Hacker News: hackernj

Sanders' AI sovereign wealth fund plan is good. But we think this is better

hackernj — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:34:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/08/bernie-sanders-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund-plan

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447550

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by hackernj in "AlphaProof Nexus solves 9 Erdős problems and proves 44 sequence conjectures"

hackernj — Sat, 23 May 2026 14:47:35 +0000

Link to the "Advancing Mathematics Research with AI-Driven Formal Proof Search" paper that the article references: https://arxiv.org/html/2605.22763v1

AlphaProof Nexus solves 9 Erdős problems and proves 44 sequence conjectures

hackernj — Sat, 23 May 2026 14:46:56 +0000

Article URL: https://cryptobriefing.com/deepmind-alphaproof-nexus-erdos-problems/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48248173

Points: 24

# Comments: 2

Amazon workers under pressure to up their AI usage are making up tasks

hackernj — Fri, 15 May 2026 13:28:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.fastcompany.com/91541586/amazon-workers-pressured-to-up-ai-use-extraneous-tasks

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48148337

Points: 400

# Comments: 434

French police probe suspected weather device tampering after odd Polymarket bet

hackernj — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:15:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-s1-5797876/polymarket-paris-weather-bet

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47883474

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

OpenAI faces a criminal probe over ChatGPT's alleged role in a campus shooting

hackernj — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:45:21 +0000

Article URL: https://qz.com/florida-criminal-investigation-openai-chatgpt-fsu-shooting-042126

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47852770

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New search engine reveals if ancestors were in Nazi party

hackernj — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:23:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr411ndee7yo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47782221

Points: 6

# Comments: 2

Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

hackernj — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:37:15 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/hungary-election-orban-magyar-trump-1a4eb0ba6b94e0c80c3cd18bd36254ab

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47743553

Points: 262

# Comments: 94

Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse

hackernj — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:41:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/ai/2026/04/wikipedias-ai-agent-row-likely-just-the-beginning-of-the-bot-ocalypse

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47665902

Points: 73

# Comments: 90

A woman who alerts the world when an asteroid could hit

hackernj — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:19:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2026/mar/30/asteroid-warning-earth-un-office-for-outer-space-affairs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47573326

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Rogue AI agents published passwords and overrode anti-virus software

hackernj — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:59:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/mar/12/lab-test-mounting-concern-over-rogue-ai-agents-artificial-intelligence

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47350632

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Living with Hyperphantasia

hackernj — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:59:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/28/living-with-hyperphantasia

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47184809

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

'Incoherent': Hegseth's Anthropic ultimatum confounds AI policymakers

hackernj — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:19:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/incoherent-hegseths-anthropic-ultimatum-confounds-ai-policymakers-00800135

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47171488

Points: 13

# Comments: 2

The Edge of Mathematics

hackernj — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:19:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/02/ai-math-terrance-tao/686107/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47145536

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by hackernj in "Cistercian Numbers"

hackernj — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 03:28:43 +0000

Two OEIS sequences for Cistercian numeral system: https://oeis.org/A341737 and https://oeis.org/A381327

Economics Puzzle Leads to a New Understanding of a Fundamental Law of Physics

hackernj — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:16:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/economics-puzzle-leads-to-a-new-understanding-of-a-fundamental-law-of-physics

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47050889

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by hackernj in "I used Claude to negotiate $163,000 off a hospital bill"

hackernj — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:47:40 +0000

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I used Claude to negotiate $163,000 off a hospital bill

hackernj — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:40:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/claude-helped-negotiate-hospital-bill-discount-medicare-ai-assistant-2026-2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47003936

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Point of no return: a hellish 'hothouse Earth' getting closer, scientists say

hackernj — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:19:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/11/point-of-no-return-hothouse-earth-global-heating-climate-tipping-points

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46977770

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents

hackernj — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:56:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/ice-list-small-european-website-exposing-us-immigration-agents

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46968192

Points: 14

# Comments: 2