”

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Seven months into Project Glasswing, VulnCheck has tracked 442 CVEs attributable to Anthropic, roughly 0.5% of all CVEs published this year, with only two identified as exploited in the wild. Of Anthropic’s 37,966 reported findings, only 7,349 (19.4%) have bee

Step 133

Hooked on tuna: People have been harvesting these ocean predators for 44,000 years

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Bones in archaeological sites, ancient rock art, paintings on frescos and vases, written historical records and ethnographic accounts all helped researchers recreate a deep history of people and tuna.”

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Bones in archaeological sites, ancient rock art, paintings on frescos and vases, written historical records and ethnographic accounts all helped researchers recreate a deep history of people and tuna.

Step 134

TIS-100 Bench: LLMs Push the Pareto Frontier in Programming Puzzle Games | Wincon

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“16 LLMs took on TIS-100's community leaderboard and found 133 new frontier points on 18 of 55 puzzles, including 3 outright cycle records.”

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16 LLMs took on TIS-100's community leaderboard and found 133 new frontier points on 18 of 55 puzzles, including 3 outright cycle records.

Step 137

My AI Agents Found an Unmapped Maya Site

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“AI agents analyzed NASA lidar data overnight and found a Maya site under the jungle that isn't on any map. Less than 72 hours later, Mexico's INAH replied.”

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AI agents analyzed NASA lidar data overnight and found a Maya site under the jungle that isn't on any map. Less than 72 hours later, Mexico's INAH replied.

Step 138

Sand | Hyper-Realistic Sand Simulator in Your Browser

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Sand simulated with WebGL2 and JavaScript. Drag to draw, tilt your phone to slide the grains, and shake to scatter them. Play right in your browser.”

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Sand simulated with WebGL2 and JavaScript. Drag to draw, tilt your phone to slide the grains, and shake to scatter them. Play right in your browser.

Step 139

Atuin Threads: All your agent sessions on every machine

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Atuin Threads: one searchable, synced history for every agent session, on every machine Start a task in Claude Code, then resume it in Codex”

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Atuin Threads: one searchable, synced history for every agent session, on every machine Start a task in Claude Code, then resume it in Codex

Step 140

Can a Linear Program Do Weight-Space Programming?

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Last week, MIT CSAIL published Sparks of Weight-Space Programming. Given the raw weights of a small network, GPT-6 Astra could tell which game it had been …”

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Last week, MIT CSAIL published Sparks of Weight-Space Programming. Given the raw weights of a small network, GPT-6 Astra could tell which game it had been …

Step 141

J Multimed Inf Syst: User Sentiments and Dynamics in the Decentralized Web: Reddit Migration’s Impact on Lemmy

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Decentralized alternatives like Mastodon and Lemmy are gaining popularity in response to growing complaints about centralized social media platforms such as Twitter and Reddit, which frequently prioritize business intere”

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Decentralized alternatives like Mastodon and Lemmy are gaining popularity in response to growing complaints about centralized social media platforms such as Twitter and Reddit, which frequently prioritize business interests over user experience. This study emp

Step 142

EventSourcingDB 1.3.0 is Available

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“EventSourcingDB 1.3.0 is out, and it is faster and more stable than any version before it. Writing and EventQL queries are considerably faster, reading is faster as well, every request is bounded in time, and more than s”

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EventSourcingDB 1.3.0 is out, and it is faster and more stable than any version before it. Writing and EventQL queries are considerably faster, reading is faster as well, every request is bounded in time, and more than sixty fixes went in. Next to all that, it

Step 143

Apple has new Mac app coming to make running local AI models easy - 9to5Mac

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Leaker Aaron Perris has discovered evidence of a new Mac app in the works at Apple that makes it easy to run local AI models.”

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Leaker Aaron Perris has discovered evidence of a new Mac app in the works at Apple that makes it easy to run local AI models.

Step 145

Gemini Decisions API: Fast, calibrated multimodal decisions

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Meet the Gemini Decisions API, powered by our state-of-the-art model Gemini Decision for fast, calibrated multimodal decisions.”

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Meet the Gemini Decisions API, powered by our state-of-the-art model Gemini Decision for fast, calibrated multimodal decisions.

Step 146

United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on behalf of travelers

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Using an artificial intelligence agent to make flight reservations poses security risks and could violate federal rules, according to United.”

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Using an artificial intelligence agent to make flight reservations poses security risks and could violate federal rules, according to United.

