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Show HN: OpenBrief – Local-first video downloader/summarizer

OpenBrief is basically a GUI for yt-dlp with some AI on top — paste a link, it downloads locally, and transcription and voice generation run with local AI on your machine. Summaries and chat over the transcript use an LLM, which is bring-your-own-key for now. It's open source and free.

Show HN: Fono – dictation/assistant for Linux in one Rust binary

Hello everybody,I built this tool initially to dictate to my computer because the alternatives weren't very attractive to me. There was an Electron app that was eating a lot of my RAM and had too much GUI. There was another one with lots of separate dependencies and it looks like it's going to take a while to figure it out, and a project that was a bunch of Python scripts. Anyways, without giving it too much consideration, I decided to build my own... how hard can it be? :)So, the init

Meta to sell AI chatbot subscriptions to offset spending

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20 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Google’s Gemini AI could do

From writing spreadsheet formulas to decoding product manuals, there's no limit to the ways Google's AI bot can help you out.

An AI solution to an 80‑year‑old problem has shocked mathematicians

Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Pope Leo’s AI Warning Struck a Nerve With Some Tech Leaders

Though J.D. Vance found the “bits and pieces” he read to be “very profound.” ...

AI is changing this job so fast the interview process can’t keep up

Now that AI can write code, what makes a good software engineer? That’s the question hiring managers in the tech industry are ...

Anthropic aligns with Vatican over White House as Pope Leo addresses AI fears

With Anthropic already in a dispute with the Trump administration, co-founder Christopher Olah helped Pope Leo unveil his ...

Vance warns that AI should not outrank humans in war

Vice President JD Vance said he worries about how emerging AI will be used in warfare, urging graduating Air Force cadets to ...

CNN sues Perplexity over alleged AI copyright theft

CNN is suing Perplexity, accusing the AI company of unlawfully copying and distributing CNN’s content.

Launch HN: Minicor (YC P26) – Windows desktop automations at scale

Hey we’re Faiz and Saheed and we built Minicor so AI companies who need to integrate to desktop systems with no API can quickly build scalable desktop RPAs. Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD0GHZIJ1cwEdit: RPA is an acronym for Robotic Process Automation - things like triggering mouse clicks and key strokes to perform tasks programmatically. Sorry if this wasn't clear!We were working on non-RPA integrations when a customer promised to sign a deal in 2 days if we could u

Show HN: Chunk sidecars for validating agent-generated code before pushing to CI

Hi HN! My name is Olaf, I work at CircleCI as a technology advisor in the CTO office, came in through the acquisition of my company Vamp.io (progressive delivery for microservices on k8s) in 2021. Wanted to hear the HN community feedback and thoughts on a project we think could be very interesting when adding AI coding agents to the SDLC and your CI pipelines.Our team at CircleCI built Chunk sidecars after repeatedly running into the same issue internally: by the time our CI catches a failure, t

Neural network-based elucidation of the mechanisms of asperuloside in osteoarthritis treatment

Traditional Chinese medicine has shown therapeutic potential in treating osteoarthritis (OA) by regulating inflammation and maintaining cartilage homeostasis. However, the complex compositions of ...

AI Proves Language Evolves for Learnability

A new study uses deep linear networks to prove that language undergoes iterated learning to become structured and learnable.

WiMi Achieves Breakthrough in Deep Convolutional Neural Network Technology Based on Quantum Parameterized Circuits

WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WiMi) ("WiMi" or the "Company") is a leading global Hologram Augmented Reality ("AR") Technology provider. A quantum deep convolutional neural network technology oriented toward image recognition tasks has achieved phased progress. This technology provides a new technical path to address the challenges faced by traditional deep learning in terms of computational complexity, memory consumption, and training efficiency by constructing a quantum deep convolutional

Here is the first living 3D neural network for AI

A team from Princeton has designed a three-dimensional device that merges living neurons with electronics. This system can be ...

1 No-Brainer Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock to Buy With $150 Right Now

Many big tech companies are spending heavily on developing artificial intelligence and building out data centers to support ...

Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical is a 42,000-word letter on artificial intelligence

Pope Leo XIV presented a more than 42,000-word letter on artificial intelligence in his first encyclical as pontiff.

Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence

The Holy See has produced short videos, in English and Spanish, of Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.” ...

Pope Leo Pleads for Artificial Intelligence Restrictions in First Encyclical

Pope Leo released his first Encyclical, titled "Magnificent Humanity." The sweeping manifesto is about safeguarding humanity in an era of artificial intelligence. Mark Potosnak is an Environmental ...