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GPT-6 Astra cracks 217-year-old Napoleonic code in six hours

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-6-astra-cracks-217-year-old-napoleonic-code-in-just-six-hours-single-prompt-ai-run-solves-24-rows-of-custom-symbols-from-a-single-image-reveals-lost-troop-orders
2•ortusdux•41m ago

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ortusdux•33m ago
Link to X thread: https://x.com/CarterWChurch/status/2105167567706816690?ref_s...

"What makes this impressive isn't actually the codebreaking, but that Astra completed the entire multi-modal workflow in ~6 hours from a single image and goal."

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son has rare cautionary note on AI safety

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/05/companies/softbank-son-ai-risks/
1•mikhael•2m ago•0 comments

AI: EU Member States plan "digital expropriation" of Europeans

https://noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-member-states-plan-digital-expropriation-europeans-interest-ai-companies
3•stiray•2m ago•0 comments

Expanding My Music Pipeline

https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2026/expanding-my-music-pipeline
3•cdrnsf•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Open-Source Instinct

https://github.com/mariagorskikh/open-instinct
1•mariagorskikh•3m ago•0 comments

The 'Americanization' of French Dining

https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/travel/french-restaurants-american-influence
1•smn1234•3m ago•0 comments

Court Tosses Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim 'Forgiving' His Killer Played

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/manslaughter-conviction-overturned-ai-video-statement.html
1•ortusdux•5m ago•1 comments

Show HN: .cmd, cross-platform build tool manager and task launcher you check in

https://github.com/dotcmdhq/dotcmd
2•vlaaad•5m ago•1 comments

Pricing and viability of indie apps post-AI

https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1wvyd4s/pricing_and_viability_of_indie_apps_postai/
1•marshalla•6m ago•1 comments

Musk says he will rename SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/musk-says-he-will-rename-spacexai-spacexsi-2026-10...
1•eternalreturn•6m ago•1 comments

Germany is spending 108M euros on a PHP CMS

https://shocm.me/posts/2026-09-30-php-foundation-digital-sovereignty-community-hour/
3•speckx•7m ago•0 comments

Black Death hits Russia. It never really went away.

https://www.intellinews.com/black-death-hits-russia-it-never-really-went-away-473582/
1•bushwart•8m ago•0 comments

What the AI boom is doing for Americans – Noah Smith

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/what-the-ai-boom-is-doing-for-americans
1•bluepeter•8m ago•0 comments

Flying Doesn't Have to Be This Miserable

https://time.com/article/2026/09/29/flying-doesn-t-have-to-be-this-miserable/
1•voxleone•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: SoldStack – sold prices API for secondhand clothes

https://soldstack.fly.dev/
2•aarontian0•9m ago•0 comments

Russia's response to suspected plague outbreak under scrutiny

https://www.newsweek.com/russias-response-to-suspected-plague-outbreak-under-scrutiny-12523852
2•tosh•9m ago•0 comments

Keep large MCP results out of context

https://spill-ai.github.io/spill/
3•yusufaytas•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Designobo – AI prototyping tool in 40kb of js

https://designobo.com/
1•crowdyriver•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Leftovers – FOSS macOS app to cleanup after AI agents

https://github.com/arpwal/leftovers
2•arpitagarwal•10m ago•0 comments

Are Babies Conscious?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/science/consciousness-brain-babies.html
1•tysone•11m ago•0 comments

Inference Is the Most Important Market in Software

https://tomtunguz.com/inference-is-the-most-important-market-in-software/
1•shenli3514•12m ago•0 comments

A 'tsunami' of church closings is poised to remake America

https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/us/church-closings-christianity-crossroads
2•teleforce•13m ago•0 comments

White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia

https://www.axios.com/2026/10/04/russia-plague-outbreak-white-house-us
2•tosh•15m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Anybody else enjoying Cursor's native (xAI) models?

1•manlymuppet•15m ago•2 comments

Show HN: I gave 170 websites their 2019 design

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/net19/aomcmjccojigoiehgcomlpbiabllpeif
1•henry-xli•16m ago•1 comments

How quitting drinking can change marriages and friendships

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/10/05/how-quitting-drinking-can-upend-marriages-friends...
4•mikhael•17m ago•0 comments

Best Books/Courses/Channels to Leapfrog on AI/ML Material

2•dtsdwarak•18m ago•0 comments

The Storm: How weather, loss, and wonder led me to A.I.

https://leewmartin1.substack.com/p/the-storm-part-1
1•LeeWMartin•18m ago•1 comments

Happiness? Cats Countries with more felines are happier

https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-16183527/Cats-increase-national-happiness-study.html
3•theflyingelvis•20m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Productivity FOSS App Synced in Desktop and Mobile

https://github.com/ontoplano/ontoplano
1•philipthetenth•20m ago•0 comments

Cats were in Poland 8k years ago

https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/cat-migration-europe/
2•andai•21m ago•1 comments