# ainews.now

> AI news with the noise removed. A pull-based utility feed: verified public sources in, scrubbed act/aware/watch items out, five minutes a day. Free, login-free, static.

## About

- Generated 2026-10-27T02:14:01.375Z by ainews-pipeline/1.0.0 from 20 registered public sources (19 ok, 1 failed this run: reddit-anthropic).
- Every item carries a category (model-release, research, policy, incident, open-source, industry) and a signal: **act** = do something this week (deadline, patch, migration), **aware** = update your model of the world, **watch** = early, low-corroboration signal.
- **Honesty note:** all summaries are extractive (non-AI) in Phase 1 — one-line summaries and why-it-matters lines are derived mechanically from the source's own title, description and structured fields. No generative model writes any text on this site.
- Items link out to the original publisher; excerpts and links only, sources keep their copyright. Live data from verified public sources (see llms.txt for the list). One-line summaries and why-it-matters lines are extractive (non-AI) in Phase 1 — derived from source text only, no generative model. Items are excerpts + links; sources keep their copyright.

## Feeds & data

- [feed.json](https://noisefree.news/feed.json): the canonical JSON feed (this schema, 48h window, 84-day history).
- [feed.xml](https://noisefree.news/feed.xml): RSS 2.0, 100 newest items.
- [llms.txt](https://noisefree.news/llms.txt): this file.
- [web site](https://noisefree.news/): the one-page feed grouped act -> aware -> watch.

## Sources

- Hacker News (`hacker-news`, hourly): https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search_by_date
- OpenAI News (`openai-news`, hourly): https://openai.com/news/rss.xml
- Google DeepMind Blog (`deepmind`, hourly): https://deepmind.google/blog/rss.xml
- Mistral AI News (`mistral`, hourly): https://mistral.ai/news/rss
- Qwen Blog (`qwen`, daily): https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/index.xml
- Hugging Face Blog (`huggingface`, hourly): https://huggingface.co/blog/feed.xml
- arXiv (`arxiv`, six-hourly): https://export.arxiv.org/api/query
- Reddit r/MachineLearning (`reddit-ml`, six-hourly): https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/.rss
- Reddit r/Anthropic (`reddit-anthropic`, hourly): https://www.reddit.com/r/Anthropic/.rss
- US Federal Register (`federal-register`, daily): https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json
- GitHub Releases (`github-releases`, six-hourly): https://api.github.com/repos
- AI Incident Database (`aiid`, daily): https://incidentdatabase.ai/rss.xml
- Import AI (`import-ai`, daily): https://importai.substack.com/feed
- Simon Willison (`simonwillison`, hourly): https://simonwillison.net/atom/everything/
- Google Research Blog (`google-research`, daily): https://research.google/blog/rss/
- Microsoft Research (`microsoft-research`, daily): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/feed/
- NVIDIA Blog (`nvidia`, daily): https://blogs.nvidia.com/feed/
- Geoffrey Huntley (`ghuntley`, daily): https://ghuntley.com/feed
- Aikido Security Blog (`aikido`, daily): https://www.aikido.dev/blog/rss.xml
- cve.now (`cvedotnow`, hourly): https://cve.now/feed?filter=critical

## Act items (do something this week)

- [Outbound Investment Security Program Regulations](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/26/2026-21786/outbound-investment-security-program-regulations): This proposed rule sets forth regulations that would implement Subtitle C of the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security Act, which is codified at (_US Federal Register, act_)
- [Cooperative Research and Development Agreement: Super Intelligence (SI) Situational Awareness Tools for Analyzing Coast](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/26/2026-21723/cooperative-research-and-development-agreement-super-intelligence-si-situational-awareness-tools-for): The Coast Guard announces its intent to enter a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with LOOKOUT to assess Super Intelligence for automated (_US Federal Register, act_)

