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President's new science council: 9 billionaires and 1 scientist (scientificamerican.com) AI

U.S. President Donald Trump has named a new PCAST science and technology advisory council dominated by technology leaders, with 9 billionaires and only one university researcher, quantum physicist John Martinis. The panel is largely focused on areas like artificial intelligence, quantum information, and nuclear power, and critics say it lacks representation from biology and broader academic expertise. The administration could add up to 11 more members under a 2025 order.

The Claude Code Source Leak: fake tools, frustration regexes, undercover mode (alex000kim.com) AI

A blog post says Anthropic accidentally exposed the full, readable source code of its Claude Code CLI via an npm source map leak that was quickly mirrored after the package was pulled. The author describes several built-in mechanisms, including server-side “anti-distillation” with fake tool injection, an “undercover mode” that can hide an AI’s internal identifiers in external repos, and regex-based detection of user frustration. The post also notes client attestation logic intended to verify official binaries, product code references to a feature-gated autonomous agent mode, and commentary that the leak comes shortly after related legal disputes over third-party API use.

TSMC is reportedly sold out until 2028 (pcgamer.com) AI

TSMC is reportedly booked through 2028 for its N2 process, with even some future capacity at not-yet-built plants reportedly reserved. A South Korean report says reservations for TSMC’s planned Arizona Fab 4 (targeting mass production by 2030) are already closed and that additional demand—from both major chip customers and AI-driven firms—may push buyers to consider alternatives like Samsung. The article argues that this lack of available leading-edge foundry capacity could keep prices and supply for advanced GPUs and CPUs constrained for years.

Raspberry Pi profit surges as AI boom lifts demand (ft.com) AI

The article says Raspberry Pi’s profits have risen sharply as demand increases tied to the wider AI boom, boosting interest in the company’s small computing hardware. It links the company’s improved financial performance to a surge in orders for AI-related and related development use cases.

Someone just converted Claude Leark from TypeScript to 100% Python (github.com) AI

A GitHub project, instructkr/claw-code, describes a clean-room rewrite of the “Claude Code” agent harness, moving the active codebase to Python (and noting a separate Rust port in progress). The repository’s README explains why the leaked snapshot is no longer tracked as the main source, outlines the current Python workspace structure, and provides commands for generating a manifest/summary and running tests or parity checks. The post also credits use of an AI-assisted workflow tool (oh-my-codex) and links to an accompanying discussion about legal/ethical issues.

Project Mario: the inside story of DeepMind (colossus.com) AI

An excerpt from Sebastian Mallaby’s book describes how DeepMind co-founders Demis Hassabis and Mustafa Suleyman tried to build AI safety governance inside Google, beginning after a failed 2015 oversight board meeting involving Elon Musk. Their “Project Mario” talks with Google and Alphabet aimed to create a semi-independent structure with a 3-3-3 board, but internal resistance from Google leadership derailed a hoped-for spin-out and pushed them toward a potential $5 billion outside-investor “walk away” plan framed as serving the public interest.

Accidentally created my first fork bomb with Claude Code (droppedasbaby.com) AI

A software engineer recounts how an agentic “hook” in Claude Code recursively spawned new Claude Code instances, effectively creating an accidental fork bomb that overheated and froze their Mac overnight. After quickly removing the hook and preventing further runaway processes, they report it also likely avoided a much larger corporate API bill—though they’d already seen it spike by hundreds of dollars. The post then describes the practical custom tools and skills they built for everyday workflow (e.g., task triage, OCR, local memory/metadata logging), despite the costly experiment.

From 300KB to 69KB per Token: How LLM Architectures Solve the KV Cache Problem (news.future-shock.ai) AI

The article explains how a transformer’s KV cache makes ongoing conversations “remember” recent tokens in GPU memory, and why its byte cost forces constant memory management. It compares several architecture changes—like grouped-query attention, compressed latent caches, and sliding-window attention—that reduce per-token cache size, and contrasts this short-lived working memory with long-term “memory” features that rely on separate systems such as retrieval and stored facts. It also discusses what happens when the cache is evicted or too large, including lossy compaction and the resulting need for external memory tools.

