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RLHF from Scratch
Article URL: https://github.com/ashworks1706/rlhf-from-scratch Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46958378 Points: 8 # Comments: 1
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Clean-room implementation of Half-Life 2 on the Quake 1 engine
Article URL: https://code.idtech.space/fn/hl2 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46958231 Points: 101 # Comments: 11
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YouTube rolls out an AI playlist generator for Premium users
YouTube Music is rolling out a new AI-powered playlist-generation feature that allows Premium users on iOS and Android to use text prompts to create playlists.
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Show HN: Pipelock – All-in-one security harness for AI coding agents
I'm a plumber who taught himself to code. I run a plumbing company during the day and mess with my homelab at night. About a year ago I started running AI agents with full shell access and API keys to help manage my business. Scheduling, invoicing, m
Corruption Perceptions Index 2025
Article URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2025 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46957794 Points: 21 # Comments: 2
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Grindr trials premium $500 per month plan to become 'AI-first' app
Article URL: https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/09/grindr-trials-premium-500-per-month-plan-to-become-ai-first-app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46957360 Points: 8 # Comments: 10
Qwen-Image-2.0: Professional infographics, exquisite photorealism
Article URL: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen-image-2.0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46957198 Points: 38 # Comments: 13
AI doesn’t reduce work, it intensifies it
Original article: https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46955703 Points: 24 # Comments: 3
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The first signs of burnout are coming from the people who embrace AI the most
Because employees could do more, work began bleeding into lunch breaks and late evenings. The employees' to-do lists expanded to fill every hour that AI freed up, and then kept going.
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Zulip.com Values
Article URL: https://zulip.com/values/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46953815 Points: 23 # Comments: 0
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Is particle physics dead, dying, or just hard?
Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/is-particle-physics-dead-dying-or-just-hard-20260126/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46953136 Points: 74 # Comments: 116
Luce: First Electric Ferrari
Article URL: https://www.ferrari.com/en-US/auto/ferrari-luce Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46949642 Points: 137 # Comments: 130
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Tem raises $75M to remake electricity markets using AI
Tem has built a transaction engine that relies on AI to cut costs. Lightspeed led the round to help the startup expand to the U.S. and Australia.
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India makes Aadhaar more ubiquitous, but critics say security and privacy concerns remain
India's Aadhaar is moving into wallets, hotels and policing through a new app. Critics say that amid the broader Aadhaar rollout, it's unclear how data shared through the new app would prevent breaches or leaks.
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Frontier AI agents violate ethical constraints 30–50% of time, pressured by KPIs
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20798 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46954920 Points: 25 # Comments: 10