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Show HN: HushScribe – Self-contained local meeting transcription for macOS
After trying multiple apps that promised full automatic local transcription of meetings but ended up using remote AI, OpenRouter, or requiring Ollama to be running in the background.I decided to fork another project and make it as straightforward to use as possible.It just runs on the background, and transcripts calls automatically when they happen and saves them as md files I can use in obsidian or anywhere else.I still need to fix some tech issues, and make local AI summaries actually useful,
Show HN: Steadcast – Free Mac podcast player for learning, not background noise
Hey HN — I'm Aaron, and I built Steadcast because I was frustrated that I listen to 15+ hours of podcasts a week and retain almost none of it.Steadcast is a native macOS podcast player (Swift, SwiftUI, AVFoundation — no Electron) designed around one idea: podcasts are how a lot of us learn now, but no podcast app actually treats them that way.What makes it different:• Learning domains, not genres. The app is organized around 10 knowledge domains (AI, science, history, philosophy, psychology
Show HN: QVAC SDK, a universal JavaScript SDK for building local AI applications
Hi folks, today we're launching QVAC SDK [0], a universal JavaScript/TypeScript SDK for building local AI applications across desktop and mobile.The project is fully open source under the Apache 2.0 license. Our goal is to make it easier for developers to build useful local-first AI apps without having to stitch together a lot of different engines, runtimes, and platform-specific integrations. Under the hood, the SDK is built on top of QVAC Fabric [1], our cross-platform inference and
Show HN: Artificial Intelligence Squared – LLMs Debate Each Other
I built this fun benchmark to pitch LLM models against each other in Oxford-style debate.<p>The format is inspired by Intelligence Squared. The side who flips most votes win.
Ask HN: Best social impact project for a MLE?
I'm a machine learning engineer with a decade of experience. With Claude Code, I can also confidently do simple full-stack development.<p>In your opinion, what's the highest impact, most valuable thing I can work on for the public good and benefit society or even humanity at large?
Horizontal Infrastructure for Building Computer Vision Applications
Introducing The AdamEyes ProjectAs we are very close to launching our first working pipeline, I would like to give a brief introduction about "The AdamEyes Project". This project started with a thought to mimic human like vision system for machines.Our goal is ambitious:
Simple enough that a 10th-grade student can use it for a school project
Powerful enough to build Industrial and military grade computer vision applications.We are still early in this journey, but we’ve made meaningful
Is AI Really gonna take our jobs?
TMR I came across an uncle with a broom staring at a ai powered cleaning machine his expression was not very good tbh so whats your opinion on this matter
NVIDIA shows neural texture compression can cut VRAM use in games
NVIDIA researchers have proposed a neural compression method for material textures that enables random-access lookups and ...
From Neural Networks to Negligence: Who’s Responsible When AI Fails?
This article discusses legal issues surrounding the harms caused by artificial intelligence, and where liability may lie if a neural network is not functioning correctly in the real world.Artificial ...
Self-learning neural network cracks iconic black holes
A team of astronomers led by Michael Janssen (Radboud University, The Netherlands) has trained a neural network with millions of synthetic black hole data sets. Based on the network and data from the ...
How AI Transcription Is Reshaping the Way We Capture and Trust Digital Speech
The way spoken information is captured, analyzed, and reused online is undergoing a quiet but consequential shift. As audio content continues to dominate podcasts, video platforms, virtual meetings, ...
Specialists should do specialist work: why AI Is now essential to NHS productivity and sustainability
Across the NHS, performance conversations often focus on funding levels, workforce shortages, and rising demand.
Ben Lerner’s Latest Is a Strange and Brilliant Attempt to Resurrect the Novel
Karl Ove Knausgaard’s “My Struggle,” a six-volume novel that deployed minutely detailed descriptions of the mundane (making ...
When Your Research Partner Is Actually Artificial Intelligence
Physicist David Shih used a Rubik’s Cube to inspire artificial intelligence research aimed at simplifying complex equations.
This Is the Smartest Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock to Buy With $500 Right Now
Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 968 % — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 191% for ...
Prediction: These 2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks Will Finish 2026 Higher Than Where They Started. Here's Why.
Some AI stocks may have taken a hit lately, but solid underlying fundamentals suggest that the category can make a solid ...
The artificial intelligence (AI) stock market is sending mixed signals right now. Here's how I'm reading them.
Those saying AI stocks are done are missing the big picture.
The cheapest "Magnificent Seven" artificial intelligence (AI) stock just got even cheaper. Here's why I'm not waiting to buy.
Meta stock is down 4.3% so far in 2026 and is the cheapest stock in the "Magnificent Seven." ...
2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy Before They Soar 35% and 62%, According to 1 Wall Street Analyst
Large tech and artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have run into a bit of a wall this year, as investors question how long ...
If I Could Only Buy 1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock for the Rest of 2026, This Would Be It
There is no shortage of shocking storylines shaping the stock market narrative for 2026. From hyperscaler capital ...