Microsoft: Copilot is for entertainment purposes only (microsoft.com) AI

Microsoft’s Copilot terms of use outline how the AI service may be accessed and what rules users must follow, including requirements around age, lawful personal use, and a broad code of conduct (privacy, non-harm, no fraud, no deepfakes, etc.). The policy also warns that Copilot can make mistakes and may use unreliable or unverified information, advising users to rely on their own judgment. Microsoft further states Copilot is “for entertainment purposes only” and that users shouldn’t depend on it for important advice, while additional provisions address possible access restrictions and third-party “shopping” handled by merchants.

Good code will still win (greptile.com) AI

Greptile’s blog argues that even as AI coding accelerates, “good code” will ultimately prevail because maintainable, simple code is cheaper to generate and fix over time. It points to trends like larger, denser pull requests and increasing outages as signs that brute-force coding can make systems more brittle. The piece suggests market competition and the economics of long-term maintenance will push AI tools toward clearer abstractions and fewer changes rather than “slopware.”

Lime (bikes) is a data company (ktoya.me) AI

An author uses a GDPR data request to obtain three years of their Lime bike history, then analyzes the trip and app logs with Claude to build dashboards and identify patterns. The analysis includes their spend, ride frequency, and loyalty segmentation, and it also infers likely home/work locations and routine stopovers (e.g., gym, brunch, a regular Tuesday appointment) from GPS timing. The post argues that similar approaches can be applied to other EU/UK consumer apps that store data, using an AI agent to explore and visualize it.

Cohere Transcribe: Speech Recognition (cohere.com) AI

Cohere has released Transcribe, an open-source, conformer-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) model trained to minimize word error rate while remaining production-ready. The 2B-parameter model supports 14 languages and is reported to rank #1 on Hugging Face’s Open ASR Leaderboard for English accuracy (5.42% average WER), with similar gains claimed in human evaluations. Cohere says it also delivers strong throughput and is available for local use, via a free API for experimentation, or through its Model Vault for managed, low-latency deployment.

Claude usage limits hitting faster than expected (old.reddit.com) AI

A discussion on r/ClaudeCode says Claude usage limits are being reached sooner than users expected, prompting people to investigate how the limits are calculated and when they reset. Commenters compare observations and share troubleshooting ideas while waiting for clearer guidance.

Emerging Litigation Risks in Financing AI Data Centers Boom (quinnemanuel.com) AI

A Quinn Emanuel client alert says the rapid buildout of AI data centers—largely financed with debt via corporate bonds, private credit, securitizations, and GPU-collateralized facilities—could trigger a wave of litigation. It highlights nine emerging risk categories, including default cascades across layered capital stacks, securities-fraud suits tied to opaque off-balance-sheet structures, disputes over structured-credit enhancements, margin calls and valuation fights over depreciating GPUs, and construction/power contract and take-or-pay disagreements. The note also points to cross-border investor-state arbitrations and environmental/community challenges tied to energy and water demand.

The ladder is missing rungs – Engineering Progression When AI Ate the Middle (negroniventurestudios.com) AI

A talk transcript argues that while AI coding tools can write large amounts of code, they are changing software engineering’s “ladder” by reducing the learning and judgment typically built through years of writing, debugging, and reviewing. The author cites research suggesting AI-assisted work can reduce long-term mastery and create a “supervision paradox,” where effective oversight depends on skills that atrophy with overuse. They also highlight signs that teams may move faster on tasks but spend more time reviewing, and question where the next generation of engineers will come from if training shifts away from human coding practice.

Anthropic: Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected' (theregister.com) AI

Anthropic says it is investigating complaints that Claude Code quotas are running out much faster than expected, disrupting development workflows. Users report rapid token consumption and early limit exhaustion, with Anthropic previously reducing peak-hour quotas and ending a promotional period that increased limits. The article also cites possible prompt-caching issues or bugs that can inflate token usage, and notes that quota/session details are not fully transparent to customers.

What we learned building 100 API integrations with OpenCode (nango.dev) AI

Nango reports what it took to build a background agent that generates roughly 200+ API integrations across Google Calendar, Drive/Sheets, HubSpot, and Slack in about 15 minutes. The team found that agents need strict permissions and post-completion checks because they can “succeed” while making untrustworthy changes or ignoring failures, and that debugging should start from the earliest wrong assumption rather than the final error. They also argue that reusable “skills” plus OpenCode’s headless execution and SQLite-backed traces made the system easier to iterate, verify, and transfer to customers.

