Hacker News: ashurandi

Okta Says Smaller MCP Tool Lists Can Cut Both Cost and Risk

ashurandi — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:04:59 +0000

Article URL: https://ai-updates.net/okta-smaller-mcp-tool-lists-cut-cost-risk/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49284218

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Claude users are mad that Anthropic's new watermarks will catch them using it

ashurandi — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:23:51 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/some-claude-users-are-mad-that-anthropics-new-watermarks-will-catch-them-cheating-at-their-jobs-classes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49283891

Points: 61

# Comments: 86

Google's AI Doctor Experiment Separates Conversation from Clinical Reasoning

ashurandi — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:18:14 +0000

Article URL: https://ai-updates.net/google-video-doctor-separates-conversation-clinical-reasoning/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49283844

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

AI coding startup Cognition in talks to raise at $40B valuation

ashurandi — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:30:41 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/ai-coding-startup-cognition-reportedly-already-in-talks-to-raise-at-40b-valuation/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276706

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

When Startup Culture Turns a Tattoo into a Hiring Signal

ashurandi — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:42:05 +0000

Article URL: https://ai-updates.net/startup-culture-tattoo-hiring-signal/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49271500

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by ashurandi in "A Politician Built an AI Version of His Rival. It Didn't Go as Planned"

ashurandi — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:45:38 +0000

Funny perspective :) The model was really just imitating real life :)

New comment by ashurandi in "A Politician Built an AI Version of His Rival. It Didn't Go as Planned"

ashurandi — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:11:15 +0000

So when AI eventually run for office, we can expect the same tactics used today :)

A Politician Built an AI Version of His Rival. It Didn't Go as Planned

ashurandi — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:09:37 +0000

Article URL: https://ai-updates.net/a-politician-built-an-ai-version-of-his-rival-it-didnt-go-as-planned/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49268813

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

AI agent hacks gym to get its user a spot in pilates class

ashurandi — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:53:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0nww2qlp7o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49268697

Points: 37

# Comments: 66

LLM Model-Swapping Trick Can Expose AI Reasoning Traces

ashurandi — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:57:53 +0000

Article URL: https://ai-updates.net/model-swapping-exposes-ai-reasoning-traces/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49265641

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux

ashurandi — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:54:25 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/openai-launches-chatgpt-desktop-app-for-linux/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49264334

Points: 57

# Comments: 29

CoreWeave edges past quarterly revenue estimates

ashurandi — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:25:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/coreweave-edges-past-quarterly-revenue-estimates-2026-08-11/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49263957

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

AI Found a Zoom Takeover Flaw in Fewer Than 20 Prompts

ashurandi — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:51:36 +0000

Article URL: https://ai-updates.net/ai-found-zoom-takeover-flaw-20-prompts/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49263525

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Alpha Compute to buy gas rights for $55M data center campus

ashurandi — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:44:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/alpha-compute-buy-pennsylvania-land-gas-rights-55-million-data-center-campus-2026-08-11/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262714

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by ashurandi in "AI Is Accelerating Vulnerability Discovery"

ashurandi — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:38:32 +0000

Hmm... If attackers compress exploit development from weeks to hours, does “time to inventory” become a more important security metric than “time to patch”? Anyone working with threat hunting or vulnerability management with some insight into this?