Emerge’s Top 10 WTF AI Moments of 2025
From Grok’s “MechaHitler” meltdown to North Korea’s “vibe-hacking” ransomware, 2025 was the year AI stopped pretending to be smart and started acting unhinged....
From Grok’s “MechaHitler” meltdown to North Korea’s “vibe-hacking” ransomware, 2025 was the year AI stopped pretending to be smart and started acting unhinged....
Article URL: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-hacking-washing-machines Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46428496 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Bitcoin is a decentralized software protocol. ✓ It has a collective action problem. ✓ This differ...
Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI Daters are using AI to slide into the DMs and craft Hinge profiles. Three singles told Business Insider that they had used ChatGPT for pick-up lines, dating app bios, an...
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has updated the user interface of its flagship chatbot by adding an advanced “thinking” feature, as its app recorded a massive 90 per cent jump in mon...
Article URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/active Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46559309 Points: 11 # Comments: 1...
Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/serpapi-lawsuit/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46537295 Points: 6 # Comments: 0...
Article URL: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-bluetooth-headphone-jacking-a-key-to-your-phone Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46453204 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...
Shanghai, China’s financial and tech hub, is aiming to foster over 200 open-source projects over the next two years as part of the city’s ambitious road map to build a world-class ecosystem amid the h...
The Tornado Cash developer was found guilty of operating an unlicensed transmitter business in August and could still be retried on two counts on which a jury deadlocked....
Fender Audio , the consumer electronics brand owned by the famous guitar maker, has announced its first pair of wireless headphones at CES 2026. What sets the Mix headphones apart from the competition...
The raise comes as xAI faces mounting international regulatory scrutiny over Grok's content moderation practices....
Found this on an open directory (blankline.org). It describes a 'Recursive Swarm' architecture designed to solve context saturation for 24+ hour engineering tasks. Two key claims stood out to me: D3 E...
Article URL: https://teodordyakov.github.io/brainfuck-agi/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46418966 Points: 7 # Comments: 2...
Meta is giving Ray-Ban Display users an option to text on their glasses without needing their phone or a keyboard, only the Meta Neural Band. The new EMG handwriting feature, announced on Tuesday duri...
Article URL: https://zenodo.org/records/18089296 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46425371 Points: 3 # Comments: 1...
NATO has identified interceptor drones as a promising new tool for air defense. Artur Widak/Anadolu via Getty Images NATO militaries are seeking air defense tools that are more affordable than expensi...
A new class of startups aims to disrupt incumbents like Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble. Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI Dating apps are getting a makeover in the AI era. But it's not just buzzy "AI matc...
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the country will take action against X following reports that the platform's Grok AI chatbot is generating sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors , as reported e...
Amanda Luther is a managing director and senior partner at BCG. Courtesy of Boston Consulting Group Amanda Luther, a senior partner at BCG , starts her day at 7 a.m. Luther leads AI strategy for clien...