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🔥 Let's talk about AI and end-to-end encryption
AI's rise poses challenges for end-to-end encryption, risking privacy as data processing shifts from devices to servers.

Dr. TVAM – Inverse Rendering for Tomographic Volumetric Additive Manufacturing
Dr. TVAM is an inverse rendering framework for tomographic volumetric additive manufacturing, enhancing optimization techniques.

Skyvern Browser Agent 2.0: How We Reached State of the Art in Evals
Skyvern 2.0 enhances browser automation with a planner-actor-validator model, achieving 85.85% accuracy on WebVoyager Eval.

Amazon's AI crawler is making my Git server unstable
Amazon's AI crawler is overwhelming a Git server, prompting a plea for help to stop the disruptive requests.

Brussels orders X to hand over documents on algorithm
Brussels demands X Corp disclose algorithm documents amid concerns it boosts far-right content ahead of German elections.

Read CV Acquired by Perplexity
Read.cv is acquired by Perplexity, winding down operations by January 2025 while prioritizing user data export and transition.

Migrate TikTok posts to RedNote AI agent
Opencord AI introduces a new agent for seamless migration of TikTok posts to RedNote for enhanced social media lead generation.

EU orders X to hand over info on recent algorithm changes
The EU demands X provide details on algorithm changes amid concerns of misinformation and potential political manipulation.

US FTC refers complaint about Snapchat use of AI chatbot to Justice Department
The FTC has referred a complaint against Snapchat's AI chatbot to the Justice Department for allegedly harming young users.

European Union orders X to hand over algorithm documents
The EU demands X disclose algorithm changes amid concerns over political bias and content moderation ahead of German elections.

Nearly all Americans use AI, though most dislike it, poll shows
A poll reveals nearly all Americans use AI but hold predominantly negative views about its impact on society and misinformation.

Static Embeddings: should you pay attention? Looks like the speedup is worth it
Static embeddings are resurging, offering significant speed and efficiency gains over transformers with minimal quality loss.

Show HN: Open-source framework to deploy personalized computer-use agents
AgentTankOS introduces TankWork, an open-source framework for AI agents to control computers via voice and text commands.

EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation
The EU demands internal documents from X to investigate algorithm manipulation favoring far-right content amid growing political tensions.

Show HN: Enable Claude to interactively debug your code
Claude can now interactively debug code using a VS Code extension and MCP, enhancing debugging efficiency.

iPhone drops from first to 3rd place in China, struggles to launch AI features
iPhone drops to 3rd place in China as Apple struggles to launch AI features, losing market share to local brands.

Police Use of Face Recognition Continues to Wrack Up Real-World Harms
Police face recognition technology leads to wrongful arrests, particularly affecting Black individuals, prompting calls for a ban.

Microsoft eggheads say AI can never made secure after testing Redmonds products
Microsoft's AI Red Team concludes that securing AI is an ongoing challenge, revealing amplified and new security risks.

Apple pulls error-prone AI-generated news summaries in its beta iPhone software
Apple halts AI-generated news summaries in beta iPhone software due to inaccuracies, impacting its AI integration efforts.

World's most advanced Python AI. Generating Python slop at 1B tokens/sec
A new AI model, Slop, generates Python code at an unprecedented speed of 1 billion tokens per second.

Locked In: The First Context-Aware AI Website Blocker
Locked In is a context-aware AI website blocker that enhances focus by intelligently managing distractions based on user goals.

AI Coding Assistant Is Gaslighting You – The Hidden Cost of Uncertainty
AI coding assistants like Devin create uncertainty for developers, complicating decision-making and disrupting mastery in coding tasks.

Apple suspends AI-generated news alert service after BBC complaint
Apple halts its AI news alert service after BBC complaints about inaccurate summaries, promising improvements in future updates.

Aerospike's 2025 AI and Data Platform Predictions
Aerospike predicts a 2025 shift in AI and data management, emphasizing data retention, real-time insights, and integrated systems.

Eliza: First AI chatbot has been resurrected after decades
The first AI chatbot, ELIZA, has been resurrected after decades, showcasing early artificial intelligence's significance.

Implementing a Byte Pair Encoding (BPE) Tokenizer from Scratch
A guide to implementing a Byte Pair Encoding tokenizer from scratch, detailing its algorithm, training, and usage for LLMs.