NYPD walks back contract negotiations with AI-driven cellphone surveillance company amid backlash
The department confirmed it is restarting the procurement process and accepting competing bids for similar technologies.
The Unemployed Professor
Looking for a tech job is a helpless data-entry nightmare
I spent hundred of hours (distributed over many days) filling my resume data to freshly developed forms made specifically to the hiring process of one or two companies, even though I feel like I have a top 10% resume and years of in hands-down softwa...
How Everyday Writing Habits Are Evolving with Modern Digital Tools
Modern digital tools are changing how people approach these everyday tasks, making drafting, editing, and organizing ...
Anthropic sued for using 274 Elvis Presley songs to train AI models
Anthropic sued for ‘using Elvis Presley songs to train AI without permission’ - Plaintiffs seeking $150,000 for each song, ...
Show HN: Nodecode, open-source living agent in Lisp that rewrites itself for you
Hi HN, we're Mike and Thom.Agents of the future should only have one tool (the interpreter, ideally a LISP eval), nothing more or less; to interact with the world. Agents remember by writing markdown files. NODECODE remembers by rewriting itself...
Scholarship essay tips: How to write a winning application
Paying for college doesn’t have to mean living on ramen noodles forever or taking out loans that feel like they’ll follow you into retirement. One of the smartest ways to help cover the cost is ...
I'm creating my own OS, check it out, LimonOs no Unix no Linux
So, I've created my own OS called LimonOS. It is currently in the early stages of development. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it is neither Linux nor Unix—in short, the kernel is unique and 98% written in C. Yes, I used an AI assistant for...
Show HN: A Platform to Find Essays, personally recommended to you
Reading a book is great, when you know it will be good. Reading news is great, when you know it will be interesting, and the same with essays.Inability to find great content to read became a huge pain point for me after I read through Paul Graham...
Show HN: Making a smart TV dumb and then smart
A recent (unwanted) webOS update that got installed on TV prompted me to start going down the rabbit hole of writing new TV software. After a couple of weekends and massive help from 4 different models, finally managed to get v1 working.My daughter e...
Show HN: Loudwalk – Review your Anki deck out loud on a walk
Hey HN,Loudwalk (https://loudwalk.com/?from=hn) is an app I built for myself to review my Anki flashcards out loud on a walk, and am excited to share today.Anki has changed my life and is probably the best habit I've managed to st...
Commentary: AI governance — a practical view from a writing classroom
Artificial intelligence has upended the writing classroom. Four years ago, Stephen Marche was bold enough to state that the ...
Natsui-san's essay book is a charm
I consider Natsui-san my mentor on my own accord. This is because they are someone who is paving the way for the future of ...
Amazon accused of using AI to rank warehouses by 'union risk'
"[The language] makes it clear that they think the union is bad." ...
McDonald's accused of AI-fueled price fixing in federal court — says lawsuit is filled with inaccuracies
“AI does not set the price of a Big Mac or any other menu item,” the company wrote on its website.
6 easy steps for planning an essay and creating a painless writing process
Use mind maps to brainstorm ideas and make an outline to organise your ideas Writing an essay can sometimes seem daunting, especially if you have numerous ideas swirling in your mind. Nonetheless, ...
Show HN: Euspell – Spelling reform: an enginnering approach
Hi HN. Euspell is a conservastive respelling of English and all the software needed to implement it. The link above converts the text you paste, in your browser. Other ways to try it out are the browser extensions and EPUB/PDF readers.Previous s...
The lingering aftertaste of 'having encountered good writing' | Yuri Nagura's 'The School of Book Spines'
Do you remember the time you spent as a child in your local bookstore, gazing at the rows of book spines?Titles you hadn't read yet. Names of authors you'd never heard of. Even though you weren't ...
Pangram review: A polished AI detector that gets the basics right
Pangram is impressively accurate with purely human- and AI-written text, while offering a clean interface and useful extras.
Writers get some plagiarism protection with new AI-cloaking tool
With writers everywhere understandably pissed that voracious AI tools are increasingly stealing their original works to train ...
Overwatch Skin Design Contest Filled With AI Submissions And Plagiarism
Several winners in the Overwatch skin design contest have come under fire over accusations of AI and plagiarism, leading to ...