Hacker News: achow

New comment by achow in "Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program"

achow — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:28:11 +0000

There are atleast seven other companies and not MS alone..

Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/ussuspends-micro...

Andreessen Horowitz is launching an (AI) 'academy' with no homework

achow — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:18:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/998813/andreessen-horowitz-ai-academy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49815653

Points: 1

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New comment by achow in "Anthropic CEO Says It's Time to Slow AI Model Advances"

achow — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:41:45 +0000

China will also slow down. They are catching up with SOTA models due to distillation https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa...

Meta is asking some of its employees to become managers again in a new reorg

achow — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:02:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-asks-some-ai-employees-to-become-managers-again-2026-9

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49655921

Points: 12

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New comment by achow in "iPhone Duo"

achow — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:26:12 +0000

I cannot believe that the central crease could disappear altogether!

Suspiciously could not see reviews of it yet - usually bloggers like mkbhd get their hands on early, and they release the reviews moment the embargo is off, usually when live event is over. This time nothing.

New comment by achow in "LLMs reward expertise"

achow — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 04:00:37 +0000

The interesting thing is, most messages were ending with just one question of his. Examples:

- ..Does this polynomial map have any symmetry or other structure that makes this cancelation less miraculous?

- Given this structure can you see the non injectivity in a transparent way?

- ..But why is the jacobian from x u r to P Q R just a monomial?

- ..Is there a general theory of such twisted jacobians and do you have any sense why those particular dilation weights were used?

- Given this weight structure, why exactly is x given by a cubic equation from P,Q,R?

Also, looks like Terence Tao was doing lot of work and asking LLM to verify. This is inverse of the LLM trend, where LLM does the work and humans verify.

Five Takeaways from the Times Investigation into Larry Ellison's A.I. Gamble

achow — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:32:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/magazine/takeaways-larry-ellison-oracle-ai.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49151573

Points: 4

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New comment by achow in "Criminal Deception in Silicon Valley"

achow — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:26:39 +0000

Techcrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/vc-backed-startups-commit-...

Criminal Deception in Silicon Valley

achow — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:23:19 +0000

Article URL: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/orsc.2024.19981

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49141659

Points: 3

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New comment by achow in "US Considers Creating Finra-Like Watchdog to Vet Top AI Models"

achow — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:49:12 +0000

https://archive.is/d1GGS

US Considers Creating Finra-Like Watchdog to Vet Top AI Models

achow — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:00:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-17/us-considers-creating-finra-like-watchdog-to-vet-top-ai-models

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49105667

Points: 5

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New comment by achow in "Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When the AI Bubble Bursts"

achow — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:10:25 +0000

> ..because the entire AI bubble is a result of everybody running out of hypergrowth ideas, mostly because we're flat out of new interfaces.

Really? I thought the AI bubble happened because something genuinely novel had been invented. People immediately saw practical uses for it, and then it took on a life of its own - funding, superfunding, $trillions becoming part of day to day lingo.. etc.

AI is not in the same class as Vision Pro, which Ed Zitron is comparing it to. I personally found the overall tone to be a bit hyperbolic.

New comment by achow in "For most US drivers, EVs offer emissions benefits and cost savings"

achow — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:23:25 +0000

That would work other way too, EVs would be expensive to upgrade to newer models. Though nowadays it is not that big a concern, but battery pack replacement at some point need to be accounted for.

Google burning through cash with spiralling AI costs

achow — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:01:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c235n47g8g8o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024806

Points: 4

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Elon Musk has capped Tesla employees' spending on AI at $200/week - Not for Grok

achow — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:05:35 +0000

Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/elon-musk-caps-tesla-staff-170324661.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48847162

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by achow in "Google caps Meta's Gemini use as AI demand strains capacity"

achow — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:25:20 +0000

https://archive.is/KDqg6

Google caps Meta's Gemini use as AI demand strains capacity

achow — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:25:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/c5d52f72-71ef-40bc-bad3-61afdba8b378

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48766900

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by achow in "OpenAI proposes handing Trump administration 5% stake"

achow — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:34:36 +0000

> Altman and other OpenAI executives have suggested that each of America’s leading AI developers allot 5 per cent of their equity to a vehicle like the Alaska Permanent Fund, a sovereign fund that invests the state’s oil wealth into stocks and pays dividends to the state government and residents.

Sounds like it is for benefit of public rather than govt' office, and this would continue to benefit public even after current US administration is out of picture.

New comment by achow in "China Resets AI Race"

achow — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:19:03 +0000

https://archive.is/m1qrN

New comment by achow in "Ford hired AI and sacked humans. It backfired badly"

achow — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:34:59 +0000

OP to me sounds more authentic and seems to have inside information.

After a quick search I found a publication actually mentioning about these tools:

Ford previously told Business Insider that it had developed two bespoke AI-enhanced scanning tools that helped validate that cars were properly assembled before rolling off the lot. The tools, called AiTriz and MAIVs, both debuted in 2024. https://autos.yahoo.com/policy-and-environment/articles/ford...

And after doing cursory research on these tools, it is clear they are rudimentary (as compared to SOTA LLMs), they were essentially smartphone mounted on stands and doing visual checks using the camera - so OP could be very right.

https://www.businessinsider.com/ford-uses-ai-cameras-in-fact...