Step 147

Lean Grimoire

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Back in July, I started experimenting with using modern coding agents to build a number of mathematical visualization applets. With the extremely hectic events of the last few months, I had to set …”

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Back in July, I started experimenting with using modern coding agents to build a number of mathematical visualization applets. With the extremely hectic events of the last few months, I had to set …

Step 153

Decoding REXPaint Files in Odin

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“REXPaint is an ASCII art tool by Kyzrati, the developer behind the fantastic roguelike Cogmind. You can use it to design UI, full-screen art, and level prefabs, …”

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REXPaint is an ASCII art tool by Kyzrati, the developer behind the fantastic roguelike Cogmind. You can use it to design UI, full-screen art, and level prefabs, …

Step 155

Edge0-145B: Open-Source On-Device AI with 145B Parameters

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Meet Edge0-145B, an open-source 145B model for local coding, reasoning, and agent tasks, with no cloud-model token fees for local inference.”

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Meet Edge0-145B, an open-source 145B model for local coding, reasoning, and agent tasks, with no cloud-model token fees for local inference.

Step 156

The Brave Search API now accepts agentic payments via the x402 protocol | Brave

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Developers and AI agents can now pay for the Brave Search API on demand with USDC via the open x402 protocol, settling each query in real time without an account or API key.”

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Developers and AI agents can now pay for the Brave Search API on demand with USDC via the open x402 protocol, settling each query in real time without an account or API key.

Step 157

AI is turning Apple’s app review process into a nightmare for developers

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“The surge of AI and AI-generated apps is overwhelming Apple’s app review process, leaving developers caught in the crossfire – two examples!”

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The surge of AI and AI-generated apps is overwhelming Apple’s app review process, leaving developers caught in the crossfire – two examples!

Step 158

Relax: Rust without the wait

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Relax is a live compiler and JIT runtime for Rust, written in Rust. It runs a Cargo package straight from source, with no rustc, LLVM or linker in the loop.”

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Relax is a live compiler and JIT runtime for Rust, written in Rust. It runs a Cargo package straight from source, with no rustc, LLVM or linker in the loop.

Step 159

Top Chinese Frontier AI Models Carry the Fingerprint of Export-Controlled NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Our forensic analysis of publicly released AI models finds evidence that DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, MiniMax and Ant Group have gained access to NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPUs, despite restrictions on exporting these chips to China,”

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Our forensic analysis of publicly released AI models finds evidence that DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, MiniMax and Ant Group have gained access to NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPUs, despite restrictions on exporting these chips to China, and are using that hardware to create t

Step 160

Our software engineering interviews are changing (a little)

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Over the last few years, LLMs have changed how software gets built and that’s no different for us at Jane Street. Most of our engineers now use them every da...”

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Over the last few years, LLMs have changed how software gets built and that’s no different for us at Jane Street. Most of our engineers now use them every da...

Step 161

...a question for Bear Blog: Are you dating?

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“My friend Terence went on a first date last week. When we debriefed over text afterward, he said he wasn't planning on seeing the guy again, but...”

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My friend Terence went on a first date last week. When we debriefed over text afterward, he said he wasn't planning on seeing the guy again, but...

Step 162

filiread — read along to classic books, free

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Filiread is a free reader for classic books. Press play and each word lights up as it's spoken. Tap a word to jump there. Pause, and you can keep reading from the last word you heard.Currently I have 65 books. Most narra”

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Filiread is a free reader for classic books. Press play and each word lights up as it's spoken. Tap a word to jump there. Pause, and you can keep reading from the last word you heard.Currently I have 65 books. Most narration is AI (labelled as such). 43 books also have a human reading (some books multiple), and you can switch narrator mid-sentence.Web, no account, works offline. Also on iOS. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50481937 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Step 163

ToolTea: 370+ Free Online Tools for PDF, Image, Video and More

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“What people search for most. Every category has its full list in the tabs above.”

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ToolTea processes files in your browser. 100% free: no signup, no upload, no watermark, no paid plan. What people search for most. Every category has its full list in the tabs above.

Step 164

Muzegen.ai | Générateur de musique IA gratuit et plateforme de création de chansons par IA

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“La plateforme d'élite pour la création musicale par IA. Transformez facilement vos paroles et vos inspirations en morceaux de haute qualité.”

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Muzegen.ai est une plateforme complète de création musicale par IA. Générez des chansons originales, écrivez des paroles avec l'IA, créez des voix chantées, remixez des styles musicaux, produisez des instrumentaux et prolongez vos morceaux en quelques secondes. Exportez vos créations en MP3, WAV, MIDI ou pistes séparées pour les musiciens, créateurs de contenu, vidéastes et projets commerciaux.

Step 165

CTRL — Technical assessments built around real work

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Each is a live operational world with a clear goal. Open one, design the decision logic, and watch how it performs.”

