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Today: Rubio skips Ukraine meeting with European leaders in Munich · Inflation eases in US as prices for used cars fall · AI: OpenAI Is Nuking Its 4o Model. China’s ChatGPT Fans Aren’….
Top 10 — News
- Rubio skips Ukraine meeting with European leaders in Munich US secretary of state cancels attendance at last minute in move that EU official calls ‘insane’
- What the truck just happened to transport stocks? The flap of an AI paper triggers a freight-ening sell-off
- Inflation eases in US as prices for used cars fall Prices rose by 2.4% in the year to January, the latest official figures show, the slowest pace since May.
- Heathrow not crowded but people walk in ‘wrong place’, says boss Chief executive Thomas Woldbye says Europeans and Brits keep "crashing into each other" because they walk on different sides.
- Fintech lending giant Figure confirms data breach The company said hackers downloaded “a limited number of files” after breaking into an employee’s account.
- Why top talent is walking away from OpenAI and xAI AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks.
- WHO slams US-funded newborn vaccine trial as “unethical” CDC awarded $1.6 million for study birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau.
- Aided by AI, California beach town broadens hunt for bike lane blockers Hayden AI's cameras will scan for violations from 7 city vehicles.
- 4chan’s creator says ‘Epstein had nothing to do’ with creating infamous far-right board /pol/ The close timing of Jeffrey Epstein coming into contact with 4chan founder Chris 'moot' Poole and the launch of the "politically incorrect"…
- Google’s WebMCP moves the web closer to becoming a structured database for AI agents
In the future, AI agents won't just search the web; they'll browse it, shop on it, and complete tasks on their own.
AI tools & model updates
- OpenAI Is Nuking Its 4o Model. China’s ChatGPT Fans Aren’t OK As OpenAI removed access to GPT-4o in its app on Friday, people who have come to rely on the chatbot for companionship are mourning the los…
- openai/openai-python: v2.21.0 Release update (see link for changelog).
- OpenAI has yet another new coding model and this time it’s really fast OpenAI's new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is a smaller coding model that runs on Cerebras chips and pushes over 1,000 tokens per second.
- Skills in OpenAI API Skills in OpenAI API OpenAI's adoption of Skills continues to gain ground.
- Amazon Bedrock increases default quotas for Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 model in AWS GovCloud (US) Amazon Bedrock has increased the default quotas for Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 in AWS GovCloud (US-West) and AWS GovCloud (US-East) to 5…
- open-webui/open-webui: v0.8.1 Release update (see link for changelog).
- BerriAI/litellm: v1.81.0-patch4 Release update (see link for changelog).
- open-webui/open-webui: v0.8.0 Release update (see link for changelog).
- ollama/ollama: v0.16.1 Release update (see link for changelog).
- Amazon Bedrock adds support for the latest open-weight models in Asia Pacific (Sydney)
Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that provides secure, enterprise-grade access to high-performing foundation models from leading A…
Full list — News (50)
US secretary of state cancels attendance at last minute in move that EU official calls ‘insane’
The flap of an AI paper triggers a freight-ening sell-off
Comments from US president come as Washington deploys a second aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East
Interviews under way as US president tries to fill role
Germany explores joining France’s nuclear umbrella as European fears grow over the US reducing its military footprint
How the Trump administration could determine who owns a media giant
Ban remains in effect even though judges find the UK government’s proscription of the group was unlawful
Nation ranks behind US as worst in G7 on emissions progress as Mark Carney weakens environmental goals
Optimism in Japan following Sanae Takaichi’s election win is running high
Data group’s share price has fallen in recent months
Our experts discuss which companies to buy, sell or hold this week
The normal order of what influences the world’s most important reserve currency is breaking down
The secretary of state has gone from presidential rival to loyal lieutenant amid a foreign policy blitz
Jimmy Ba will be the sixth member of the founding team to depart
OpenAI is rolling out advertising on ChatGPT to select users.
Prices rose by 2.4% in the year to January, the latest official figures show, the slowest pace since May.
Chief executive Thomas Woldbye says Europeans and Brits keep "crashing into each other" because they walk on different sides.
A Super Bowl advert had sparked new scrutiny of the smart doorbell company's privacy practices.
Reports suggest the former prince shared a Treasury document when he was serving as trade envoy.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem’s exit comes after files showed he appears to have exchanged hundreds of emails with Epstein.
The company said hackers downloaded “a limited number of files” after breaking into an employee’s account.
AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks.
The Japanese sex toy maker said a hacker broke into an employee's inbox and stole customer names, email addresses, and correspondence, incl…
The model is known for its overly sycophantic nature and its role in several lawsuits involving users' unhealthy relationships with the cha…
CDC awarded $1.6 million for study birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau.