## Aware items (update your model of the world)

- [llama.cpp b11913](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/tag/b11913): hexagon: add GGML_HEXAGON_VTCM_SIZE (#31221) * hexagon: add GGML_HEXAGON_VTCM_MB and GGML_HEXAGON_NTHREADS caps Change-Id (_GitHub Releases, aware_)
- [ollama v0.40.12-rc0 — v0.40.12](https://github.com/ollama/ollama/releases/tag/v0.40.12-rc0): ## What's Changed * mlx: preserve small-image detail for compact Gemma 4 vision towers by @dhiltgen in https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/19247 * MLX (_GitHub Releases, aware_)
- [GPT-6.1 Terra](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/26/gpt-61-terra): GPT-6.1 Terra It's always interesting to note which aspects of a new model are emphasized in the release announcement. (_Simon Willison, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-109618: RCE via OOM corruption (Update: added to CISA KEV)](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-109618): Update: added to CISA KEV. (_cve.now, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-109619: RCE via stale global state (Update: added to CISA KEV)](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-109619): Update: added to CISA KEV. (_cve.now, aware_)
- [langchain langchain-openai==1.7.3](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-openai%3D%3D1.7.3): Changes since langchain-openai==1.7.2 test(openai): use current lightweight model in integration tests (#41509) release(openai): 1.7.3 (#41506) (_GitHub Releases, aware_)
- [Cross-request KV cache exposure in the GLM-5.3 Workers AI model (155 responses)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252159): Cross-request KV cache exposure in the GLM-5.3 Workers AI model (155 responses) (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [llama.cpp b11912](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/tag/b11912): llama : enable moe amax rescaling for laguna (#31147) * llama : enable moe amax rescaling for laguna Assisted-by: Devin * llama : declare laguna sm tensor (_GitHub Releases, aware_)
- [Greptile takes bug detection beyond code review with GPT-6 Astra](https://openai.com/index/greptile-code-review-codex-astra): How Greptile uses GPT-6 Astra to test user workflows, Daybreak to strengthen security, and Codex to reduce rework. (_OpenAI News, aware_)
- [llama.cpp b11910](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/tag/b11910): opencl: write KV-cache views in set_tensor so a state restore is not dropped (#30471) **Website:** - **Attestations:** - **macOS/iOS:** - [macOS Apple Silicon (_GitHub Releases, aware_)
- [Proton to 'Re-Interview' Staff About AI to See Who Gets to Keep Their Job](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251062): Proton to 'Re-Interview' Staff About AI to See Who Gets to Keep Their Job (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [AI models cost more when you don't use English](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50250910): AI models cost more when you don't use English (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [Grand theft AI: Highway thieves are stealing millions in data center gear](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50250450): Grand theft AI: Highway thieves are stealing millions in data center gear (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [Why I'm growing my Vancouver AI company in Taiwan and Europe instead of the U.S.](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249953): Why I'm growing my Vancouver AI company in Taiwan and Europe instead of the U.S. (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [openai-python v3.39.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/releases/tag/v3.39.0): ## [3.39.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v3.38.0...v3.39.0) (2026-10-26) ### Features * **api:** add gpt-6.1-terra model identifier (_GitHub Releases, aware_)
- [Quoting Jason Koebler](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/26/jason-koebler): Because big tech platforms essentially do not have customer support and make it impossible for their users to contact a human, many people experiencing (_Simon Willison, aware_)
- [GPT-6.1 Terra (Max) Scores 48 on Artificial Analysis](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249076): GPT-6.1 Terra (Max) Scores 48 on Artificial Analysis (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [transformers v5.21](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/releases/tag/v5.21): # Release v5.21.0 ## New Model additions ### MiniCPM-OCR MiniCPM-OCR is a document-understanding model from OpenBMB's MiniCPM-V family. (_GitHub Releases, aware_)
- [Concerning behavior from a popular open-weight AI model](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50246658): Concerning behavior from a popular open-weight AI model (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [openai-python v3.38.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/releases/tag/v3.38.0): ## [3.38.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v3.37.0...v3.38.0) (2026-10-25) ### Features * **api:** add delegation controls and prompt cache (_GitHub Releases, aware_)
- [webframe: evaluated as a scraper and a sandbox](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/26/webframe-evaluation): Research: webframe: evaluated as a scraper and a sandbox webframe is a neat little project from Jeff Lindsay which lets you "run a web page like a program" - (_Simon Willison, aware_)
- [Show HN: Hob - Open-source, on device alternative to Claude Cowork and ChatGPT](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50246238): Show HN: Hob - Open-source, on device alternative to Claude Cowork and ChatGPT (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [Working with academic communities to build scientific understanding](https://openai.com/index/building-scientific-understanding-with-academic-communities): OpenAI shares model results on the Kakeya conjecture, Exponential Time Hypothesis, and quantum chromodynamics—and how researchers can verify and build on them. (_OpenAI News, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-107656: An authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-107656): Fortinet FortiSandbox and FortiSandbox PaaS are affected by an authentication bypass flaw that lets an attacker reach protected functions through an alternate (_cve.now, aware_)
