Finance ministers accused of dereliction in AI tax exam
The top scorer of this year’s tax accountant exam turned themselves in to police for alleged cheating using a miniature ...
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Show HN: Lettercamp – open-source static blog framework
Hi HN,I’m Eric and I’m building Lettercamp, an open-source static blog framework. The repo is at https://github.com/lettercamp/lettercamp and the homepage is online at https://www.lettercamp.com.Writing good content has...
Show HN: Lynx – open-source fully-customizable AI workspace
I was finding that managing multiple agent threads with walls of text was getting tiring and inefficient for me and that I wanted a more visual way to interact with my agents, so I built Lynx.Lynx lets you quickly build fully custom interfaces connec...
RI man accused of using AI to create child sex abuse images
A former instructor and participant at several gymnastics, dance and cheerleading facilities across Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts is facing federal charges tied to child exploitation ...
Texas man says an H-E-B manager accused him of stealing, then a general manager allegedly blamed an AI that misidentifies people's photos and cars
A Texas shopper says he was ordered out of an H-E-B he visits almost every day after a security system allegedly flagged his ...
Tell HN: Notion AI chat sessions have been exposed via Fireworks AI hack
Only an email so far, nothing official I could find. I figure if you didn't get this email you are ok.---We are writing to inform you of a security incident at one of our vendors, Fireworks AI, that may impact you. For the latest on the Firework...
Show HN: Ilo Musi 8 – Handheld Game Console Emulating CHIP-8 Platform
Hello HN, I built ilo musi 8. It's a handheld device that emulates CHIP-8 gaming platform. It took me almost a year to build it.CHIP-8 is said to be the first fantasy video game console system. Since its hardware is pretty limiting and it isn&#x...
Show HN: MergeAtlas – A better way to review PRs
Hey HN community, I built MergeAtlas - a better way to review PRs when bulk of the code is written by AI agents. It is a skill for your coding agent plus a small python script.MergeAtlas was built from a simple premise - When AI agents are writing th...
Show HN: Locatic – Discover developers and projects in your city
Hey HN,I've been working on locatic with my friend, a place to discover projects and developers from your city to anywhere across the globe.Github: https://github.com/locatic-dev/locaticThe idea came from wanting an easier wa...
CoderPad Reports a Security Breach
Not yet detailed on their website or Trust center yet, but we received the following breach notification from CoderPad:> We are writing to inform you of unauthorized access to personal information held by CoderPad. > > *What happened* >...
Show HN: Tokspur a 3x faster open source inference engine for Macs
While we were trying to solve a separate problem, we ended up on a bit of a side quest and built an inference engine.We got ourselves some nice, shiny new Mac M5 Max 128GB machines while doing a lot of local LLM work for another project and ended up...
ZeroTell Advises U.S. Educators to Separate AI Detection Scores From Plagiarism Findings
Wyoming company issues classroom guidance on using a ChatGPT detector and a plagiarism checker as separate review ...
AI is writing our Christmas cards now — and psychologists say we might be losing something important
A new survey shows that 1 in 8 of Brits use AI tools to help them write sentimental messages in their Christmas cards.
Expressive writing may help reduce negative alcohol-related consequences among people prone to heavy drinking
Writing about a drinking experience that went badly and associated feelings of guilt was linked to reduced negative ...
Introducing an essay: From the book "Hugging Myself" to be released at ZINE Fes Sapporo
I would like to introduce one essay from the book "Hugging Myself," which will be released at ZINE Fes Sapporo on November ...
Different text genres help doctoral students adapt their writing to reach new readers
An academic abstract, a blog post and a public outreach article all place different demands on the writer. Readers' prior ...
How to Save the Take-Home Essay by Making the Writing Process Visible
AI might appear to have killed the take-home essay and reincarnated it as in-class writing. This change comes at a steep cost, especially for the more advanced writing taught in college. Less revision ...
Parental Guidance: How to Write a College Essay That Stands Out
“It's the opportunity for students to really convey what they care about, things that they wouldn't otherwise show up in the rest of the application, and some humanity,” Common App CEO Jenny Rickard ...
Ask HN: Is anyone running multi/always-on agents that don't cost a fortune?
Yesterday a few interesting links appeared on hacker news about always-on [1] and multi-agent setups [2].Some of those points resonate with what we're experiencing with our current approach of running agents and sub-agents locally.- We are deleg...
Counting words-hacking human-cheat code
This "->((observation))" `-with-no--hesitation, piston pumping a long thick prepositional phrase unwanted- intimately unconsensual involuntary violation viciously penetrated the vulnerable moist olfactory warm orphuses of all progress di...