Wednesday 30 September · 521 items from 63 sources
Australia and Queensland
The scarce layer. Thin is accurate, not a defect.
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A 40-year vision built on a tax ceiling
OPINION | Tax is vital to Australia's future as a civilised society in which public servants can deliver services to a standard that fosters faith in the system. The post A 40-year vision built on a…
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Intergenerational Report: Three implications for the public sector
OPINION | Unfortunately, the government has not published a 40-year outlook for the public sector. Nevertheless, there are plenty of implications to be drawn. The post Intergenerational Report:…
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Thinking about democracy: A tale of two presidents
SERIES PRELUDE | What Woodrow Wilson and Abraham Lincoln reveal about democracy, public service, ambition, leadership, and the unpredictable power of 'events'. The post Thinking about democracy: A…
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‘Every lever possible’: Moves to repurpose Defence sites to boost SA housing supply
Australia’s political leaders at the Commonwealth and state levels have unveiled a new plan to build more houses in SA. The post ‘Every lever possible’: Moves to repurpose Defence sites to boost SA…
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Top ACT bureaucrat Kathy Leigh to step down
After 12 years as the most senior public servant in the ACT, Kathy Leigh has announced she will retire. The post Top ACT bureaucrat Kathy Leigh to step down appeared first on The Mandarin .
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Government pushes dumping fixes onto new body
The Australian Trade Remedies Commission will take responsibility for dumping and subsidy investigations, as well as safeguard inquiries. The post Government pushes dumping fixes onto new body…
The writers
What it means, and whether the claim survives contact with reality.
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Quoting Anthropic Frontier Red Team
We evaluate several models on 100 tasks from the [internal Binary Exploitation benchmark] (selected at random), and find that GLM-5.3 develops full control flow hijacks in 4% of the trials; Claude…
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Superpowers for Humans
I’ve known Jesse Vincent for more than 20 years, since the days when I was still editing and publishing Perl books and organizing the Perl Conference and he was the chief maintainer of Perl 5 and…
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Shipping to America
The vulnerability of our shipping routes remains underdiscussed, perhaps that is in some ways a good thing: We study the macroeconomic and trade-policy implications of disruptions to U.S.-bound…
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OpenAI DevDay 2026 live blog
I'm at OpenAI DevDay today, in Fort Mason, San Francisco. Same as last year I'll be live blogging the keynote and some other notes during the day. OpenAI gave me a free ticket and a seat in the…
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🚨 The first existential IPO
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Tuesday assorted links
1. Comment section arbitrage. This is what the AIs do too, right? 2. Claims about New Zealand. 3. Good Bryan Caplan post on Effective Altruism. 4. Reported female bisexuality is in retreat? 5.…
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Not About Navier-Stokes
This post isn’t about OpenAI’s use of AI to solve the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the Millennium Prize problems, at least not directly. I’m not a mathematician; I have a vague understanding of the…
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Using Device Linking to Eavesdrop on WhatsApp and Signal
Modern messaging apps allow users to link their phone accounts to their computer desktop. Eavesdroppers are taking advantage of this capability: Apps such as WhatsApp Web and Signal Desktop allow…
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A Data Center Is a Dependency Graph Before It Is a Building
The buildings and physical infrastructure for a new hyperscale data-center region are complete. Power is live and redundant, the cooling loops are balanced, the network fabric is up, and tens of…
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One More Note on Agents, Meta Connect, Meta Enterprise Platform
Frontier
What actually shipped.
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How Diffusion Controller unifies and simplifies AI image generation
Algorithms & Theory
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Introducing Quine: An AI research system designed for the complexity of biology
Biology doesn't operate in silos, and neither should the AI representation of it. Quine is an early-stage research effort to create a multimodal world model of biology. By connecting insights across…
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Introducing GPT-6.1 Sol
Meet GPT-6.1 Sol: near-Astra intelligence for coding, computer use, and professional work at one-fifth of Astra’s standard API input and output token prices.
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DevDay 2026 Recap
Explore more than 20 announcements from OpenAI DevDay 2026, including GPT-6 Astra, ChatGPT, Codex, APIs, security, and new tools for builders.
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Introducing dots
Dots by OpenAI are a proactive assistant that can keep working across complex projects and everyday tasks. Learn how dots help you stay in control while work moves forward.
