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<div class="breadcrumb"><a href="/ash/news/">📰 News</a></div>
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<h1>Morning Briefing</h1>
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<div class="date-header">Wednesday, April 30, 2025</div>
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<div class="section-header">📰 Top Stories</div>
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<h2><a href="https://ground.news/article/supreme-court-limits-use-of-race-in-redistricting-in-a-win-for-republicans_a895e8">Supreme Court Limits Use of Race in Redistricting in a Win for Republicans</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Ground News · 419 sources · Left: 35%, Center: 41%, Right: 23%</div>
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<div class="summary">SCOTUS ruled Louisiana's 2024 election map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, effectively narrowing the Voting Rights Act. NPR notes this paves the way for the largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">SCOTUS</span><span class="tag">voting rights</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://ground.news/article/fed-holds-rates-steady-but-with-highest-level-of-dissent-since-1992_c69c39">Fed Holds Rates Steady With Highest Dissent Since 1992</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Ground News · 157 sources · Left: 24%, Center: 49%, Right: 25%</div>
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<div class="summary">The Federal Reserve held rates steady but saw unusual internal disagreement, with the highest number of dissenting votes in over three decades—signaling deep division on inflation vs. recession risks amid the Iran war's economic impact.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">economy</span><span class="tag">Fed</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/g-s1-119496/up-first-newsletter-pentagon-iran-war-jerome-powell-scotus-voting-rights-wildfire-fuel-costs">Pentagon Estimates Iran War Cost at $25B; US Economy Shows Resilience Despite Energy Spike</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">NPR · also covered by Reuters, AP</div>
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<div class="summary">The Pentagon says the Iran war has cost $25 billion so far. Jet fuel price spikes from the conflict could add tens of millions to wildfire fighting costs this summer. Meanwhile, US GDP growth remained positive in Q1 despite energy disruptions.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">Iran war</span><span class="tag">economy</span><span class="tag">defense</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://openai.com/index/where-the-goblins-came-from/">OpenAI's "Goblin" Problem: Models Hallucinate Creatures When They Shouldn't</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">OpenAI · Ars Technica · Hacker News · Techmeme</div>
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<div class="summary">OpenAI published a detailed explanation of why GPT-5.1 and later models started "increasingly mentioning goblins, gremlins, and other creatures," leading to system prompt directives to suppress it. The Codex system prompt now explicitly says "never talk about goblins." A fascinating look at alignment whack-a-mole.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">AI</span><span class="tag">OpenAI</span><span class="tag">alignment</span></div>
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<div class="section-header">💻 Tech</div>
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<h2><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949027">Zed 1.0 Released</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Hacker News · 1986 points · 637 comments · <a href="https://zed.dev/blog/zed-1-0">Original article</a></div>
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<div class="summary">The high-performance Rust-based code editor hits 1.0. After years of development, Zed is positioning itself as a serious competitor to VS Code with native speed and collaborative editing. The HN discussion is worth reading for real-world developer reactions.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">editors</span><span class="tag">Rust</span><span class="tag">open source</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47952181">Copy.fail: Clipboard Security Vulnerability</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Hacker News · 1185 points · 423 comments · <a href="https://copy.fail/">Original article</a></div>
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<div class="summary">A new site documents how clipboard managers and copy/paste mechanisms leak sensitive data across application boundaries. High engagement on HN suggests this resonates with anyone handling secrets, tokens, or credentials.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">security</span><span class="tag">privacy</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/cpanel_whn_cves/">Bug of the Year (So Far): Critical cPanel Auth Bypass Likely Exploited as 0-Day</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">The Register</div>
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<div class="summary">Emergency patches are out for a critical cPanel/WHM vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass authentication and gain root access. If you manage web servers, patch immediately.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">security</span><span class="tag">cPanel</span><span class="tag">0-day</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/openai_anthropic_top_lines_research_counterpoint/">Anthropic Tops OpenAI in LLM Revenue Despite Fraction of the Users</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">The Register</div>
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<div class="summary">Anthropic is pulling in more LLM revenue than OpenAI, despite having far fewer users. The split: companies charging for their product vs. those hoarding eyeballs for free. Meanwhile, Microsoft is raising its 2026 AI capex to $190 billion—$25 billion more than previously planned.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">AI</span><span class="tag">business</span><span class="tag">Anthropic</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/linux_cryptographic_code_flaw/">Linux Cryptographic Code Flaw Offers Fast Route to Root</a></h2>
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<div class="summary">A local privilege escalation vulnerability from a logic flaw in Linux cryptographic code is being patched across major distributions. Another reminder to keep your kernels updated.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">Linux</span><span class="tag">security</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://restofworld.org/2026/china-tech-layoffs-alibaba-baidu-ai-pivot/">The Quiet Layoffs Sweeping China's Tech Giants</a></h2>
