Can AI help college students become better writers? A first-of-its-kind research center at UC Irvine is set to find out
Over the next five years, the WRITE AI Center will develop approaches to help colleges make informed decisions about how to ...
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Microsoft executive alleges AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labour in human history’
Microsoft executive Brent Hecht has accused OpenAI, Microsoft and others of using vast amounts of internet data to train ...
Ask HN: Losing motivation to work in the IT field, need advice
Hello folks,I am a senior Software Engineer working in the IT field for close to 16 years.Before AI coding tools became prevalent, I enjoyed writing code, architecting software systems, and speaking to the stakeholders. These past 2 - 3 years, since...
Show HN: I compiled FreeRDP into a Flutter app so my phone can do RDP and SSH
Hi HN, I'm the developer. XConnect is an SSH/SFTP client for iOS and Android that also has a real RDP client built in, so one app covers my Linux and Windows machines when I'm away from my desk. No account needed: tap "Continue Of...
Show HN: CRT – a local code review tool for agentic development
I built crt to help reduce the burden of reviewing AI generated code.As fun as it is to vibecode software to production, sometimes you still need to understand and be responsible for the code that agents write. "It's the agents fault"...
Microsoft Director Privately Admitted AI Was the “Largest Theft of Labor in Human History,” Unsealed Court Documents Show
That's one way to put it. The post Microsoft Director Privately Admitted AI Was the “Largest Theft of Labor in Human History,” Unsealed Court Documents Show appeared first on Futurism.
Grandmother falsely accused of theft after alleged AI facial recognition match sues
The woman said she lost her residence, car and other personal property.
Ozzy Osbourne Fans Accuse His Family of a 'Cash Grab' as Sharon Osbourne Uses AI in Attempt to 'Turn' Black Sabbath Singer 'Into Elvis': Report
Ozzy Osbourne's family was accused of using the late rocker as a "cash grab" after plans to use his likeness for an AI-powered avatar were revealed. Sharon Osbourne and Jack Osbourne Revealed Plans ...
LLMs and the 'Blandification' of Writing
LLMs could be making writing blander, less personal, and more neutral, at scale. A recent peer-reviewed study reports that the use of LLMs to aid writing increased the number of neutral responses to ...
Zuck's bot increased our Vercel bill 10x
I’m writing this after receiving a Vercel bill that was 10x higher than usual.The worst part: The increase wasn’t caused by more users, but by +1M requests from meta-externalagent/1.1.The requests targeted a Vercel preview deployment that we had...
Show HN: I built a Mac app to make technical PDF textbooks easier to study
I've always been a lifelong learner and have always tried to get through digital textbooks. Anyone who's used pdf textbooks know how much of a love/hate relationship it is.There are so many foundational textbooks published online for f...
Show HN: Remind Cards – an offline-first flashcard app with AI generation
Hi HN,I’m a software engineer, and for the past several months I’ve been building Remind Cards, a flashcard app I originally made because I wanted a better way to study Estonian vocabulary.https://remindcardsai.com/appWhat started as a...
Show HN: Chronicle – Local-first, open-source authoring software for writers
About a year and a half ago I started my writing journey by beginning to work on my first novella. During this time, I felt the need for different tools, like a timeline editor, a character sheet and so on, features that were not available on normal...
Show HN: QuantSupport, a Rust-based quant library
Hi,I wanted to share a project I've building for a while. QuantSupport is a quant library that comtemplates curve construction, simulation and risk analytics for a different asset classes (equity, rates, fx, FI).https://github.com/...
Solana Founder Says AI Slowdown Push Is About Profit, Not Safety
Solana's Yakovenko accused AI leaders of using safety arguments to protect trillion-dollar market positions, while Sacks ...
Show HN: Analyst Index – analysts who make money telling you good stock calls
Hi HN!What if analyst ratings could be relied on to help you find the next Sandisk, before it takes off?On Analyst Index, analysts publish price targets with a maturity date. Every call gets scored against what the stock actually did, so an analyst b...
How AI Impacts Academic Thinking, Writing and Learning
Co-authored by Xiaoyan Dong, Hannah Farrell, and Michael Hogan. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing how we learn and develop knowledge and skills. With the development of AI, more and ...
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: 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...