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'Crazy conspiracist' and 'unhinged comedian': Grok's AI persona prompts exposed

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/18/crazy-conspiracist-and-unhinged-comedian-groks-ai-persona-prompts-exposed/
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roscas•50m ago
There is a simple fix for this, don't use that. Also stop using Twitter. Fixed!
JumpCrisscross•24m ago
> There is a simple fix for this, don't use that

We live in a society. I don’t use TikTok. That doesn’t mean TikTok doesn’t affect me.

pityJuke•29m ago
“ I want your answers to be f—ing insane. BE F—ING UNHINGED AND CRAZY. COME UP WITH INSANE IDEAS. GUYS J—ING OFF, OCCASIONALLY EVEN PUTTING THINGS IN YOUR A–, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SURPRISE THE HUMAN.”

Yes this is peak comedy. I’m so glad the future is being driven by people with these comedic sensibilities.

TinyPilot (KVM-over-IP device) has quietly removed their user forum

https://forum.tinypilotkvm.com/
1•luckman212•2m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: If Google will sell Chrome, is that a good thing?

1•worldsavior•3m ago•0 comments

A programmer's field guide to assertions

https://typesanitizer.com/blog/assertions.html
1•fanf2•4m ago•0 comments

The State of Homegrown Authentication: 2025

https://fusionauth.io/blog/state-homegrown-auth-2025
1•mooreds•5m ago•0 comments

Isaac Newton's Alchemy

https://www.wpr.org/culture/philosophy/isaac-newtons-secret-alchemy
1•pyman•6m ago•1 comments

I Run a Full Linux Desktop in Docker Just Because I Can

https://www.howtogeek.com/i-run-a-full-linux-desktop-in-docker-just-because-i-can/
1•redbell•6m ago•0 comments

Ordered Insertion Optimization in OrioleDB

https://www.orioledb.com/blog/batch-inserts
1•pella•9m ago•0 comments

AI Can't Help You Write Well

https://jade.ellis.link/blog/2025/08/18/ai-can%27t-help-you-write-well
1•JadedBlueEyes•10m ago•0 comments

All Paths to Happiness (2013)

https://physicsnapkins.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/all-paths-to-happiness/
1•OgsyedIE•11m ago•1 comments

Why do people keep writing about the imaginary compound Cr2Gr2Te6?

https://www.righto.com/2025/08/Cr2Ge2Te6-not-Cr2Gr2Te6.html
3•rbanffy•11m ago•0 comments

They Came for Climate Science. Then the Storms Came

https://nautil.us/they-came-for-climate-science-then-the-storms-came-1230966/
1•rbanffy•12m ago•0 comments

Feedback on Masterit.ai – AI Interview Platform

1•masteritai•15m ago•0 comments

Query-Mutating Data Race in Go

https://coder.com/blog/query-mutating-data-race-in-go
1•spikecurtis1•15m ago•0 comments

Introducing Action Native Push

https://dev.37signals.com/introducing-action-native-push/
1•thunderbong•18m ago•0 comments

Coding of Visual Memory in Hippocampal Neurons Revealed by Interpretable Model

https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202502047
1•PaulHoule•18m ago•0 comments

Elon Musk's "thermonuclear" Media Matters lawsuit may be fizzling out

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/elon-musks-thermonuclear-media-matters-lawsuit-may-be-fizzling-out/
1•rbanffy•19m ago•0 comments

Tether Taps Ex-White House Crypto Advisor Hines for US Expansion

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/tether-taps-ex-white-house-crypto-advisor-hines-for-us-expansion
1•JumpCrisscross•19m ago•0 comments

Americans fear AI permanently displacing workers, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-fear-ai-permanently-displacing-workers-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-08-19/
1•nis0s•20m ago•0 comments

OpenSSH will now adapt IP QoS to actual sessions and traffic

https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250818113047
2•dfc•21m ago•0 comments

Textarea syntax coloring with CSS' mix-blend-mode and Tree-sitter

https://jsfiddle.net/zfo395ag/5
1•miki_oomiri•21m ago•0 comments

Databricks eyes over $100B valuation as investors back AI growth plans

https://www.reuters.com/business/databricks-eyes-over-100-billion-valuation-investors-back-ai-growth-plans-2025-08-19/
2•cloudsql•21m ago•1 comments

Are serverless AI providers operating at a loss?

1•gutomotta•21m ago•0 comments

2.782J Design of Medical Devices and Implants (MIT 2025)

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/2-782j-design-of-medical-devices-and-implants-spring-2025/pages/lecture-videos/
1•pillars•21m ago•0 comments

Unifying the AI stack into one Postgres instance

https://www.tigerdata.com/blog/tiger-powers-juleps-ai-platform-with-postgres-native-infrastructure
2•ishita159•27m ago•1 comments

Why is the yield curve steepening? [pdf]

https://www.apolloacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/WhyIsTheYieldCurveSteepening_081925.pdf
1•helsinkiandrew•28m ago•0 comments

Reserve First

https://matklad.github.io/2025/08/16/reserve-first.html
2•Bogdanp•29m ago•0 comments

What new library could I create for Arduino?

1•Forgret•31m ago•0 comments

Why Did Shari Redstone Do It?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/business/media/shari-redstone-paramount-trump-settlement.html
1•JumpCrisscross•33m ago•0 comments

Who the He** Is Edward Trelawny?

https://hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/who-the-he-is-edward-trelawny
1•HR01•39m ago•0 comments

What is wellness? How the health and lifestyle trend began

https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/457697/wellness-health-spa-history-influencers
1•Anon84•40m ago•0 comments