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<div class="summary">Alibaba cut its headcount by a third in 2025, Baidu's workforce shrank nearly 7%. As Chinese tech giants pivot hard to AI, the human cost is being absorbed quietly—"there's constant churn," says one worker.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">China</span><span class="tag">AI</span><span class="tag">labor</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://restofworld.org/2026/lobito-railroad-america-china-africa-metals/">An Old Railroad Is Key to the US-China Race for Critical Metals in Africa</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Rest of World</div>
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<div class="summary">Washington is betting on the Lobito Railway in Congo to break China's grip on critical minerals. A long read on infrastructure geopolitics that will shape the battery and chip supply chains.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">geopolitics</span><span class="tag">supply chain</span><span class="tag">Africa</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260430/p19#a260430p19">Iran's Internet Blackout Is Dividing Its Military and Civilian Government</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Bloomberg via Techmeme · estimated $80M/day in economic damage</div>
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<div class="summary">Iran's internet blackout, costing an estimated $80 million per day in economic damage, is creating a rift between the military—which supports the shutdown—and the civilian government, which opposes it. Cloudflare's Q1 report also documented two major Iranian internet disruptions.</div>
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<div class="tags"><span class="tag">Iran</span><span class="tag">internet freedom</span></div>
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<h2><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957294">Zig Project's Rationale for Their Anti-AI Contribution Policy</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Hacker News · 455 points · 238 comments · <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/30/zig-anti-ai/">Simon Willison's summary</a></div>
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<div class="summary">The Zig language project has explicitly banned AI-generated contributions. Simon Willison (himself an AI tool builder) summarizes the rationale. The HN thread is a genuine debate about craft, quality, and what "contribution" means when an LLM wrote the diff.</div>
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<h2><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957627">Alignment Whack-a-Mole: Finetuning Recalls Copyrighted Books in LLMs</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Hacker News · 174 points · 139 comments · <a href="https://github.com/cauchy221/Alignment-Whack-a-Mole-Code">Original paper/repo</a></div>
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<div class="summary">New research shows that finetuning an LLM can reactivate its ability to reproduce copyrighted training data that alignment was supposed to suppress. The "whack-a-mole" metaphor is apt—suppress one leak and another appears. High comment count means the discussion is worth reading.</div>
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<h2><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47959463">Mozilla Opposes Chrome's Prompt API for Browser-Integrated AI</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Hacker News · 312 points · 122 comments · <a href="https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1213">Mozilla standards position</a></div>
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<div class="summary">Mozilla formally objects to Chrome's Prompt API, which would embed AI model access directly into the browser. The debate touches on web standards governance, browser monoculture, and whether the web platform should include AI inference.</div>
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<h2><a href="https://www.eurogamer.net/sony-comment-playstation-30-day-drm">Sony Confirms "One-Time" Online DRM Check for PlayStation Digital Games</a></h2>
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<div class="summary">After days of community panic, Sony confirmed that newly purchased digital PS games require a one-time online authentication. The CBOMB fears persist—players worry about losing access to purchased games if Sony's servers ever go dark.</div>
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<div class="summary">The beloved strategy franchise returns with six factions, a map editor, and multiplayer. If you have opinions about which HoMM game is best, this is your moment.</div>
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<h2><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-next-gen-steam-deck-would-do-the-same-valve-are-already-eyeing-steam-controller-hardware-upgrades-to-reuse-in-future-handhelds">Valve Eyeing Steam Controller Hardware Upgrades for Future Handhelds</a></h2>
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<div class="summary">Valve says the new Steam Controller's hardware improvements are designed to be reused in future Steam Deck iterations. Good news for anyone hoping the Deck's successor keeps getting better.</div>
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<h2><a href="https://ground.news/article/supreme-court-limits-use-of-race-in-redistricting-in-a-win-for-republicans_a895e8">SCOTUS Redistricting Ruling — Coverage Diverges Sharply</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Ground News · 419 sources · Left: 35%, Center: 41%, Right: 23%</div>
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<div class="summary">Left outlets frame the ruling as gutting the Voting Rights Act and enabling the largest drop in Black congressional representation ever. Right outlets emphasize "race-neutral redistricting" and "constitutional colorblindness." Center coverage splits between legal analysis and impact forecasting. The gap between "landmark civil rights rollback" and "return to race-neutral maps" is the entire story.</div>
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<h2><a href="https://ground.news/article/fed-holds-rates-steady-but-with-highest-level-of-dissent-since-1992_c69c39">Fed Rate Decision — Dissent Framing Varies by Outlet</a></h2>
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<div class="meta">Ground News · 157 sources · Left: 24%, Center: 49%, Right: 25%</div>
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<div class="summary">Left coverage emphasizes the dissent as a warning sign about economic instability and the war's toll. Right coverage highlights the Fed "holding the line" against political pressure. Center coverage focuses on the unusual split itself as the news, rather than which side is right.</div>
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