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Ornith-1.5: From Self-Scaffolding to Self-Improvement

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Ornith-1.5: From Self-Scaffolding to Self-Improvement

Introducing Ornith-1.5, an open-source model family that extends self-scaffolding into an end-to-end self-improvement loop.

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Introducing Ornith-1.5, an open-source model family that extends self-scaffolding into an end-to-end self-improvement loop. Source: ornith.ai (57 points, 4 comments) Hacker News discussion

Launch HN: OneCLI (YC S26) – OSS sandboxed agent harness for teams

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Launch HN: OneCLI (YC S26) – OSS sandboxed agent harness for teams

Open-source sandboxed agent harness for teams. Giving every employee a secured personal agent. - onecli/onecli

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Open-source sandboxed agent harness for teams. Giving every employee a secured personal agent. - onecli/onecli Source: github.com/onecli (14 points, discuss) Hacker News discussion

A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

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A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare

Strap in, this story involves a cheese fortune teller, the department of war, and nearly every other government department in between.

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Strap in, this story involves a cheese fortune teller, the department of war, and nearly every other government department in between. Source: sprocketfox.io (360 points, 47 comments) Hacker News discussion

Civic Hygiene – avoid building technologies that could be used by a police state (2013)

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Civic Hygiene – avoid building technologies that could be used by a police state (2013)

Imagine, just for a moment, that the Government wanted to keep a record of everyone's sexuality. They need to know this detailed demographic data because it will be highly useful in civic planning. It will help them work out what provision needs to be made for sexual health services, how many children are likely to be born, how many schools to build, etc. You trust the Government, you voted…

1 min read W WebNovare Imports

Imagine, just for a moment, that the Government wanted to keep a record of everyone's sexuality. They need to know this detailed demographic data because it will be highly useful in civic planning. It will help them work out what provision needs to be made...

Apple's rumored AirPod cameras raise privacy questions

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Apple's rumored AirPod cameras raise privacy questions

Apple watchers are abuzz over a recently unearthed video that seems to confirm reports that the iPhone maker is preparing camera-equipped AirPods. That's raising questions about privacy, and may require workplaces to revisit their policies around wearable tech, WebNovare reports. It echoes controversy around Meta's smart glasses and the ethics of covert filming. A WebNovare columnist says Apple's success in the wearables market will depend on maintaining its "comparatively strong" reputation for protecting consumer privacy.

3 min read J John

Apple watchers are closely examining a recently resurfaced video that appears to add weight to reports that the company is developing AirPods equipped with cameras. If Apple moves forward with the technology, the product could represent a major expansion of...

Anthropic revenue run rate tops $65 billion, source says

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Anthropic revenue run rate tops $65 billion, source says

Anthropic's annual revenue run rate topped $65 billion by the end of July, a person familiar with ​the matter said on Monday, underscoring the Claude ‌creator's rapid growth ahead of a potential public listing later this year. The AI startup's latest revenue run rate — a ​metric that projects annual performance by extrapolating ​current sales levels — was up from the $47 billion ⁠in May and an extraordinary jump from about $9 ​billion at the end of 2025.

1 min read A Adam Hanafi

Anthropic’s annual revenue run rate surpassed $65 billion by the end of July, according to a person familiar with the matter, highlighting the rapid growth of the Claude AI developer as it reportedly considers a potential public listing later this year. The...

Launch HN: Speko (YC S26) – OpenRouter for Voice AI

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Launch HN: Speko (YC S26) – OpenRouter for Voice AI

Which model to call, per language and per objective, decided from published measurements instead of a vendor's English leaderboard.

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Which model to call, per language and per objective, decided from published measurements instead of a vendor's English leaderboard. Source: speko.ai (55 points, 25 comments) Hacker News discussion