- [GPT-6.1 Sol helps CodeRabbit strengthen security across complex codebases](https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-1-sol-coderabbit-code-security): CodeRabbit uses GPT-6.1 Sol to investigate security risks across complex codebases. (_OpenAI News, aware_)
- [Brown student maps the hidden global labor powering AI](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242843): Brown student maps the hidden global labor powering AI (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [Import AI 478: Math for alignment; ProgramBench; and Mirendil shows what RSI means](https://importai.substack.com/p/import-ai-478-math-for-alignment): Import AI 478: Math for alignment; ProgramBench; and Mirendil shows what RSI means (_Import AI, aware_)
- [ChatGPT’s expanding world of work](https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-expanding-world-of-work): Explore OpenAI Signals data on 165 work activities across nearly 100 countries, revealing how people use ChatGPT for work and how usage changes over time. (_OpenAI News, aware_)
- [How Fanatics and OpenAI streamline the fan experience](https://openai.com/index/fanatics-streamline-fan-experience): Fanatics uses OpenAI to help fans complete their game-day outfits with Shop the Look. (_OpenAI News, aware_)
- [How Ultrafast cut incident investigation from hours to minutes at OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/openai-cut-incident-investigation): See how OpenAI engineers use Codex Ultrafast to investigate incidents in minutes. (_OpenAI News, aware_)
- [Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50239027): Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [If AI displaces human workers, they will lose more than just pay](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238351): If AI displaces human workers, they will lose more than just pay (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [Introducing GPT-6.1 Terra](https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-1-terra): Introducing GPT-6.1 Terra (_OpenAI News, aware_)
- [Apollo says AI has delivered 'zero financial payoff' outside the tech industry](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50236828): Apollo says AI has delivered 'zero financial payoff' outside the tech industry (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50236102): OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why? (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [AI didn't cause the tech jobs bust, but it explains why there's no recovery](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234699): AI didn't cause the tech jobs bust, but it explains why there's no recovery (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-111497: Out-of-Bounds Write in Google Brotli Decoder (Update: now rated critical)](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-111497): Update: now rated critical. (_cve.now, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-45484: Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Update: now rated critical)](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-45484): Update: now rated critical. (_cve.now, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-45657: Windows Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Update: now rated critical)](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-45657): Update: now rated critical. (_cve.now, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-47291: HTTP.sys Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Update: now rated critical)](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-47291): Update: now rated critical. (_cve.now, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-49160: HTTP.sys Denial of Service Vulnerability (Update: now rated critical)](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-49160): Update: now rated critical. (_cve.now, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-50656: Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Update: now rated critical)](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-50656): Update: now rated critical. (_cve.now, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-40372: ASP.NET Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Update: now rated critical)](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-40372): Update: now rated critical. (_cve.now, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-17176: OS Command Injection Vulnerability in Deco Devices (Update: now rated critical)](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-17176): Update: now rated critical. (_cve.now, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-93674: Langflow OSS is affected by multiple vulnerabilities (Update: now rated critical)](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-93674): Update: now rated critical. (_cve.now, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-46300: net: skbuff: preserve shared-frag marker during coalescing (Update: now rated critical)](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-46300): Update: now rated critical. (_cve.now, aware_)
- [CVE-2026-4631: Cockpit: cockpit: unauthenticated remote code execution due to ssh command-line argument injection](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-4631): Update: now rated critical. (_cve.now, aware_)
- [A 10-year-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50233779): A 10-year-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [AI use leads UC Berkeley math professor to see 'no point' in grading homework](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50233304): AI use leads UC Berkeley math professor to see 'no point' in grading homework (_Hacker News, aware_)
- [Seam Cutter](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/25/seam-cutter): Tool: Seam Cutter I built this weird and very specific cropping tool - it lets you create a horizontal or vertical cut across an image, then slide the two (_Simon Willison, aware_)

