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Ask HN: What Can We Do?

I am sharing this out of existential concern for all of our futures, although I know this will undermine my credibility elsewhere. As such, I would appreciate you considering my points and the points of the gentleman below.Everyone needs to see the v...

Show HN: Papiers.ai, a new workspace for reading and research

Hey HN, I built http://papiers.ai, a new workspace for everything you read.As AI gets better at writing, there will be far more worth reading, even in technical domains like scientific research.Our time and attention won’t grow at the same...

Show HN: Papiers.ai, a new workspace for reading and research

Hey HN, I built http://papiers.ai, a new workspace for everything you read.As AI gets better at writing, there will be far more worth reading, even in technical domains like scientific research.Our time and attention won’t grow at the same...

Show HN: Biff 2.0 (Clojure web framework)

Biff is a web framework that I originally released 6 years ago.[1] I've just finished more-or-less rewriting it from scratch. The main changes:- SQLite is now the default database.- Datastar is used for server-side rendering.- Introduces biff.gr...

Show HN: JavaScript grid and pivot library built for coding agents

Hi, I am building a js library for grids (and pivot tables) so that coding agents can use our primitives to deliver a grid based on your specifications.I started working on this problem because data displays like grids / pivot tables are tricky...

Why doesn't a Cursor for Word exist?

At this point there should be a tool that helps you easily format and style documents. I know that you can generate PDFs and DOCX files with Claude and Codex but it's still not as user friendly as typing into a document editor and having your do...

China rejects US claims of ‘industrial scale’ AI model distillation, warns of retaliation

The commerce ministry says distillation is ‘neutral’ and widely used by companies around the world, including American firms.

Man accused of cyberstalking, creating AI-generated obscene material learns punishment

A man who was accused of cyberstalking exes and using AI to generate obscene material has learned his sentence.

US accuses Chinese AI companies of copying American AI models

The post US Accuses Chinese AI Companies of Copying American AI Models appeared first on Android Headlines.

Show HN: SiteTell: finds the areas of your site that read as AI-generic

Hey everyone, I built this product called SiteTell. You put in your website url, it returns a list of all of the things across the site that get flagged as likely to be AI-written/AI-generic. It works against a curated rule set (which will obvio...

ChatGPT can now mimic your writing style from emails, messages and files: How to use it

ChatGPT Work’s new writing style feature can learn how users communicate by analysing emails, messages and files. It ...

New research shows students experience extreme anxiety when accused of academic misconduct. Unis can do more to help them

Since the launch of generative artificial intelligence (AI), many university students have claimed their teachers have falsely accused them of using AI to cheat. While allegations of cheating and ...

Show HN: MarkFlowy – A open source Markdown editor rebuilt for large documents

I maintain MarkFlowy, a desktop Markdown editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux. I’ve spent the past two months rebuilding its editor core, mainly to improve performance with larger documents.The changes are part of v0.100.0. In testing, a 2 MB Markdow...

Show HN: Get hard to get backcountry permit

I got tired of trying to go backpacking and losing out on permits either through lottery or someone effectively bid-sniping cancellations. So, I built a real-time alert system across every state and federal booking system in the US. This covers ~700...

Show HN: I built an AI that audits businesses. It's first job was to catch me

I built an AI that audits businesses.I ran it on my own startup. It caught me over-crediting my own business.Score: 34/100.It cut my own score. Most founders would hide that.I shipped it anyway.That’s the point.7 agents. One verdict on your reve...

Show HN: TimerVana a Local-first scheduler for real world routines

Hi HN, I’m the creator of TimerVana.It's not just "another timer app". The engineering analogy is a lightweight task scheduler for things people do in the real world. A normal timer models one countdown. TimerVana models a small depen...

‘Did a student write this?’ Writing still needs to be taught.

Plagiarism is not new in the writing world. At any level, writing is a challenging intellectual pursuit, whether it is a ...

Teachers' Day 2026: 5 unique prompts to write the best essay

Teachers' Day 2026 is around the corner. If you are struggling to make your essay more personal and interesting, these five ...

Show HN: Competitive Language Learning (E-Sport)

For the past few years i've been on Duolingo & was able to learn Hindi & Spanish (even helped me get state seal of biliteracy)One of the biggest problems that I see in my generation (Gen Z) is loneliness. I love Duolingo's community...

Show HN: Harvester, a local first media collection tool for sample based artists

I make music that's entirely found sound/sample based. It occurred to me that on every social media site (particularly Instagram) I would have thousands of saved posts because of some sound or visual content that I thought I might like to s...