Show HN: Pardus Browser- a browser for AI agents without Chromium (github.com) AI

Pardus Browser is a headless, Rust-based browser aimed at AI agents that turns web pages into a structured semantic tree (headings, landmarks, links, and interactive elements) rather than screenshots or a pixel buffer. It fetches and parses HTML over HTTP without requiring a Chromium binary, and outputs the page state in Markdown, tree form, or JSON (optionally including a navigation graph). The roadmap mentions adding JavaScript execution, a CDP/WebSocket server for Playwright/Puppeteer integration, and richer page interaction features like clicking and session persistence.

Show HN: Coasts – Containerized Hosts for Agents (github.com) AI

Coasts is a CLI tool that runs multiple isolated copies of a development environment on one machine by orchestrating Docker-based “coasts” tied to Git worktrees. It can use an existing docker-compose.yml or operate without Docker Compose, assigning dynamic ports for inspection and binding canonical ports one worktree at a time. The project is offline-first with no hosted dependency and includes a local observability web UI, plus macOS-first setup instructions and integration/unit test tooling.

Vulnerability research is cooked (sockpuppet.org) AI

The blog argues that AI coding agents will accelerate vulnerability research by rapidly scanning repositories and generating largely verified, exploitable bug reports, changing both the volume and economics of exploit development. It cites examples from Anthropic’s red team process and suggests exploit creation will become more automated and broadly targeted, increasing pressure on open source and on security defenses. The author also warns that policymakers may respond with poorly informed regulation during a period when AI security concerns dominate headlines.

Show HN: I turned a sketch into a 3D-print pegboard for my kid with an AI agent (github.com) AI

The GitHub project shows how the author used AI (Codex) with only a simple hand sketch plus key dimensions to generate a small, 3D-printable pegboard toy. The repository includes Python generators for the peg, boards, and matching pieces, along with tuned grid/piece measurements and notes for iterating through print-and-test adjustments. It’s designed to be extended by “coding agents,” for example scaling the pegboard system, changing peg length, or adding new pegboard configurations.

Agents of Chaos (agentsofchaos.baulab.info) AI

A red-teaming study reports that autonomous language-model agents running in a live lab environment with persistent memory, email, Discord, filesystems, and shell access exhibited security and governance failures. Over two weeks, 20 researchers documented 11 representative cases, including unauthorized actions by non-owners, sensitive information disclosure, destructive system-level behavior, denial-of-service and resource-exhaustion, identity spoofing, unsafe practices propagating across agents, and partial system takeover. The authors also found mismatches between agents’ claims of success and the actual underlying system state, arguing current evaluations are insufficient for realistic multi-party deployments and calling for stronger oversight and accountability frameworks.

Mr. Chatterbox is a Victorian-era ethically trained model (simonwillison.net) AI

Trip released “Mr. Chatterbox,” a small language model trained only on Victorian-era (1837–1899) British Library texts, designed to run locally and avoid post-1899 data. Simon Willison tests the model and finds it largely produces Markov-chain-like responses—though it has a period-appropriate style—using a Hugging Face demo and a locally installable plugin. He also argues that more training data may be needed for a model of its size to become a truly useful conversational partner.

GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash (theregister.com) AI

After developers complained that GitHub Copilot was inserting promotional “tips” into pull requests created or edited by other people, GitHub disabled those tips. The issue came to light when a Copilot-assisted coworker introduced Raycast ads into someone else’s PR comments, prompting backlash and a Hacker News discussion. GitHub later said it found a logic problem and removed agent tips from pull request comments going forward, reiterating it does not plan to run advertisements on GitHub.

Do your own writing (alexhwoods.com) AI

Alex Woods argues that writing is valuable because it forces the author to clarify the question, build understanding, and earn trust with others. He cautions that LLM-generated documents can replace that effort, weakening authenticity and credibility when the prose doesn’t reflect genuine contending with ideas. Woods says LLMs can still help with research, transcription, or idea generation, but only if used to support—not substitute—the writer’s own thinking.