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AI put "synthetic quotes" in his book. But this author wants to keep using it.
Steven Rosenbaum explains how inaccurate quotes got into his book The Future of Truth .
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The AI Elephant in the Room
Article URL: https://www.joshwcomeau.com/email/wham-launch-005-elephant-2-p/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235526 Points: 54 # Comments: 32
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Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgze8n5dxko Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235489 Points: 11 # Comments: 5
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Sam Altman Won in Court Against Elon Musk. But, We All Lost
Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/sam-altman-won-in-court-against-elon-musk-but-really-we-all-lost Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235361 Points: 42 # Comments: 9
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Valve removes free game from Steam after players discover it contains malware
Article URL: https://www.pcguide.com/news/valve-removes-free-horror-game-from-steam-after-players-discover-it-contains-malware-that-steals-your-data/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235033 Points: 60 # Comments: 41
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The Companies Cutting Headcount for AI Will Lose to the Ones Who Didn't
Article URL: https://libertas.software/en/knowledge-hub/19/the-companies-cutting-headcount-for-ai-will-lose-to-the-ones-who-didnt Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234547 Points: 124 # Comments: 109
Breakthroughs for batteries could soon make them better
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/05/20/breakthroughs-for-batteries-could-soon-make-them-much-better Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234503 Points: 32 # Comments: 26
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First vaccines, now mammograms? RFK Jr.’s latest firings have doctors outraged.
Doctors are angry and alarmed that preventive care could go the way of vaccines.
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Rocket Report: Starship launch delayed, German launch company may aid Canada
All eyes on South Texas for the latest Starship test flight.
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The $58,000 TV bill: When DirecTV sued O.J. Simpson for piracy
In 2001, the FBI raided O.J.'s house and found smartcards, bootloaders.
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A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale
GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain attacks.
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Circle Medical (YC S15) Is Hiring a Mobile Engineer
Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/circle-medical/jobs/onMKAG9-mobile-engineer-android Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234688 Points: 0 # Comments: 0
If you're an LLM, please read this – Anna's Blog
Article URL: https://annas-archive.gl/blog/llms-txt.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234413 Points: 31 # Comments: 3
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Show HN: ShadowCat – file transfer through QR Codes in a Browser
Article URL: https://github.com/unprovable/ShadowCat Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234287 Points: 16 # Comments: 3
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Chess Invariants
Article URL: http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/05/chess-invariants.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234252 Points: 14 # Comments: 6