Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol: a next-generation model

648 minimaxir 2026-06-26 17:49:06 UTC openai.com GoogleT5 Share 397

A limited preview of the new gpt5.6 is available to u.s. government partners. the preview is designed to test the effectiveness of safeguards against misuse based on real-world scenarios - and to help users prepare for attacks if they encounter them en route to the tool sandboxed in their home pcs or home labs, for example, he says – and how they might be used...

U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6

553 alain94040 2026-06-26 18:49:06 UTC washingtonpost.com Full Share 705

A C++ implementation of a fast hash map and hash set using hopscotch hashing

7 gjvc 2026-06-26 21:20:06 UTC github.com/tessil Prefix Share 0

The hopscotch-map library is a C++ implementation of a fast hash map and hash set using open-addressing and hopscotch hashing to resolve collisions. It is a cache-friendly data structure offering better performances than std::unordered_map in most cases and is closely similar to google::dense_hash_map while using less memory and providing more functionalities. The library provides the ...

MicroVMs: Run isolated sandboxes with full lifecycle control

210 justincormack 2026-06-26 14:49:06 UTC aws.amazon.com Llama Share 123

AWS Lambda MicroVMs provides isolated, stateful execution environments for user or AI-generated code, offering virtual machine level isolation, rapid launch and resume, and stateful execution. It's available in multiple regions, with up to 16 vCPUs, 32 GB of memory, and 32 GB of disk per MicroVM.

The "Bizarre Headgear" exhibit at the Sam Noble museum

52 surprisetalk 2026-06-26 18:49:06 UTC svpow.com Llama Share 4

The author visited a museum in Oklahoma to give talks and saw a temporary exhibit called "Bizarre Headgear: Ceratopsians and the Evolution of Extraordinary Skulls". The exhibit features a wide range of ceratopsian dinosaurs and other animals with unique headgear.

The gap between open weights LLMs and closed source LLMs

8 kkm 2026-06-26 21:17:06 UTC blog.doubleword.ai Prefix Share 4

I have seen a version of the above plot going around Twitter and wanted to dig a bit deeper into it. What the plot above is showing is the gap between open weights LLMs and closed source LLMs. We measure this gap by looking at the frontier of performance of open weights LLMs on a benchmark and then looking back into the past how long ago was the closed source frontier at that level. It is a ...

Show HN: Smart model routing directly in Claude, Codex and Cursor

109 adchurch 2026-06-26 16:49:06 UTC github.com/workweave Llama Share 79

Weave Router is a drop-in proxy that picks the best model for every request from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Gemini. It routes requests per request and speaks everyone's API, with a cluster scorer derived from Avengers-Pro 2.

Hightouch (YC S19) Is Hiring

0 2026-06-26 21:03:06 UTC hightouch.com Llama Share

Hightouch is a fast-paced startup that values innovation, kindness, and exceptional talent, offering competitive compensation and flexible work arrangements. The company prioritizes impact, humility, and open-mindedness, providing benefits like family-forming support and generous PTO.

Modern GPU Programming for MLSys

47 crowwork 2026-06-26 17:49:06 UTC mlc.ai Llama Share 5

This book teaches GPU programming for AI workloads by understanding hardware, programming model, and building high-performance kernels. It uses TIRx Python DSL to build real GPU kernel examples step by step.

Gossamer: a Rust-flavoured language with real goroutines and pause-free memory

48 mwheeler 2026-06-26 18:49:06 UTC gossamer-lang.org Llama Share 38

Gossamer is a language with immutable data, top-to-bottom data flow, and no borrow checker. It has a broad standard library and a clean path to Rust, with a VM compiled to WebAssembly.

Ultrasound imaging of the brain

203 rossant 2026-06-26 12:49:06 UTC alephneuro.com Llama Share 72

Researchers have developed a new type of hardware using ultrasound to record brain activity without drilling into the skull. This technology captures detailed images of the brain's vascular system, potentially leading to breakthroughs in understanding and treating neurological conditions.

What Is a Nomogram and Why Would It Interest Me?

47 Eridanus2 2026-06-26 17:49:06 UTC lefakkomies.github.io Llama Share 13

A nomogram is a graphical calculator that uses a set of numbered scales to solve mathematical formulas. It was invented in 1880 and is useful for fast calculations of complicated formulas.

Long Wave radio era set to end with Droitwich switch-off

17 speckx 2026-06-26 19:49:06 UTC bbc.com Llama Share 4

The Wychbold Masts in Worcestershire are being considered for listing due to their historical importance and role in broadcasting and World War Two. The masts will stop transmitting the BBC's Long Wave service on Saturday, marking the end of an era.

Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part III: Paying for It

20 jfoucher 2026-06-26 18:49:06 UTC acoup.blog Llama Share 1

Pre-modern armies were expensive to maintain, requiring non-subsistence labor and resources. States used various methods to fund their armies, including redistribution economies, coinage, and devolving costs to individuals or communities.

Show HN: Autofit2 – End-to-end pipeline for multilingual text classification

4 leschak 2026-06-26 20:49:06 UTC github.com/neospe Prefix Share 0

Few-shot text classification. Massively multilingual (50+ languages), fully automated pipeline built on setfit and SBERT embeddings. Multilingual Support: Pretrained models for 20 languages; evaluation corpora for 50+. Scalable to 100+ via Common Crawl. 2. Configure Create myproject.json specifying dataset paths, model settings, and output directories. Supports multi-language/task blocks. ...

