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🔥 Show HN: Remove-bg – open-source remove background using WebGPU
Open-source tool Remove-bg uses WebGPU for automated background removal in images.

Many FDA-approved AI medical devices are not trained on real patient data
Nearly 50% of FDA-approved AI medical devices lack training on real patient data, raising concerns about their clinical effectiveness.

Cops are using AI chatbots to write crime reports. Will they hold up in court?
Police use AI to draft crime reports quickly, raising concerns about accuracy and legal implications in court.

I Got 'Professional' AI Headshots to See If Photographers Should Worry
AI-generated headshots raise questions about the future of photography, blending novelty with ethical concerns and potential obsolescence.

The $16K Humanoid Robot Leaping into Production [video]
Unitree's $16K G1 humanoid robot showcases acrobatic skills as it prepares for production, marking a leap in affordable robotics.

Apple Intelligence is coming. Here's what it means for your iPhone
Apple's upcoming iOS 18 introduces "Apple Intelligence," enhancing Siri with ChatGPT integration while prioritizing user privacy.

When A.I.'s Output Is a Threat to A.I. Itself
A.I. risks self-deterioration as it trains on its own output, leading to reduced quality and diversity in generated content.

Show HN: Helix apply -f deploy YAML GenAI with RAG and APIs on local open models [video]
Luke Marsden introduces Helix, a tool for deploying GenAI with RAG and APIs on local open models in a YouTube video.

Gartner AI Hype Cycle: Autonomous AI Is on the Way (Apparently)
Gartner's 2024 Hype Cycle claims autonomous AI is emerging, but skepticism remains about the cycle's validity and tech failures.

Light Recurrent Unit: An Interpretable RNN for Modeling Long-Range Dependency
The Light Recurrent Unit (LRU) enhances RNNs with improved interpretability and efficiency for modeling long-range dependencies.

Pharia-1-LLM: transparent and compliant
Pharia-1-LLM introduces a compliant, multilingual foundation model optimized for various applications, enhancing performance and safety.

Show HN: Cursor Search – AI-powered search that follows your cursor
Cursor Search offers AI-driven, cursor-following search for enhanced web browsing and instant information retrieval.

System prompts used by the Claude web UI and native UIs
Claude's system prompts guide interactions, ensuring accurate responses and encouraging specific behaviors in its web and mobile interfaces.

OllamaFarm – track, load-balance, and failover packs of Ollamas
OllamaFarm is a Go package for managing multiple Ollama instances, featuring automatic failover and model tracking.

I've Got the GenAI Blues
Generative AI tools are declining in quality, often providing inaccurate information, raising concerns about their reliability.

Show HN: ClpGen – AI creates full-length YouTube-style videos from prompts
ClpGen enables users to create high-quality YouTube-style videos from prompts using advanced AI technology in just three steps.

There weren't any RAG communities, so I created R/RAG
A Redditor created the R/RAG community to foster innovation and collaboration in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technology.

New IBM Telum II Processor and IBM Spyre Accelerator
IBM unveils Telum II Processor and Spyre Accelerator to enhance AI capabilities in next-gen IBM Z mainframes, boosting efficiency and performance.

Open Source Autonomous Web Browsing AI – Clickolas Cage
Clickolas Cage is an autonomous web browsing AI that requires an OpenAI API key to function, facing user access issues.

Automated programming, symbolic computation, machine learning: my personal view
The author explores the interplay between automated programming, symbolic computation, and machine learning, emphasizing their significance and future potential.

Show HN: KubeAI – Open AI on Kubernetes
KubeAI offers a private, scalable OpenAI alternative on Kubernetes, compatible with various models and APIs.

Hngrok: AI summarized Hacker News stories and comments
Hngrok summarizes Hacker News stories, highlighting advancements in RISC-V, Buttondown migration, and more in tech discussions.

Convert your WordPress blog to use chatbot-based comments
Transform your WordPress blog comments to chatbot-based interactions for enhanced engagement, lead generation, and SEO benefits.

AI data centres to go nuclear?
Major tech firms are exploring nuclear energy for data centers to meet surging AI demands, amid a global power race.

Rerun: Visualize Multimodal Data over Time
Rerun SDK enables visualization of multimodal data over time, enhancing debugging and analysis in various fields.