Hacker News: jaredwiener

CNN Announces AI Partnership with Google

jaredwiener — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:49:10 +0000

Article URL: https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2026/10/15/cnn-announces-ai-partnership-with-google/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50107407

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by jaredwiener in "An Apology"

jaredwiener — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:19:34 +0000

If an unrecognized AirTag is following you, you'll get a notice.

I'm not constantly notified that my keys are with me. But if you stuck an AirTag in my backpack, my phone would tell me.

Disney strikes $20M deal for Character.ai's assets

jaredwiener — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 05:53:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-10-13/disney-strikes-20-million-deal-for-character-ais-assets-as-ai-startup-files-for-bankruptcy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50082955

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jaredwiener in "OpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference room"

jaredwiener — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:48:01 +0000

Wasn't that Anthropic?

https://www.forth.news/lists/philapd/Cfs1w2A22JiL3fWSzA8Nx

OpenAI finds recording device in one of their offices

jaredwiener — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:55:31 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/OpenAINewsroom/status/2110095403198849132

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077703

Points: 85

# Comments: 2

New comment by jaredwiener in "Show HN: WallHop – 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement"

jaredwiener — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:01:52 +0000

I think the issue is psychological rather than currency. There's a judgment a user needs to make before reading every article where they can decide it's not worth it. X401 transactions are most likely crawlers, without that issue.

New comment by jaredwiener in "Show HN: WallHop – 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement"

jaredwiener — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 04:05:29 +0000

I agree with you in that we need to support the journalists doing the reporting. That's expensive, the companies that do it are mostly in dire financial straits, and most journalists themselves make very little money.

That said, micropayments have been tried over and over again, and fail. https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/micropayment...

A universal subscription is incredibly difficult to set up logistically, especially wondering how you split up payments, who qualifies to be included, etc. Is it by traffic? That would incentivize clickbait even more.

I've written about my plan/thoughts here: https://blog.forth.news/a-business-model-for-21st-century-ne...

I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Claude Code to find it

jaredwiener — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:33:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/s/Vg1DPJsQ6F

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50027416

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New gTLD Program: 2026 Round Application Statistics

jaredwiener — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:44:27 +0000

Article URL: https://newgtldprogram-aps.icann.org/statistics

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49997092

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

An AI radio DJ has shot to stardom in L.A. Human hosts aren't happy about it

jaredwiener — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:20:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-10-02/ai-radio-star-dj-chatbots-airwaves-humans-pushing-back

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49939341

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

I believe current AI models can think and understand – Part 1 of 2

jaredwiener — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:24:40 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.andymasley.com/p/why-i-believe-current-ai-models-can

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49925978

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

N.Y.P.D. Officers Used Flock Safety to Track License Plates Without a Contract

jaredwiener — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:43:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/nyregion/nyc-flock-nypd-surveillance-cameras.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49880811

Points: 33

# Comments: 7

AP: Avoid language that gives [AI] human characteristics

jaredwiener — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 01:19:38 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/APStylebook/status/2102807962364383502

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49824986

Points: 15

# Comments: 9

New comment by jaredwiener in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)"

jaredwiener — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 03:32:06 +0000

https://pro.forth.news

It's an extension of a longer-running project (https://www.forth.news) where it exposes and organizes 100s of newsworthy primary sources -- statements, press releases, press pool reports, emergency alerts, etc, whether from press email lists, X/Twitter, Bluesky, RSS, etc. The web UI is similar to TweetDeck - and it sends notifications.

Latest update now allows some panels to be based on an LLM prompt (i.e. "everything about the Iran War and its effects in the U.S.") which searches the entire catalog of sources as they are posted.