## Watch items (early signal)

- [How to do method research when I feel I have no guidance on doing it? D](https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1xgdl42/how_to_do_method_research_when_i_feel_i_have_no): I am a 3rd year PhD student in a small lab working on ML in healthcare. (_Reddit r/MachineLearning, watch_)
- [How to patch PHP2Shell with free Aikido Images](https://www.aikido.dev/blog/how-to-patch-php2shell-with-free-aikido-images): Patch PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) with free Aikido Images for PHP 5.5 to 8.5. (_Aikido Security Blog, watch_)
- [Deepity: a hand-tuned C++/CUDA predictive coding library, beats jpc (JAX) and ngc-learn on MNIST (CPU benchmarks +](https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1xg6sqa/deepity_a_handtuned_ccuda_predictive_coding): I've been building a predictive coding (PC) engine from scratch in C++20, with a thin Python layer on top, and just cut the first public release. (_Reddit r/MachineLearning, watch_)
- [Fitting a 4D Mandelbulb with KS3 vs MLP R](https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1xg36lw/fitting_a_4d_mandelbulb_with_ks3_vs_mlp_r): For the past year I have been studying using a fast K-dim hermite spline manifold algorithm, called K-Splanifolds or KS, for general purpose fast regression. (_Reddit r/MachineLearning, watch_)
- [Scoring IDP R](https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1xg1695/scoring_idp_r): This is a "survey of current practices" type of research for a niche area, nothing earth-shattering. (_Reddit r/MachineLearning, watch_)
- [PBT doesn’t make grokking faster, but it can escape a hyperparameter range where nothing groks P](https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1xfqhfc/pbt_doesnt_make_grokking_faster_but_it_can_escape): I ran Population Based Training over learning rate and weight decay on grokking (modular addition mod 97, 35% train split, small MLP, 20 members, 20k steps (_Reddit r/MachineLearning, watch_)
- [I ran a blind test on self-hosted AI agents. Here are the results, guess who's who D](https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1xfgf1w/i_ran_a_blind_test_on_selfhosted_ai_agents_here): everything here ran on my own hardware, an M5 Max MacBook Pro with 64GB. (_Reddit r/MachineLearning, watch_)
- [What's the hardest part of creating edge cases for fine-tuning open-weight models? D](https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1xfa17z/whats_the_hardest_part_of_creating_edge_cases_for): I'm interested in how people build datasets for fine-tuning open-weight models, especially when it is about making a model handling edge cases than just (_Reddit r/MachineLearning, watch_)
- [Nanbeige releases Nanbeige4.3-33B, an Apache 2.0 teacher model for smaller agents N](https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1xf6x35/nanbeige_releases_nanbeige4333b_an_apache_20): Nanbeige released Nanbeige4.3-33B as the teacher for its planned smaller agents, including an upcoming 3B model. (_Reddit r/MachineLearning, watch_)
- [A mathematician reads the AI future](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50233347): A mathematician reads the AI future (_Hacker News, watch_)
- [R/open source bans all solo projects and projects using LLMs](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50231722): R/open source bans all solo projects and projects using LLMs (_Hacker News, watch_)
- [Imagine an AI future where being banned means you are now economically useless](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50230995): Imagine an AI future where being banned means you are now economically useless (_Hacker News, watch_)
- [Nikon photography contest winner loses title after scientists spot signs of AI](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50229827): Nikon photography contest winner loses title after scientists spot signs of AI (_Hacker News, watch_)
