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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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20268,388 stories
Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 257 comments · 1676 points · May 06, 2026
Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era↗ anthropic.com · HN · 836 comments · 1541 points · Apr 07, 2026
OpenAI – How to delete your account↗ help.openai.com · HN · 362 comments · 1929 points · Feb 28, 2026
OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network↗ twitter.com · HN · 648 comments · 1407 points · Feb 28, 2026
Don't fall into the anti-AI hype↗ antirez.com · HN · 1631 comments · 1296 points · Jan 11, 2026
20256,091 stories
Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI↗ skyview.social · HN · 1797 comments · 1550 points · Dec 26, 2025
You did this with an AI and you do not understand what you're doing here↗ hackerone.com · HN · 542 comments · 1178 points · Sep 22, 2025
AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'↗ theregister.com · HN · 744 comments · 1697 points · Aug 21, 2025
My AI skeptic friends are all nuts↗ fly.io · HN · 2826 comments · 2356 points · Jun 02, 2025
Watching AI drive Microsoft employees insane↗ old.reddit.com · HN · 552 comments · 1088 points · May 21, 2025
20243,952 stories
I Am Tired of AI↗ ontestautomation.com · HN · 1121 comments · 1209 points · Sep 27, 2024
Please don't mention AI again↗ ludic.mataroa.blog · HN · 563 comments · 968 points · Jun 19, 2024
Anyone got a contact at OpenAI. They have a spider problem↗ mailman.nanog.org · HN · 375 comments · 743 points · Apr 11, 2024
I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy↗ amazon.com · HN · 737 comments · 1325 points · Jan 12, 2024
The Internet Is Full of AI Dogshit↗ aftermath.site · HN · 587 comments · 805 points · Jan 11, 2024
20234,528 stories
Dark Visitors – A list of known AI agents on the internet↗ darkvisitors.com · HN · 66 comments · 134 points · Dec 28, 2023
Suno AI↗ suno.ai · HN · 160 comments · 336 points · Dec 23, 2023
Not by AI↗ notbyai.fyi · HN · 54 comments · 81 points · Mar 16, 2023
Keep your AI claims in check↗ ftc.gov · HN · 47 comments · 182 points · Feb 27, 2023
Bing AI Can't Be Trusted↗ dkb.blog · HN · 58 comments · 142 points · Feb 13, 2023
20221,157 stories
Galactica: an AI trained on humanity's scientific knowledge (by Meta)↗ galactica.org · HN · 356 comments · 409 points · Nov 15, 2022
Ask HN: Is Anyone Else Tired of the Self Enforced Limits on AI Tech?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 403 comments · 376 points · Oct 23, 2022
AI will replace middle management before robots replace hourly workers↗ chatterhead.bearblog.dev · HN · 366 comments · 421 points · Oct 20, 2022
Google fires engineer who called its AI sentient↗ bigtechnology.substack.com · HN · 699 comments · 381 points · Jul 22, 2022
Show HN: This AI Does Not Exist↗ thisaidoesnotexist.com · HN · 70 comments · 434 points · Apr 23, 2022
2021960 stories
Stop Calling Everything AI, Machine-Learning Pioneer Says↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 118 comments · 223 points · Oct 21, 2021
A man spent a year in jail on murder charge that hinged on disputed AI evidence↗ theregister.com · HN · 204 comments · 372 points · Aug 22, 2021
An AI wolf that preferred suicide over eating sheep↗ lancengym.medium.com · HN · 215 comments · 264 points · Jul 06, 2021
We were promised Strong AI, but instead we got metadata analysis↗ calpaterson.com · HN · 408 comments · 592 points · Apr 26, 2021
Stop Calling Everything AI, Machine-Learning Pioneer Says↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 125 comments · 253 points · Mar 31, 2021
2020976 stories
Google told its scientists to ‘strike a positive tone’ in AI research↗ reuters.com · HN · 271 comments · 303 points · Dec 23, 2020
AI slays top F-16 pilot in DARPA dogfight simulation↗ breakingdefense.com · HN · 423 comments · 331 points · Aug 21, 2020
An understanding of AI’s limitations is starting to sink in↗ economist.com · HN · 381 comments · 303 points · Jun 14, 2020
Why is AI so useless for business?↗ mebassett.info · HN · 370 comments · 384 points · May 26, 2020
U.S. government limits exports of artificial intelligence software↗ reuters.com · HN · 211 comments · 595 points · Jan 04, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Pentagon says overreliance on AI contributed to missile strike on Iran school↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 552 comments · 970 points · Sep 22, 2026
Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 841 comments · 955 points · Sep 18, 2026
AI companies in race to demonstrate their model most threatening to humanity↗ thecivilian.co.nz · HN · 372 comments · 415 points · Sep 28, 2026
A misalignment of AI in mathematics↗ mathandai.org · HN · 1215 comments · 1242 points · Sep 11, 2026
There are no "rogue" AI agents↗ eoinhiggins.substack.com · HN · 266 comments · 385 points · Sep 27, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

A misalignment of AI in mathematics↗ mathandai.org · HN · 1215 comments · 1242 points · Sep 11, 2026
Pentagon says overreliance on AI contributed to missile strike on Iran school↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 552 comments · 970 points · Sep 22, 2026
Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 841 comments · 955 points · Sep 18, 2026
Everyone should slow down AI development except for me↗ xeiaso.net · HN · 454 comments · 813 points · Sep 13, 2026
A single firm is behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta hacking scandals↗ effort.news · HN · 255 comments · 694 points · Sep 14, 2026
Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?↗ yoshuabengio.org · HN · 697 comments · 660 points · Sep 13, 2026
Can AI design circuit boards yet?↗ eebench.org · HN · 241 comments · 422 points · Sep 04, 2026
AI companies in race to demonstrate their model most threatening to humanity↗ thecivilian.co.nz · HN · 372 comments · 415 points · Sep 28, 2026
We Must Return to the Office to Use AI in Person↗ mcsweeneys.net · HN · 68 comments · 401 points · Sep 08, 2026
Feds Target AI Critics as "Foreign Agents"↗ kenklippenstein.com · HN · 456 comments · 394 points · Sep 24, 2026

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