Hayden AI's cameras will scan for violations from 7 city vehicles.
Verizon unlocks have 35-day waiting period after paying off device plan online.
“This is definitely not about dogs,” senator says, urging a pause on Ring face scans.
Don't expect big changes yet.
MST3K 's 2010s revival looked forward; this one is emphatically looking backward.
Airbnb was poised to introduce an app that doesn't just search for you, but one that "knows you." CEO Brian Chesky said, "It will help gues…
The close timing of Jeffrey Epstein coming into contact with 4chan founder Chris 'moot' Poole and the launch of the "politically incorrect"…
Valentine's Day is often thought of as the quintessential Hallmark holiday - and why wouldn't it be?
If you like how well AirPods work with iPhones but want something more colorful and flexible, the Beats Studio Buds Plus are a nice middle…
User reviews on Steam may get more informative after a Steam Client Beta update released on Thursday, which adds an option for users to att…
Deals have been admittedly pretty dry since the holidays, but now that February is in full swing, we’re starting to see strong discounts re…
In the future, AI agents won't just search the web; they'll browse it, shop on it, and complete tasks on their own.
Anthropic is discussing building at least 10 gigawatts of data center capacity worth hundreds of billions of dollars, recruiting ex-Google…
IEEE TryEngineering is celebrating 20 years of empowering educators with resources that introduce engineering to students at an early age.
Elon Musk's AI company xAI is hemorrhaging talent.
Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/openai-mission-statement/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009416 Po…
Article URL: https://theconversation.com/openai-has-deleted-the-word-safely-from-its-mission-and-its-new-structure-is-a-test-for-whether-ai…
Article URL: https://github.com/datascale-ai/data_engineering_book/blob/main/README_en.md Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i…
CDC public health news, press releases, government public health news, medical and disease news.
Article URL: https://www.politico.eu/article/tiktok-meta-facebook-instagram-brussels-kill-infinite-scrolling/ Comments URL: https://news.yc…
Previously: An AI agent published a hit piece on me - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990729 - Feb 2026 (916 comments) AI agent open…
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/new-result-theoretical-physics/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006594 Points: 3…
Article URL: https://davidoks.blog/p/why-im-not-worried-about-ai-job-loss Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006513 Point…
I've been working on CloudRouter, a skill + CLI that gives coding agents like Claude Code and Codex the ability to start cloud VMs and GPUs.
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEBQveBCtKY Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47006316 Points: 82 # Comments:…
Full list — AI tools & model updates (30)
As OpenAI removed access to GPT-4o in its app on Friday, people who have come to rely on the chatbot for companionship are mourning the los…
Release update (see link for changelog).
OpenAI's new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is a smaller coding model that runs on Cerebras chips and pushes over 1,000 tokens per second.
Skills in OpenAI API OpenAI's adoption of Skills continues to gain ground.
Someone asked if there was an Anthropic equivalent to OpenAI's IRS mission statements over time.
Claude Code was made available to the general public in May 2025.
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Amazon Bedrock has increased the default quotas for Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 in AWS GovCloud (US-West) and AWS GovCloud (US-East) to 5…
Release update (see link for changelog).
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Chinese AI company MiniMax out of Shanghai has released its new open-weights model M2.5 under the MIT license.
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Amazon Connect now provides AI-powered Task overviews with suggested next actions so agents can understand work items faster and resolve th…
Release update (see link for changelog).
Release update (see link for changelog).
Release update (see link for changelog).
Release update (see link for changelog).
AWS is announcing local support for the latest generation of x86-powered Amazon EC2 instances on second-generation AWS Outposts racks, incl…
Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that provides secure, enterprise-grade access to high-performing foundation models from leading A…
Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that provides secure, enterprise-grade access to high-performing foundation models from leading A…
Release update (see link for changelog).
Introducing GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark OpenAI announced a partnership with Cerebras on January 14th .
Release update (see link for changelog).
Chinese AI company Zhipu AI released GLM-5, a 744-billion-parameter open-source model that rivals Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.2 on coding and…
Gemini 3 Deep Think New from Google.
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me Scott Shambaugh helps maintain the excellent and venerable matplotlib Python charting library, incl…
Our most specialized reasoning mode is now updated to solve modern science, research and engineering challenges.
AWS is announcing the general availability of new Amazon EC2 M8azn instances, general purpose high-frequency high-network instances powered…
Rather than offering a revolutionary new approach to gig work, RentAHuman is filled with bots that just want me to be another cog in the AI…
Introducing GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark—our first real-time coding model.
Release update (see link for changelog).
Today, AWS Payment Cryptography has become one of the first cloud-based payment cryptography services to obtain approval from Groupement de…
Release update (see link for changelog).