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Re:OpenAI's Only Ethicist Reportedly Left Last Month on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @08:49PM (#49266501)
There will be tell-all books on all of the big AI companies in the not-too-distant future.
I mean, this statement shouldn't be shocking to anyone. Critical infrastructure should be air-gapped if at all practical.
Re:I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @03:38PM (#49187857)
I am locutus.
Re:I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @02:39PM (#49187085)
My thoughts being beamed to a frontier model where they are monetizable (and used for training) is terrifying.
Re:Claude Is Down on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @10:33PM (#49105529)
If Claude's engineering team uses AI to write code... what happens when there is a bug? They must have dedicated assets to run models somewhat 'locally'.
Re:Claude Is Down on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @10:31PM (#49105512)
It's only fair.
Re:Show HN: CheapFoodMap – A map of good meals under $10 on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @07:55PM (#49104574)
Love this. Great idea.

It would be cool to drop a bounding box.

Re:Residential Proxies Are a National Security Threat on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @08:40PM (#49091962)
There are so many residential proxy networks out there that it isn't as simple as just creating a block list.

And as already pointed out... many of the more popular networks actually do have KYC processes in place, in addition to blocking specific targets from being scraped through their network(s).

The components look great
Re:Couple Stalked by eBay Settle for $56M on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @06:43PM (#49090976)
Such a crazy story.
Re:Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9 on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @06:41PM (#49090958)
This makes me so happy lol.
I thought this happened awhile ago?
Re:Show HN: BrowserAct: Browser Layer for Your AI Agent on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @11:18AM (#49085257)
This is great. It reminds me a bit of the Agent functionality in Firecrawl (but obv. open-source).
That's super weird.