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Notable Blogs · Simon Willison

Don't classify. Hallucinate!

Don't classify. Hallucinate! I still have quite a bit of older content on my blog that I never got round to tagging. My blog has 1,856 tags - likely too many to feed to an LLM in one go and say "which of these tags match the following content". Doug Turnbull has a neat solution. Tell the model to output tags without any details of the existing vocabulary, then use vector embeddings against the existing corpus to find the concrete tags that are closest to the ones the model imagined might fit! His example prompt suggests including an example of the shape of your tags to help the model make a more useful guess: Your task is to create novel, never seen before, furniture, home goods, or hardware classification that best fit a search query. Product classifications might look like: Furniture / Living Room Furniture / Coffee Tables & End Tables / Coffee Tables Décor & Pillows / Decorative Pillows & Blankets / Throw Pillows Furniture / Bedroom Furniture / Dressers & Chests Kitchen & Tabletop / Kitchen Organization / Food Storage & Canisters School Furniture and Supplies / School Furniture / School Chairs & Seating / Stackable Chairs Baby & Kids / Toddler & Kids Bedroom Furniture / Kids Beds Here's the query to generate classifications for: brown coffee table Tags: search , ai , generative-ai , llms , embeddings , doug-turnbull

World · Al Jazeera

Trump says he will declare Strait of Hormuz a US ‘territory’ amid Iran war

Control over the strait has been a sticking point in the ongoing ceasefire negotiations between the US and Iran.

World · Al Jazeera

Wildfires rage across Europe as heatwaves drive record temperatures

Wildfires fuelled by record heat are ravaging Europe, burning around 500,000 hectares and forcing thousands to flee.

World · Al Jazeera

Israeli soldiers accused of supporting ‘terrorist’ settlers in Qusra

Israeli soldiers accused of supporting ‘terrorist’ settlers in Qusra

Business · CNBC Technology

Nvidia discloses $21 billion stake in SpaceX at end of second quarter

Nvidia's stake in SpaceX, which came through an investment in xAI, was worth about $21 billion at the end of the second quarter.

AI · The Decoder

Anthropic announces watermark detection API that will let third parties detect Claude's AI texts

Anthropic will soon offer a watermark detection API that lets third parties check whether text was written by Claude. The technology builds on Google's SynthID method and tweaks the randomness during word selection without affecting text quality, Anthropic says. The approach has limits with fact-heavy text, code, and heavy rewriting. The article Anthropic announces watermark detection API that will let third parties detect Claude's AI texts appeared first on The Decoder .

Society · BBC Technology

Protein or pickled garlic? What's new in ice cream

There's a constant battle in ice cream to come up with new flavours and to keep costs down.

World · Al Jazeera

Trump dismisses mental health concerns on USS Lincoln aircraft carrier

Members of the US Congress have called for a probe into conditions amid reports of sailors attempting to jump ship.

World · Al Jazeera

Mount Etna eruption and volcanic ash shut Sicily’s busiest airport

Flights will be suspended until at least Saturday afternoon, leaving hundreds of travellers stranded.

World · Deutsche Welle

Jason Arday: Ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism scandal found dead

Jason Arday, the youngest ever Black professor at Cambridge, was found unresponsive at an address in London. Arday had recently resigned in the midst of a plagiarism row.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

Going Dark, and the era of law enforcement hacking

Article URL: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/08/14/everything-is-about-to-go-dark/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49304447 Points: 392 # Comments: 187

World · Al Jazeera

Former Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism found dead

Jason Arday's body was found in south London just a week after he resigned from the University of Cambridge.

Society · NPR Technology

Recent AI 'escapes' are a warning of how unpredictable the technology can be

Recent episodes of AI agents escaping test zones and hacking other systems may be a harbinger of what's to come, as some experts believe the systems are fundamentally unpredictable.

World · Deutsche Welle

Jason Arday: Ex-Cambridge professor found dead — reports

UK media is reporting that Jason Arday, the youngest ever black professor at Cambridge, was found unresponsive at an address in London. Arday had recently resigned in the midst of a plagiarism row.

Developers & Open Source · vercel/next.js Releases

v16.3.1-canary.18

Misc Changes Upgrade React from 22e4f993-20260811 to eb8feb71-20260814 : #97382

World · Deutsche Welle

Vast German wildfire forces evacuation in Eifel forest

Firefighters tackling the biggest forest fire in the history of North-Rhine Westfalia say residents are unlikely to be able to return on Friday amid high temperatures, humidity and wind. DW has the latest.

World · Al Jazeera

Son of Mexico’s former president AMLO alleges US revoked his visa

The US has not confirmed the revocation which comes amid crackdown on Mexican politicians with alleged ties to cartels.

Developers & Open Source · Chrome Releases

Beta Channel Update for ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex

The Beta channel is being updated to OS version 16765.19.0 (Browser version 152.0.7977.39) for most ChromeOS devices. If you find new issues, please let us know one of the following ways: File a bug Visit our ChromeOS communities General: Chromebook Help Community Beta Specific: ChromeOS Beta Help Community Report an issue or send feedback on Chrome Interested in switching channels? Find out how. Luis Menezes Google ChromeOS

World · Al Jazeera

New aerial video reveals huge scale of oil spill off Oman

A potential environmental disaster is unfolding off Oman, where a grounded tanker is leaking sanctioned Russian oil.

Cloud & Infrastructure · The New Stack

Apple’s new AI split means your iOS app could behave differently in China

Apple is splitting up its AI stack. Instead of rolling out the same system worldwide, the company reportedly built a The post Apple’s new AI split means your iOS app could behave differently in China appeared first on The New Stack .

World · BBC World

Mangione admits killing healthcare CEO and pleads guilty to federal charges

"I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died," the 28-year-old said after pleading guilty to charges of stalking resulting in death.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Samsung has new Galaxy headphones in the works

Strings of code in Samsung's Galaxy Wearable app hint at an upcoming pair of over-ear headphones that could compete with the AirPods Max, SamMobile reports. Samsung's reportedly referring to the headphones as the "Galaxy H1," and SamMobile says they could launch sometime in 2027. That would make these the company's first pair of over-ear headphones […]

Business · CNBC Technology

OpenAI CFO Friar tells investors that enterprise business now bigger than consumer by revenue

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar met with investors following a week of turmoil in the C-suite that included the sudden departure of revenue chief Denise Dresser.

Developers & Open Source · langchain-ai/langchain Releases

langchain-openrouter==0.2.8

Changes since langchain-openrouter==0.2.7 release(openrouter): 0.2.8 ( #39658 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39646 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39625 ) fix(openrouter): preserve cost metadata in usage chunks ( #39338 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39609 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39579 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39430 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39344 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39318 ) feat(openrouter): preserve provider in response metadata ( #39301 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39299 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39239 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39166 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39141 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39105 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39084 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39050 ) chore(model-profiles): refresh model profile data ( #39036 )