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Hello everyone, I'm building a platform for startups and teams to spend less time screening candidates without using excessing AI. You can create an interview link and reply an application mail, message or for typical technical interviewsCheck it out and let me know what you think!! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50480337 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Step 166

Your Coucou | If Something's Wrong, Someone Should Know.

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“I made a daily check in app after I lost my mother. I was a digital nomad and my mother and I spoke daily (for nearly ten years!). I thought I was checking on her, she was the elderly one after all. Turns out she was che”

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I made a daily check in app after I lost my mother. I was a digital nomad and my mother and I spoke daily (for nearly ten years!). I thought I was checking on her, she was the elderly one after all. Turns out she was checking on me too. So once I lost her, I realised no one would know if I was sick, dead, or even where I was in the world. I built Your Coucou to fix that. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50480133 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

Step 167

RocketGit

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Hello!All started with 4 million requests / day on rocketgit.com (AGPL git hosting). Instead of thousands. Enough is enough!Presentation (8 pages): https://rocketgit.com/user/catalinux/ai-drop/artefacts/downl...So, I bui”

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Hello!All started with 4 million requests / day on rocketgit.com (AGPL git hosting). Instead of thousands. Enough is enough!Presentation (8 pages): https://rocketgit.com/user/catalinux/ai-drop/artefacts/downl...So, I built AI-drop free-software project (AGPL) to block this kind of crawlers. rocketgit.com has a very restrictive robots.txt (only around 10 pages are allowed). But the crawlers are not respecting it. So, who is not respecting it will be blocked.Limiting by IP or user-agent is not working anymore. The cr

Step 168

Typewriter

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“It faithfully simulates the physics of a 1926 hammer-style typewritter, a 1972 correcting IBM Selectric II, and a 1980 IBM DisplayWriter. You can even print out the documents to hand to your coworkers. Comments URL: http”

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It faithfully simulates the physics of a 1926 hammer-style typewritter, a 1972 correcting IBM Selectric II, and a 1980 IBM DisplayWriter. You can even print out the documents to hand to your coworkers. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50479544 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

Step 169

Wonderchat: AI Customer Service Agent & Free Helpdesk

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Resolve 75% of repetitive support tickets automatically with AI agents across web, email, and more. Your team handles the rest in one AI-native helpdesk, with AI-drafted replies and a unified inbox.”

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Hi HN, I’m Vera, co-founder of Wonderchat.We started as an AI website agent that answers customer questions from a company’s website and docs. Over time, customers kept asking for the rest of the support stack around it, so we built a helpdesk: live chat, a unified inbox for email and SMS, and a help center (coming soon in a couple of weeks).The pricing and AI native helpdesk experience is the part I most wanted to change. Most helpdesks charge per seat, so every new teammate adds to the bill, and support teams end

Step 170

The AI Question

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“While eating two boiled eggs that morning, I'd watched a YouTube video of a former Samsung executive giving interview tips to young job seekers. "I cannot stress this enough. Every time they ask you a stupid question, yo”

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There were three candidates in the room. Two men and a woman. The other two had graduated five months ago from one of Seoul's top five universities, probably with degrees in economics or business. I was the last to enter and got the squeaky chair closest to an immaculate glass door. This meant I had to smile and nod as the other two job seekers answered soul-crushing questions like "What do you know about our firm?" and "What makes you different from other candidates?" Normally, interviewers did their best to vary

Step 171

WOKE feminist EXPOSES left-wing anti-meme (NOT CLICKBAIT)

Curator’s note: Pioneering experiment in creative machine intelligence and agentic computing.

“Some ideas are memetic: they're catchy, they spread widely and easily, people have a reaction to them that induce them to propagate them further. Others are anti-memetic: for whatever reason, they have naturally self-cen”

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content warning: discussion of abusive relationships Some ideas are memetic: they're catchy, they spread widely and easily, people have a reaction to them that induce them to propagate them further. Others are anti-memetic: for whatever reason, they have naturally self-censoring tendencies that reduce their reach. My grandmother was a late-in-life convert to Christianity, who dragged the rest of the family along for a bit. I was an earnest, credulous bookworm of eight or so, and I took the youth pastor at his word

Step 171

3Blue1Brown: Visualizing Neural Networks & Deep Learning Math

Curator’s note: The gold standard of technical education. Unmatched visual pedagogy.

“Groundbreaking animated mathematical explanations and intuitive visualizations of neural networks, linear algebra, and deep learning.”

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Groundbreaking animated visual mathematics explaining gradient descent, backpropagation, and transformer architectures with supreme intuitive clarity.