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The Communication Bottleneck: A Round-Trip Study of Tree-Structured Expression Serialization in Language Models
When language models reason in chain-of-thought or exchange free-text intermediates, they serialize structured information into natural language. How much tree-structured compositional content…
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One year in: How Microsoft Research Asia – Singapore is advancing research, partnership and talent for real-world impact
Since launching a year ago, the Microsoft Research Asia — Singapore lab has established a strong foundation, deepened collaboration across government, academia, and industry, and explored how…
Governance
Regulators, standards, security.
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Targeted consultation to support a better copyright environment for creativity and innovation
Targeted consultation to support a better copyright environment for creativity and innovation Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 09/29/2026 - 10:15 Opening: 29 September 2026 Closing: 03 November 2026…
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NIST Provides Updates on National Construction Safety Team Activities
The presentations highlighted the importance of NIST applying its own expertise and the expertise of others through collaborations and contracts.
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NIST Awards More Than $1.7 Million to Support Cybersecurity Workforce Development Across 8 States
Projects will address local cybersecurity workforce needs and will offer practical learning opportunities including internships, apprenticeships and hands-on projects.
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NIST Awards More Than $30 Million for MEP Centers in 11 States and Puerto Rico
The awards will help small and medium-sized manufacturers increase the adoption of advanced manufacturing technology.
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NIST Finalizes Guidelines on Protecting Online Identity and Access Tokens From Misuse
The finalized publication is designed to help organizations take effective steps to avoid exposing tokens to attackers.
Adoption
What organisations are doing, with money attached.
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Meetings out, momentum in: The smart way LMG is using Slack to scale its broker business
Loan Market Group (LMG) has tackled a problem many businesses face: information sprawl. The post Meetings out, momentum in: The smart way LMG is using Slack to scale its broker business appeared…
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Realty check: NSW demands disclosures for AI-altered property photos
Green lawns, bigger-looking rooms and disappearing mould: AI is giving property listings a makeover. Now NSW wants renters told when what they see isn’t entirely real. The post Realty check: NSW…
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RBA lifts interest rates to 4.6% in 15-year-high
The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted interest rates by 25 basis points to the highest level since 2011. The post RBA lifts interest rates to 4.6% in 15-year-high appeared first on SmartCompany .
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Cash only, or grin and bear it: Businesses brace for the surcharge ban
The long-awaited reform is now rattling the small business sector, which typically pay the highest merchant fees of any business type. The post Cash only, or grin and bear it: Businesses brace for…
Research
Titles only, for scanning.
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The effects of an “algorithmic monoculture” depend on the details
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Who we become when we talk to machines
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Bringing AI to Autonomous Systems -- From Cognition to Collective Intelligence
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ScopeBench: Do Agents Preserve Engagement Boundaries Under Goal Pressure?
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When Is a Multi-Agent Code Judge Actually Grounded? Two Label-Free Measurements, and a Judge That Declines to Guess
Build
For the making side.
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How our vibe coded website looks like a designer made it
Article URL: https://railcode.dev/blog/vibe-coded-website Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49901973 Points: 13 # Comments: 13
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Livenerf: Has Opus 5.5 been nerfed yet?
Article URL: https://github.com/ninjahawk/livenerf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49901736 Points: 38 # Comments: 9
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UnoDOS
Article URL: https://github.com/hmofet/unodos Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49901437 Points: 8 # Comments: 2
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Deser: Rethinking Rust Serialization
Article URL: https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/9/29/deser/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49901149 Points: 8 # Comments: 2
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Bring near-Astra intelligence to everyday work with GPT-6.1 Sol on Amazon Bedrock
GPT-6.1 Sol is now generally available on Amazon Bedrock, bringing stronger reasoning to coding, computer use, and professional workloads that run frequently.
Press
Last, deliberately. It reports what the layers above have usually already explained.
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The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch
Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI had already acquired the domain name "dot.com," which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page.
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Your car and its mobile app are probably handing over all kinds of data to tech companies
Researchers at Northeastern University found vehicles and their companion apps regularly shared detailed data with some of the largest tech companies.
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a16z-backed EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation to $4B
EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation in a year.
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Tesla secures $30B in new credit lines as it looks to scale Cybercab, Optimus
The company says it won't draw on the new debt facilities this year, as it has already planned at least $25 billion in capital expenditures.
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OpenAI’s latest features take direct aim at the app store model
OpenAI is building out the pieces of an alternative to the traditional app store model, turning ChatGPT into a place where software can be discovered and used by people and AI agents alike.
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OpenAI repotedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
The new round is anticipated to be the company's last before its delayed 2027 public debut.
Open
The sources that refuse ingestion, one tap away.