Hacker News: jaredwiener

Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes

jaredwiener — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:02:37 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/can-ai-judge-journalism-a-thiel-backed-startup-says-yes-even-if-it-risks-chilling-whistleblowers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47785918

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New comment by jaredwiener in "Live Nation illegally monopolized ticketing market, jury finds"

jaredwiener — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:43:27 +0000

And live coverage with the reactions of various AGs: https://www.forth.news/stories/Ca6C8cj6TyNe7TMMKUnFX

Shoe brand Allbirds says it will become an AI company, sending shares soaring

jaredwiener — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:20:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/allbirds-stock-ai-pivot-22208030.php?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69dfbf63fe8f270001af7ee1&utm_campaign=trueanthem%2B3988&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783064

Points: 5

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New comment by jaredwiener in "I wrote to Flock's privacy contact to opt out of their domestic spying program"

jaredwiener — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:06:59 +0000

And you would (rightfully) be angered if your stock broker sold your shares and pocketed the proceeds, because you own them.

StubHub Refunding $10M in Fees to Consumers After Deceptive Pricing

jaredwiener — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:47:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/04/stubhub-refunding-10-million-fees-consumers-after-deceptive-ticket-pricing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47707909

Points: 1

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Anthropic's Restraint Is a Terrifying Warning Sign

jaredwiener — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:04:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/opinion/anthropic-ai-claude-mythos.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695585

Points: 10

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Iranian-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs Across US Critical Infrastructure

jaredwiener — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:15:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa26-097a

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47679202

Points: 43

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Meta and YouTube Lose Landmark Social Media Trial

jaredwiener — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:32:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-and-youtube-lose-landmark-social-media-trial-33e4c5cb

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47520543

Points: 2

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SEC Prepares Proposal to Eliminate Quarterly Reporting Requirement

jaredwiener — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:58:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/sec-prepares-proposal-to-eliminate-quarterly-reporting-requirement-1d700bbb

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47404040

Points: 15

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FBI warns Iran aspired to attack California with drones in retaliation for war

jaredwiener — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:41:45 +0000

Article URL: https://abcnews.com/US/fbi-warns-iran-aspired-attack-california-drones-retaliation/story?id=130973820

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47338703

Points: 3

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Tilly Norwood music video is so bad; AI won't be putting actors out of work

jaredwiener — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:58:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-03-11/tilly-music-video-bad-ai-actors-out-of-work

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47338121

Points: 2

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New comment by jaredwiener in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

jaredwiener — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:13:14 +0000

Thank you -- yes, the non-signed in front page needs some work. There's a lot of flood warnings, but if you choose topics with an account it should be a better experience.

And thank you for flagging the scroll thing. I hadn't seen it, but will check.

New comment by jaredwiener in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

jaredwiener — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:12:33 +0000

AI isn't really the draw, it's more of a tool that helps on the backend.

That said, it's both combining various updates into a cohesive timeline of a story, writing the summaries, and assigning it an urgency level which helps in sorting and some other tasks.

New comment by jaredwiener in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

jaredwiener — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:44:25 +0000

thank you -- great to hear!

New comment by jaredwiener in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

jaredwiener — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:36:43 +0000

Building a new kind of news site, featuring updates from primary sources.

We're constantly pulling info from official sources, and using AI to group and summarize into stories, and continue to share reporting from trusted, vetted journalists.

The result is news with the speed and breadth of getting updates straight from the source, and the perspective and context that reporting provides.

Still ramping up, but I'd love to hear feedback:

https://www.forth.news

Paramount Wins Bidding War for Warner Discovery as Netflix Drops Out

jaredwiener — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:04:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/media/warner-discovery-says-paramounts-latest-bid-is-superior-to-netflix-deal-e0ceea4c

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47173418

Points: 12

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AI podcast network publishes 11,000 episodes a day. It rips off media outlets

jaredwiener — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:48:02 +0000

Article URL: https://indicator.media/p/this-ai-generated-podcast-network-publishes-11-000-episodes-a-day-it-s-also-ripping-off-media-outlet

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157630

Points: 1

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Tensions between The Pentagon and AI giant Anthropic reach a boiling point

jaredwiener — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:54:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/anthropic-ai-defense-war-venezuela-maduro-rcna259603

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091354

Points: 17

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New comment by jaredwiener in "Micropayments as a reality check for news sites"

jaredwiener — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:13:06 +0000

But you're not doing micropayments, you're using metered billing. There's a big difference.

For one, you have a request. The answer isn't going to be anywhere else. Sure, you can't be guaranteed the quality in advance, but you are guaranteed to not have an answer without submitting the request. This doesn't work in a field where so many see news as commoditized, and can just get a free article or headline elsewhere.

Micropayments have been tried over and over (see https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/08/the-poster-child-for-micro...)

Some of this issue is the nature of news. With an LLM, the providers just run the infrastructure anyway, and your request is routed to it. They develop new models constantly, and deploy. News does not work like this.

If you have to grab someone's attention to read an article, that's an incentive structure that creates clickbait and other things people hate. You may offer a headline, but that is very often the only part of the story people care about. (Oh, Robert Duvall died? That's sad. But I don't need to pay anything to read anymore -- I already know the story!)

It also does nothing for the piracy that is so rampant -- especially on this site. How many people post archive links to articles with paywalls? Would that stop? Getting a fraction of a cent or so before someone else copies the article is absolutely not a business model.

A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web

jaredwiener — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:26:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-niche-websites-are-seeing-a-surge-of-mysterious-traffic-from-china/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46994623

Points: 6

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