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# Daily headlines

[Top 10](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-27&limit=10&q=&appearance=system)[Top 20](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-27&limit=20&q=&appearance=system)[Above median](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-27&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=system)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-27
2.   [575](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257325)602

     [AI promised less work. I've never worked more](https://oioannou.com/blog/ai-promised-less-work/)

     HNoioannou.com9 hours ago

3.   [197](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259604)583

     [US Government is hiding a secret court ruling about how it spies on Americans](https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-government-is-hiding-a-secret-court-ruling-about-how-it-spies-on-americans/)

     HNwired.com6 hours ago

4.   [286](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50261319)488

     [Genie 4](https://deepmind.google/blog/genie-4-a-new-generation-of-world-simulation/)

     HNdeepmind.google4 hours ago

5.   [259](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256985)437

     [Roblox downloaded 145GB models from us (including adult content) without asking](https://open3dlab.com/news/roblox-downloaded-145-gb-of-models-from-our-sites/)

     HNopen3dlab.com9 hours ago

6.   [279](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255298)392

     [The Mythical Man-Month in the Age of AI](https://j11g.com/the-mythical-man-month-in-the-age-of-ai)

     HNj11g.com13 hours ago

7.   [172](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257326)380

     [Wikipedia's Cleanup of AI-Generated Content](https://spectrum.ieee.org/wikipedia-wikiproject-ai-writing-cleanup)

     HNspectrum.ieee.org9 hours ago

8.   [198](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257419)375

     [Python's experimental JIT to be removed](https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1102102/0c00e4d550f25f8c/)

     HNlwn.net9 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 13 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/cajuq6 "79 points")

9.   [130](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50261998)407

     [Ghostty 1.4.0](https://ghostty.org/docs/install/release-notes/1-4-0)

     HNghostty.org3 hours ago

10.  [263](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257548)281

     [Software may be getting worse, but it used to be horrible](https://www.bitlog.com/2026/10/27/software-may-be-getting-worse-but-it-used-to-be-horrible/)

     HNbitlog.com8 hours ago

11.  [194](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50261819)263

     [Police are using AI to pull over drivers for 'suspicious' behavior](https://gizmodo.com/police-are-using-ai-to-pull-over-drivers-for-suspicious-behavior-2000831220)

     HNgizmodo.com3 hours ago