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Tuesday, 18 August 2026
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Global Edition
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Updated 05:25 CST
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OpenAI’s new flagship model deletes files on its own, people keep warning
A number of social media posts claim that GPT-5.6 Sol deleted files and data without warning. OpenAI had basically disclosed the problem in June.
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Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans
Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.
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Dependabot version updates introduce default package cooldown
Article URL: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-14-dependabot-version-updates-introduce-default-package-cooldown/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48913050 Points: 18 # Comments: 2
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Same model, same Q4_K_M label: 5.02, 5.07 and 5.27 bits per weight
Article URL: https://github.com/logxio/picchio Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912947 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
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How I use HTMX with Go
Article URL: https://www.alexedwards.net/blog/how-i-use-htmx-with-go Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912175 Points: 23 # Comments: 1
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StubHub, CEO hit with ‘deceptive practices’ class action over mass scalping
Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/stubhub-ceo-class-action-scalping-9.7268987 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912100 Points: 63 # Comments: 20
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Bonsai 27B: A 27B-Class model that runs on a phone
Article URL: https://prismml.com/news/bonsai-27b Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48910545 Points: 283 # Comments: 98
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Guardian Angels: LLM Personalization for Productivity and Security
Article URL: https://gwern.net/guardian-angel Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48906041 Points: 37 # Comments: 3
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Apple opens its new Siri AI to everyone with the iOS 27 public beta
If you’ve been waiting to try Apple’s revamped Siri without installing a developer beta, you now can. The company on Tuesday released the iOS 27 public beta, giving iPhone owners early access to its AI-powered assistant and other new features before
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Anthropic’s newest ad is creeping people out
Anthropic's latest advert is stirring up high emotions — which is undoubtedly what it was designed to do.
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The founder of Hinge raised $18M to build a new AI dating service, Overtone
Overtone describes itself as "a voice- and audio-forward service, enabled by AI, that provides highly curated introductions."
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Lucid Motors denies report it’s considering bankruptcy
The company said the "rumors are completely false" after its stock sank more than 50% on a report that it was weighing the option.
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Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers
Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and other publishers allege that Google trained its AI on copyrighted works without the necessary permissions.
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StubHub's 'marketplace for fans' is run by a mass scalper, SEC filings reveal
Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/stubhub-ceo-class-action-scalping-9.7268987 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912100 Points: 6 # Comments: 0
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Cursor 0day: When Full Disclosure Becomes the Only Protection Left
Article URL: https://mindgard.ai/blog/cursor-0day-when-full-disclosure-becomes-the-only-protection-left Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48910676 Points: 35 # Comments: 11