- [TCSP3.0: Template-Based Crystal Structure Prediction with Coefficient-Preserving Element Substitution and Structural](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34029): Template-based crystal structure prediction (CSP) transfers a known crystal structure to a new composition by element substitution, so its accuracy depends on (_arXiv, watch_)
- [When Does GEPA Merge Help? A Mechanism-Level Diagnostic](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34027): GEPA is among the strongest reflective prompt optimizers for language-model programs, but its system-aware merge operator is unstable across models: merge (_arXiv, watch_)
- [The Symmetry of Differential Neural Tangent Kernel under the Orthogonal Group](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34023): The differential neural tangent kernel (DNTK) is a tool for analyzing the training dynamics of overparameterized physics informed neural networks. (_arXiv, watch_)
- [Deep Scientific Reasoning under Physical Constraints: Structure-Aware Spectrum Prediction](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34021): Structured scientific spectra encode rich physical information while obeying hard constraints, such as conservation laws and characteristic spectral geometry. (_arXiv, watch_)
- [BriLLM-MetaPred: A Representation-Prediction Unity Language Model with Adaptive Self-Measurement](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34018): We present BriLLM-MetaPred, the first engineering implementation of the MetaPred machine-learning framework established by a mathematical theory of AGI (_arXiv, watch_)
- [The Information Geometry of Representation Formation](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34015): Most analyses of neural representations focus on trained endpoints, leaving the process by which internal structure forms comparatively unmeasured. (_arXiv, watch_)
- [The Patient Is Always Right? Evaluating Sycophancy in Medical Diagnosis with Graded Patient Beliefs](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34013): More people are seeking out general-purpose AI models for medical advice, including diagnosis. (_arXiv, watch_)
- [Reversible Pseudonymisation of Documents Sent to External LLMs: an Open Bilingual Benchmark and an Engine](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34012): Professionals send working documents to external large language models. (_arXiv, watch_)
- [Cross-User Adaptation for sEMG Gesture Recognition via Continual Learning](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34011): Prosthetic and assistive interfaces increasingly depend on decoding hand gestures from surface electromyography (sEMG). (_arXiv, watch_)
- [Fed-Universe: A Semantic-Geometric-Topological-Human (S-G-T-H) Stack for Negotiated Alignment in Federated Systems](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34009): Conventional federated learners implicitly optimize for global means, creating a "one-size-fits-all" paradigm that inevitably suppresses the minority under (_arXiv, watch_)
- [Partial Modal Tensor Regression](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34008): With the rapid development of modern scientific research, tensor data have become increasingly prevalent across a wide range of fields. (_arXiv, watch_)
- [Steering the Teacher: Improving On-Policy Self-Distillation for Thinking Models](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.34005): On-policy self-distillation (OPSD) trains a student on its own reasoning trajectories using token-level supervision from a reference-conditioned teacher (_arXiv, watch_)
- [Resolving the Mobility-Equity-Emissions Trilemma: A Causal Machine Learning Framework for Dynamic Tolling Policy](https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.33994): We propose a causal machine learning framework to integrate dynamic tolling for mobility, equity, and climate objectives, resolving a long-standing policy (_arXiv, watch_)