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1. OpenAI valued at $1.25 trillion, as rival Anthropic nears its IPO
OpenAI has reached a $1.25 trillion valuation after raising another $11 billion in a new funding round, Bloomberg reported. The company previously raised $122 billion in March at an $852 billion valuation. Rival Anthropic is nearing an IPO.
Source: The Verge AI
2. Libghostty 1.0
Libghostty 1.0, the standalone library extracted from the Ghostty terminal emulator, has been released. Author Mitchell Hashimoto explains the milestone in a blog post, aiming to let other applications reuse Ghostty’s terminal parsing and rendering. The Hacker News thread drew over 1,000 points.
Source: Hacker News Best
3. Megaspeed exec was recruited to spy on Nvidia CEO, according to US intelligence memo
A U.S. intelligence memo circulated earlier this year reportedly alleged that China’s Ministry of State Security recruited a female tech executive to spy on Nvidia’s CEO. The claim has not been independently verified, and the parties involved have not publicly responded.
Source: TechCrunch AI
AI news
1. The end of Microsoft Research’s AI Frontiers group
Microsoft Research’s AI Frontiers group has reportedly come to an end. The team had focused on frontier AI research, and the news drew significant discussion in the tech community.
Source: Hacker News Frontpage
2. Why a new report on Anthropic automating AI development is alarming researchers
A new METR report says Anthropic is using AI to build more powerful AI, with its models improving about twice as fast as a year ago and little sign of slowing. The finding is alarming AI researchers.
Source: The Verge AI
3. Claude Code’s “Don’t Ask Again” exposes passwords in 1,122 public GitHub files
A blog post reports that Claude Code’s “Don’t Ask Again” permission option can lead to secrets being committed to public repositories, with 1,122 GitHub files found exposing passwords and other credentials. The issue has drawn developer attention.
Source: Hacker News Frontpage
4. Meta introduces Spaces, a new way to collaborate with your Muse agent
Meta announced Spaces, a new way to interact and collaborate with its Muse AI agents. The company has been steadily adding features and integrations to Muse.
Source: TechCrunch AI
Community picks
1. Every Mac comes with an (undocumented) family member classifier
A technical write-up reports that Apple Intelligence’s personal knowledge graph on macOS includes an undocumented classifier that infers family relationships between users and their contacts. The finding sparked debate on Hacker News about privacy and on-device data handling.
Source: Hacker News Best
2. Harness Leaderboard - Kimi Code, Hermes, Pi, Claude Code, Codex, and Others Were Benchmarked Against Terminal Bench 2.1 & Deep SWE 1.1
A community-posted Harness leaderboard benchmarks several AI coding agents, including Kimi Code, Hermes, Pi, Claude Code and Codex, on Terminal Bench 2.1 and Deep SWE 1.1. The submission links to the full rankings but gives no results in the post itself.
Source: Reddit r/LocalLLaMA Top
3. Good Luck Getting a Cheap GPU. AMD Is a ‘Data Center First Company,’ CEO Says
AMD CEO said the company is “data center first,” signaling priority for data-center products over consumer graphics. The shift may make cheap GPUs harder to find and keep consumer GPU prices under pressure.
Source: Reddit r/LocalLLaMA Top
4. Sodium-ion batteries approach cost parity with LFP
Sodium-ion batteries are approaching cost parity with lithium iron phosphate (LFP), with 70 GWh covered by supply agreements, pv-magazine reports. The deals signal progress in commercialization, though large-scale cost competitiveness remains to be seen.
Source: Hacker News Best
5. GitHub’s new Git storage architecture
GitHub published an engineering post detailing its new Git storage architecture, aimed at improving performance and scalability. The item drew 220 points and 62 comments on Hacker News, reflecting strong developer interest.
Source: Hacker News Best
6. Firecracker VM Escape: PwnEscape Part 2
Security researchers published the second part of their PwnEscape series, detailing an exploit that escapes Firecracker microVMs. Firecracker underpins multi-tenant isolation for services such as AWS Lambda, so the escape raises fresh questions about microVM security boundaries.
Source: Hacker News Best
7. Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3
The Asahi Linux project published its 7.3 progress report, detailing ongoing work to run Linux natively on Apple Silicon Macs. The post drew over 300 points and 250 comments on Hacker News, reflecting strong community interest in Linux support for Apple hardware.
Source: Hacker News Best
8. Virginia’s “Data Center Alley” generates $1.2 billion in annual tax revenue—40% of Loudoun County’s entire tax revenue from just 3% of its land, according to the county’s economic development chief.
Virginia’s “Data Center Alley” generates $1.2 billion in annual tax revenue, equal to 40% of Loudoun County’s total tax revenue while using just 3% of its land, according to the county’s economic development chief. The figures highlight data centers’ outsized fiscal contribution.
Source: Reddit r/singularity Top