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Anthropic: Latest Claude model finds more than 500 vulnerabilities

https://www.scworld.com/news/anthropic-latest-claude-model-finds-more-than-500-vulnerabilities
1•Bender•3m ago•0 comments

Brooklyn cemetery plans human composting option, stirring interest and debate

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/brooklyn-green-wood-cemetery-human-composting/
1•geox•3m ago•0 comments

Why the 'Strivers' Are Right

https://greyenlightenment.com/2026/02/03/the-strivers-were-right-all-along/
1•paulpauper•4m ago•0 comments

Brain Dumps as a Literary Form

https://davegriffith.substack.com/p/brain-dumps-as-a-literary-form
1•gmays•4m ago•0 comments

Agentic Coding and the Problem of Oracles

https://epkconsulting.substack.com/p/agentic-coding-and-the-problem-of
1•qingsworkshop•5m ago•0 comments

Malicious packages for dYdX cryptocurrency exchange empties user wallets

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/malicious-packages-for-dydx-cryptocurrency-exchange-empt...
1•Bender•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built a <400ms latency voice agent that runs on a 4gb vram GTX 1650"

https://github.com/pheonix-delta/axiom-voice-agent
1•shubham-coder•6m ago•0 comments

Penisgate erupts at Olympics; scandal exposes risks of bulking your bulge

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/penisgate-erupts-at-olympics-scandal-exposes-risks-of-bulk...
2•Bender•6m ago•0 comments

Arcan Explained: A browser for different webs

https://arcan-fe.com/2026/01/26/arcan-explained-a-browser-for-different-webs/
1•fanf2•8m ago•0 comments

What did we learn from the AI Village in 2025?

https://theaidigest.org/village/blog/what-we-learned-2025
1•mrkO99•8m ago•0 comments

An open replacement for the IBM 3174 Establishment Controller

https://github.com/lowobservable/oec
1•bri3d•11m ago•0 comments

The P in PGP isn't for pain: encrypting emails in the browser

https://ckardaris.github.io/blog/2026/02/07/encrypted-email.html
2•ckardaris•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Mirror Parliament where users vote on top of politicians and draft laws

https://github.com/fokdelafons/lustra
1•fokdelafons•13m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Opus 4.6 ignoring instructions, how to use 4.5 in Claude Code instead?

1•Chance-Device•15m ago•0 comments

We Mourn Our Craft

https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/07/we-mourn-our-craft/
1•ColinWright•17m ago•0 comments

Jim Fan calls pixels the ultimate motor controller

https://robotsandstartups.substack.com/p/humanoids-platform-urdf-kitchen-nvidias
1•robotlaunch•21m ago•0 comments

Exploring a Modern SMTPE 2110 Broadcast Truck with My Dad

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/exploring-a-modern-smpte-2110-broadcast-truck-with-my-dad/
1•HotGarbage•21m ago•0 comments

AI UX Playground: Real-world examples of AI interaction design

https://www.aiuxplayground.com/
1•javiercr•22m ago•0 comments

The Field Guide to Design Futures

https://designfutures.guide/
1•andyjohnson0•22m ago•0 comments

The Other Leverage in Software and AI

https://tomtunguz.com/the-other-leverage-in-software-and-ai/
1•gmays•24m ago•0 comments

AUR malware scanner written in Rust

https://github.com/Sohimaster/traur
3•sohimaster•27m ago•1 comments

Free FFmpeg API [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RAuSVa4MLI
3•harshalone•27m ago•1 comments

Are AI agents ready for the workplace? A new benchmark raises doubts

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/are-ai-agents-ready-for-the-workplace-a-new-benchmark-raises-do...
2•PaulHoule•32m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI Watermark and Stego Scanner

https://ulrischa.github.io/AIWatermarkDetector/
1•ulrischa•32m ago•0 comments

Clarity vs. complexity: the invisible work of subtraction

https://www.alexscamp.com/p/clarity-vs-complexity-the-invisible
1•dovhyi•33m ago•0 comments

Solid-State Freezer Needs No Refrigerants

https://spectrum.ieee.org/subzero-elastocaloric-cooling
2•Brajeshwar•34m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Will LLMs/AI Decrease Human Intelligence and Make Expertise a Commodity?

1•mc-0•35m ago•1 comments

From Zero to Hero: A Brief Introduction to Spring Boot

https://jcob-sikorski.github.io/me/writing/from-zero-to-hello-world-spring-boot
1•jcob_sikorski•35m ago•1 comments

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and person close to Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower
14•c420•36m ago•2 comments

How to Fake a Robotics Result

https://itcanthink.substack.com/p/how-to-fake-a-robotics-result
1•ai_critic•36m ago•0 comments
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Show HN: Cmpsbl OS v5.5.0 – A Self-Hosting Cognitive Substrate (131k LOC)

https://zenodo.org/records/18379258
1•promptfluid•1w ago
I’ve spent the last year building a "Cognitive Substrate" that manages its own technical debt and evolves itself in shadow mode. It’s a 131,000 LOC operating system designed for recursive autonomy - not just another LLM wrapper, but a kernel for long-term digital intelligence.

The system is built on a 4-layer architecture with 13 specialized modules. What makes it different from standard agent frameworks:

Self-Improvement Loop:

The MODERNIZER module scans the codebase, proposes upgrades, and tests them in a parallel "Shadow Mode" before production deployment.

Cognitive Circuit Breakers:

The CORE kernel implements the circuit breaker pattern at the logic level. If a cognitive module (like BRAIN or DECODE) starts to drift or fail, the kernel isolates it to prevent system-wide instability.

Multi-Tier Memory Graph:

BRAIN uses a Hot/Warm/Cold storage strategy. It searches its own knowledge graph and local memory tiers before ever hitting an external API, drastically reducing latency and dependency.

Infrastructure Arbitrage:

I built NEXUS to route requests across free-tier AI providers, essentially "mining" compute to build a permanent, proprietary knowledge base for $0/mo.

As a solo founder, I wanted to see if recursive self-improvement could replace a traditional engineering team. The result is a "Digital Organism" that handles its own health monitoring, security (via a cognitive firewall), and learning cycles.

I’ve published the full architectural deep-dives and live system evidence on Zenodo.

I'm curious to hear what the HN community thinks about the "Shadow Mode" approach to autonomous refactoring and the viability of cognitive circuit breakers.

Scientific Documentation & Artifacts:

https://zenodo.org/records/18379258

Here’s a link to the live system and our template marketplace so you can create models that don’t drift and apps that learn and dream as well.

Free SDK for anyone wanting to check it out:

https://CMPSBL.com

This is v5.5.0 and I have a little more work to do before the system can fully autonomously evolve itself, but it does propose, verify, and build its own patch’s and allies successfully to shadow mode reliably.

Let me know what you think HN!

Comments

promptfluid•1w ago
For anyone curious about what I mean by “substrate” in this context - this isn’t an agent framework or wrapper around a single LLM.

CMPSBL is operating more like a cognitive OS: it provides persistence (memory), observability, defense, multi-model routing, and a self-improvement cycle for AI systems.

The goal isn’t clever chat output; it’s continuity, coordination, and the ability for a system to reflect on its own performance and update itself over time.

The v5.5.0 drop includes the full technical docs + module specs + validation methodology + runtime evidence.

If you want to audit how the substrate works or decide if this class of architecture makes sense, that’s the best place to start.

Main intended use cases today are:

– research labs – cognitive infrastructure work – autonomous systems R&D – embedded AI runtime projects – multi-model coordination – memory-centric applications

Open to licensing discussions with research groups and R&D labs.