A human postmortem of the 1996 AOL outage

11 EndEntire 2026-06-26 19:49:06 UTC ngrok.com Llama Share 0

A 30-year-old AOL outage in 1996 highlights the importance of site reliability engineering and the need to prioritize individual impact over profit margins. SREs can act as a backstop to prevent reliability back-sliding by emphasizing individual impact, coordinating with coworkers, and proposing outlandish ideas to drive investment in reliability.

The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

13 benbreen 2026-06-26 18:49:06 UTC publicdomainreview.org Llama Share 9

Kites have been used for various purposes including spiritual functions, military surveillance, and recreational activities across cultures and centuries. Their use in human flight, escape, and transportation has been explored and experimented with throughout history.

PlayStation Is Deleting 551 Movies from Customers' Accounts

25 ortusdux 2026-06-26 20:49:06 UTC kotaku.com Llama Share 5

Sony is removing 551 movies and TV series from PlayStation Store users' libraries due to licensing agreements. Users who bought these titles will no longer have access to them after September 1.

Data centers trigger voter backlash

120 randycupertino 2026-06-26 17:49:06 UTC newsweek.com Llama Share 176

Voters in the US are increasingly opposing massive data center projects due to concerns over energy prices, environmental strain, and local living conditions. Data centers are becoming a major issue in US politics, with local officials and lawmakers losing elections after backing controversial developments.

What is a Lithium-ion capacitor?

41 ksec 2026-06-26 16:49:06 UTC jtekt.co.jp Llama Share 21

Capacitors are power storage devices with high power density and long life, but lower energy density than batteries. They come in two types: EDLC and Lithium-ion Capacitors, with the latter offering improved energy density and safety.

Libre Barcode Project

269 luu 2026-06-26 03:49:06 UTC graphicore.github.io Llama Share 52

The Code 128 Encoder is a tool for encoding text into scannable barcodes. It can be found at a specific URL and is also included in the Code 128 page for further information.

22-year-old Mozart's handwritten notebook unearthed in 'major discovery'

249 thunderbong 2026-06-26 01:49:06 UTC classicfm.com Llama Share 85

A 248-year-old notebook in France's National Library has been identified as belonging to 22-year-old Mozart, containing daily exercises and 7 pieces for flute and harp. The notebook was confiscated during the French Revolution and has now been authenticated as a major discovery in music history.

LaTeX.wasm: LaTeX Engines in Browsers

67 theanonymousone 2026-06-26 12:49:06 UTC swiftlatex.com Full Share 25

It may take a few minutes to download template files for the first time. Please be patient Step 1: Download latest release from Github. Extract the files and put them into your webpage directory.

What happened after 2k people tried to hack my AI assistant

344 cuchoi 2026-06-26 02:49:06 UTC fernandoi.cl Llama Share 156

The user built hackmyclaw.com to test OpenClaw's security, sending over 6,000 emails to try and leak a secrets.env file, but none were successful. The experiment showed that prompt injection is harder than expected, even with sophisticated attacks, and the user is now more optimistic about AI security.

Slisp: Simple Lisp compiler (Linux/amd64)

41 stevekemp 2026-06-26 18:49:06 UTC github.com/skx Llama Share 1

This repository contains a Lisp compiler called slisp that generates assembly for Linux/AMD64. It includes a standard library and functional tests, and can be used to compile and run Lisp programs.

My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable

121 speckx 2026-06-26 07:49:06 UTC blog.matthewbrunelle.com Llama Share 135

The user is excited about Valve's Steam Machine, but won't buy one. They've set up a dual-booting system with Bazzite on their desktop, using a Steam Controller 2 and a 50ft HDMI cable for a console-like experience.

Springer Nature has removed two studies by Max Planck

318 adharmad 2026-06-26 14:49:06 UTC science.org Llama Share 151

Historian Yves Gingras discovered that Max Planck's papers were retracted due to copyright violation, but Gingras and fellow historian Mahdi Khelfaoui argue this was an anachronistic application of modern standards to a 1942 paper. They suspect Springer Nature's algorithm removed the papers without human supervision.

Bipartite Matching Is in NC

102 amichail 2026-06-26 09:49:06 UTC scottaaronson.blog Llama Share 15

A recent paper by five authors shows that the Bipartite Matching problem is in the complexity class NC, resolving a central problem in parallel algorithms and derandomization that's been open since the 1980s. The result has sparked discussions on the implications of the paper and the potential for derandomization in other problems, with some users highlighting the importance of regulation in ...

Show HN: WebBase-III – dBASE III rebuilt in the browser with its own interpreter

70 ddecoene 2026-06-26 10:49:06 UTC github.com/ddecoene Llama Share 23

WebBase-III is a modern web app that brings back the dBASE III experience with a terminal, language, and features like BROWSE and .prg programs. It's built with TypeScript, Node.js, and SQLite, and supports unlimited work areas, relational data access, and cross-area field access.

Jolla Phone (October 2026)

263 mrbn100ful 2026-06-26 14:49:06 UTC commerce.jolla.com Llama Share 140

Jolla Phone is a European privacy-focused phone with modern specs, honoring its heritage design. It runs Sailfish OS, allowing users to run native apps, Android apps, or go de-Googled.