9.3.26 | Gemini 3.8 Flash and Cyber, Muse Spark 1.3, opt out of training data

Hacker News Highlights · Sep 3, 2026 · 13m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 3, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber

(02:05) - Muse Spark 1.3

(03:25) - Can I opt out of my input or output data being used for training?

(04:38) - Three sites made 215,128 “best software” pages for AI. Perplexity cites them

(06:12) - Google avoids a breakup of its ad tech business

(07:39) - Biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle

(08:44) - Aging brains blend memories together instead of just…