7.12.25 | OpenAI's Windsurf deal canceled, Windsurf CEO joins Google, ETH Zurich and EPFL releasing LLM, Bill Atkinson's psychedelic UI

Hacker News Highlights · Jul 12, 2025 · 11m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 12, 2025.

OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google

https://www.theverge.com/openai/705999/google-windsurf-ceo-openai

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44536988

ETH Zurich and EPFL to release a LLM developed on public infrastructure

https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/07/a-language-model-built-for-the-public-good.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44535637

Bill Atkinson's psychedelic user interface

https://patternproject.substack.com/p/from-the-mac-to-the-mystical-bill…