Hacker News with Generative AI: Generative AI

CivitAI Policy Update: Removal of Real-Person Likeness Content (civitai.com)
We are removing models and images depicting real-world individuals from the platform.
Generative AI, AI Policy, Content Moderation
39 points by 50kIters 7 hours ago | 58 comments
Like Lovable but can make apps with gen-AI powered back ends (getcreatr.com)
Create Products Without Any Limits
Generative AI, Product Development, Web Development, Software
12 points by JonanJ 8 hours ago | 8 comments
In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe goes from "barely maintained" to "it writes for you" (arstechnica.com)
In November, Microsoft began testing an update that allowed users to rewrite or summarize text in Notepad using generative AI.
Software, Generative AI, Microsoft, AI, Productivity
14 points by CharlesW 12 hours ago | 6 comments
Claude 4 (anthropic.com)
Today, we’re introducing the next generation of Claude models: Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, setting new standards for coding, advanced reasoning, and AI agents.
Generative AI, AI Agents, Coding, Reasoning
1777 points by meetpateltech 19 hours ago | 1015 comments
MMaDA – Open-Sourced Multimodal Large Diffusion Language Models (github.com/Gen-Verse)
MMaDA is a new family of multimodal diffusion foundation models designed to achieve superior performance across diverse domains such as textual reasoning, multimodal understanding, and text-to-image generation.
Open Source, Generative AI, Multimodal AI
5 points by lnyan 1 day ago | 0 comments
Strengths and limitations of diffusion language models (seangoedecke.com)
Google recently released Gemini Diffusion, which is impressing everyone with its speed. Supposedly they even had to slow down the demo so people could see what was happening. What’s special about diffusion models that makes text generation so much faster? Should every text model be a diffusion model, going forward?
Generative AI, Text Generation
60 points by rbanffy 1 day ago | 7 comments
GPT Destroyed College Camaraderie (medium.com)
I was chatting with a friend the other day, and we landed on something that’s been bothering me for a while, something that has been a noticeable shift in the very fabric of being a student. We were talking about how tools like ChatGPT, as undeniably invaluable as they are, have sort of… replaced the need for each other in academic settings. And with it, maybe something more.
Generative AI, Education, Social Impact
6 points by amforever 1 day ago | 0 comments
Discrete Text Diffusion Explained (aaronlou.com)
Modern large language models (like ChatGPT) learn to generate new samples by modeling the data distribution of natural text. However, the underlying methodology has largely remained stagnant over the last century: although different architectures have been developed, models are all based on autoregressive modeling (i.e. next token prediction).
Generative AI
12 points by LarsDu88 1 day ago | 1 comments
Aligning LLM Choice to Your Use Case: An Expert's Guide (oblivus.com)
Selecting the right large language model (LLM) is a critical decision that can make or break the success of your AI-driven project.
AI, Generative AI, Use Cases
8 points by thomcrowe 1 day ago | 0 comments
Gemini Diffusion (simonwillison.net)
Gemini Diffusion. Another of the announcements from Google I/O yesterday was Gemini Diffusion, Google's first LLM to use diffusion (similar to image models like Imagen and Stable Diffusion) in place of transformers.
Artificial Intelligence, Google, Diffusion Models, Generative AI
843 points by mdp2021 1 day ago | 229 comments
An upgraded dev experience in Google AI Studio (googleblog.com)
Google AI Studio is the fastest place to start building with the Gemini API, with access to our most capable models, including Gemini 2.5 preview models, and generative media models like Imagen, Lyria RealTime, and Veo. At Google I/O, we announced new features to help you build and deploy complete applications, new model capabilities, and new features in the Google Gen AI SDK.
Generative AI, Machine Learning, Software Development, AI Models
190 points by meetpateltech 2 days ago | 110 comments
The Future of Newspapers Is Lies, I Guess (aphyr.com)
I subscribe to the Chicago Sun-Times, a non-profit newspaper. This week they sent me a sixty-four page special insert, branded with the Chicago Sun-Times logo, full of LLM nonsense.
Newspapers, Artificial Intelligence, Journalism, Generative AI
11 points by todsacerdoti 2 days ago | 1 comments
Claude Code: Tutorials (anthropic.com)
Practical examples and patterns for effectively using Claude Code in your development workflow.
Programming, Tutorials, Generative AI
7 points by tosh 2 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: OpenHands, an open source alternative to Devin, Codex, and Jules (github.com/All-Hands-AI)
Welcome to OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin), a platform for software development agents powered by AI.
Open Source, AI, Software Development, Generative AI
11 points by rbren 2 days ago | 1 comments
Building an agentic image generator that improves itself (trybezel.com)
Our exploration into agentic image generation revealed quite a bit about multimodal evaluators and editors.
Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Image Generation, Machine Learning
63 points by palashshah 2 days ago | 20 comments
Ask HN: Generate LLM hallucination to detect students cheating (ycombinator.com)
I am thinking about adding a question that should induce a LLM to hallucinate a response. This method could detect students cheating. The best question should be the one that students could not imagine a solution like the one provided by the LLM. Any hints?
Education, Generative AI, Cheating Detection
9 points by peerplexity 2 days ago | 19 comments
Agentic AI Systems – Tools, System Design, and Resources for AI Agents (github.com/alirezadir)
Welcome to Agentic-AI-Systems — a curated and evolving knowledge base for mastering Agentic and Generative AI system design!
Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, System Design, Tools
3 points by alirezadeer 3 days ago | 0 comments
Gemma 3n preview: Mobile-first AI (googleblog.com)
Following the exciting launches of Gemma 3 and Gemma 3 QAT, our family of state-of-the-art open models capable of running on a single cloud or desktop accelerator, we're pushing our vision for accessible AI even further.
Mobile, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Google
128 points by Philpax 3 days ago | 1 comments
Gemini Diffusion (deepmind.google)
Generative AI, Diffusion Models, AI Art
61 points by og_kalu 3 days ago | 7 comments
Gemini 2.5: Our most intelligent models are getting even better (google)
Gemini 2.5 Pro continues to be loved by developers as the best model for coding, and 2.5 Flash is getting even better with a new update. We’re also bringing new capabilities to our models, including Deep Think, an experimental enhanced reasoning mode for 2.5 Pro.
Generative AI, Google, AI, Software
68 points by meetpateltech 3 days ago | 21 comments
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview 05-20 (google.dev)
The Gemini API offers different models that are optimized for specific use cases.
Generative AI, Google, API
9 points by open-paren 3 days ago | 0 comments
OpenAI Codex hands-on review (zackproser.com)
The interface I want and the performance I'll have to wait for...
OpenAI Codex, Generative AI, Programming, Tools
166 points by fragmede 3 days ago | 120 comments
Actors' union complains about Epic Games cloning Darth Vader (theregister.com)
The union representing American actors has complained about Llama Production, which is owned by Epic Games, over the use of generative AI in a new character for Fortnite.
AI, Gaming, Unions, Copyright, Generative AI
6 points by rntn 3 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Engine – A multi-LLM alternative to Codex (enginelabs.ai)
Engine is a cloud-based AI software engineering agent that works without supervision to turn issues into pull requests
Software Engineering, Generative AI, Open Source
16 points by sdspurrier 3 days ago | 14 comments
ChatGPT shown to be more persuasive than people in online debates (phys.org)
Large language models (LLMs), such as GPT-4, are found to be more persuasive than humans 64% of the time in online debates when adapting their arguments on the basis of personalized information about their opponents, according to a study published in Nature Human Behaviour.
Generative AI, Persuasion, Artificial Intelligence, Social Science
20 points by pseudolus 4 days ago | 3 comments
Heartland Gen Zers Feel Unprepared to Use AI at Work (gallup.com)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the day-to-day workplace experience, about one-third of Gen Z adult workers living in America’s Heartland feel at least somewhat prepared to integrate artificial intelligence into their current jobs. Meanwhile, four in 10 Gen Z 5th- to 12th-grade students in the Heartland feel prepared to use AI in their future jobs.
Generative AI, Workforce, Education, Demographics
3 points by hn_acker 4 days ago | 0 comments
Google Launches NotebookLM for Android (9to5google.com)
As previewed earlier this month, Google today released the NotebookLM app for Android ahead of I/O 2025.
Android, Generative AI, Google, Mobile Apps
12 points by thm 4 days ago | 2 comments
Show HN: Mirror World, create an AI clone of anyone (mirr.world)
AI, Generative AI, Digital Identity, Social Media
23 points by p-sharpe 4 days ago | 4 comments
Oops, I accidentally vibe-coded a ChatGPT client for my Apple Watch (richarddas.com)
I had an idea bouncing around in my head, and as has become a habit, I like capturing ideas in GPT. Writing things down helps me declutter my brain, especially when I’m trying to wind down for the night.
ChatGPT, Apple Watch, Programming, Side Projects, Generative AI
21 points by cleverbit 4 days ago | 3 comments
Diffusion models explained simply (seangoedecke.com)
Transformer-based large language models are relatively easy to understand. You break language down into a finite set of “tokens” (words or sub-word components), then train a neural network on millions of token sequences so it can predict the next token based on all the previous ones. Despite some clever tricks (mainly about how the model processes the previous tokens in the sequence), the core mechanism is relatively simple.
Generative AI, Machine Learning
168 points by onnnon 4 days ago | 34 comments