A researcher joked that working at OpenAI ages you. Now colleagues are posting their before-and-after photos
A viral post about OpenAI's breakneck pace sparked a mini trend of AI lab staff sharing before-and-after photos.
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OpenAI Codex may soon get an always-on persistent mode
OpenAI is reportedly testing Persistent Mode for Codex, allowing the coding agent to keep working until users manually put it ...
OpenAI Is Developing a ‘Persistent’ AI Agent
Code reviewed by WIRED reveals the company is developing a feature that enables Codex to continue working proactively until ...
OpenAI Brings Back 5-Hour Codex Limit for ChatGPT Plus
OpenAI restored a five-hour Codex usage window for ChatGPT Plus users, adding another limit developers must track alongside ...
I Got My Hands on OpenAI's Sold-Out Codex Micro. Who Is This $230 Vibe-Coding Keyboard Even For?
Built for agents and would-be app makers to wrangle complicated workflows, this programmable shortcut pad makes AI tangible. But do we need that?
Nevertheless, OpenAI Persists With New Always-On Agent
Would you trust an AI agent to do work on your behalf while you get some rest? OpenAI is apparently betting that you will, because the company is reportedly working on a persistent, always-on version ...
OpenAI's Codex may gain 'Persistent mode' to stay active
OpenAI is developing a Persistent Mode for its Codex agent, enabling 24/7 operation and self-initiated follow-up tasks, as it ...
Show HN: OpenInstinct – open-source, self-hostable Instinct clone
We love Instinct, but have been increasingly worried about the data footprint we are handing over to them, and what they might do with that data.So we built an oss self-hostable version. It includes a vault that can store cards, logins, and personal...
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5, bringing company one step closer to an AI ‘super app’
OpenAI on Thursday released GPT-5.5, its newest AI model, which the company calls its “smartest and most intuitive to use model” yet. The algorithm comes with increased capabilities in a multitude of ...
Anthropic wins legal battle with Pentagon in California
California federal judge Rita Lin ruled on Thursday that the defence department’s attempt to designate Anthropic a ...
Anthropic weighing allowing shareholders to sell in upcoming IPO: report
Artificial intelligence lab Anthropic (ANTHRO) is weighing allowing existing shareholders to sell in its upcoming initial ...
Anthropic signs $45 billion cloud computing deal with Nscale
The six-year agreement gives Anthropic access to 460 megawatts of compute capacity at an Nscale data center in West Virginia ...
Anthropic, Suno Battle to Keep Their Round Hill Cases Separate
Anthropic and Suno are aggressively pushing back against Round Hill’s attempt to relate their cases – even as the Claude ...
Anthropic Hires Former Google Chip Veteran Amir Salek to Drive In-House AI Silicon Push
Anthropic has hired former Google TPU leader Amir Salek to help build its custom AI chips and expand compute infrastructure ...
Meta Took Aim at Anthropic. It Is Also One of Its Largest Customers.
The social networking giant projected it could spend $10 billion annually on Anthropic’s tools, illustrating the friend-foe ...
Anthropic pushes into physical world with new standard to help AI agents operate machines
The Model Hardware Standard is initially available in a research preview, but Anthropic plans to open source it in the future ...
Show HN: ThunderPhone v2 – a new architecture for voice AI
Hi folks, Alex here from ThunderPhone. Today we're launching v2.Voice AI has been a hot topic for the past year or two, both for automating phone calls and for adding voice features to apps.Most of the voice agents deployed have been using a &qu...
Show HN: How much of Hacker News is about AI?
This website counts titles containing the standalone word "AI", case-sensitive and word-bounded. "OpenAI" doesn't count. "AI-powered" does. There's a toggle for a wider vocabulary: artificial intelligence spelled out, LLM, GPT, and model and vendor names.Some quick stats:- 14.4% of new HN titles this year, against 10.9% in 2025. On the wider vocabulary, 21.9% and 16.1%. - First month above 1% was Oct 2016. Above 5%, Feb 2023. Above 10%, May 2025. - Over
Ask HN: Why are Claude models so verbose?
Hello! First time poster, longtime reader. I’m a professional software engineer at a startup with about 50 engineers. My primary languages are Ruby (Rails), TypeScript (React), and Go.Of my colleagues, I’m one of the ones who tries to keep up with new AI models on every release. When there’s a new frontier or open-weight model, I’ll give it an honest try for a few days as my main driver and report back to my colleagues.I’m a Cursor user at work and in my side projects. My go-to models are GPT-5.
Claude reaching limits quickly then ever
claude usage says they ahve increased my claude max 20x subscription tokens by 50% until aug 31st but the tokens are getting used quickly than ever before. I dont know what's happening. Is anyone facing the same issue?
