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Visit website →Lovable Raises $400M Series C
Lovable raised a $400M Series C at a $13.3B valuation.
PickQwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B
Qwen has released the Qwen3.8 open model with a total size of 2.4T and 95B active parameters.
Launch HN: Discovered Materials (YC P26) – AI agents for discovering new materials
AI agents computationally discover new materials but mostly fail at designing synthesis pathways.
WorldClaw: Large-Scale Agentic 3D Open-World Generation
WorldClaw generates editable 3D open worlds from a single prompt.
Self-Reflective Awareness in Large Language Models
Experimental results suggest that LLMs can partially detect and regulate their internal states.
RSI Simulator
A simulator has been released to experience the economics of recursive self-improvement in AI research.
Manus Resumes Operations as an Independent Company
Following its separation from Meta, Manus will delete certain user data and initiate a recovery process.
Don't Classify, Hallucinate!
This article introduces an efficient technique that induces hallucinations instead of using structured outputs from LLMs, then performs actual classification via vector similarity.
Better Gaussian Splatting in Julia
GaussianSplatting.jl 2.0 has been released, offering multi-GPU support and enhanced geometric precision.
AI's Debt Surge Is Unsustainable — Hidden Borrowing Reaches $1.65 Trillion
As AI hyperscalers' borrowing surges, warning signs are flashing over the sustainability of their financing.
What's the largest software project AI can complete on its own
MirrorCode evaluated long-horizon autonomous coding ability and revealed Claude Opus 4.7's results.
Critical CVE Issued for a Hallucinated SQLite Vulnerability
A SQLite vulnerability report that appears to have been AI-generated was registered as a CVE despite no actual flaw existing.
Running 70B Model Inference on a Single 4GB GPU with AirLLM
AirLLM has revealed a memory-saving method that runs a 70B model on a 4GB GPU.
AI migrated legacy COBOL programs to Java, but bugs came along for the ride
An AI agent automatically tested COBOL-to-Java conversion results to increase code path coverage.
OpenAI's Super PAC Is Funding an AI-Generated News Site That Attacks Industry Critics
An AI-generated news site linked to OpenAI's political fundraising operation has been identified.
Show HN: Mu – Tools for Agents
Mu provides 67 tools including news, search, and mail through a single MCP endpoint.
MIT Study: AI Financial Advice Is Surprisingly Good
LLM financial advice was broadly useful overall, but showed limitations in situational responsiveness and rebalancing.
Seedance 2.5
Seedance 2.5 has launched with enhanced 30-second generation and multimodal reference and precise editing capabilities.
Cursor removed cost information from the Usage page and CSV export
Cursor changed cost display for self-serve plans to be token-centric.
Explorative Modeling: Learning from the Best of K Guesses
Explorative Modeling adds an exploration axis to generative models to boost efficiency.