9.12.26 | A misalignment of AI in mathematics, OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems, Claude available to over 18s

Hacker News Highlights · Sep 12, 2026 · 13m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 12, 2026.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:20) - A misalignment of AI in mathematics

(01:49) - OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems

(03:29) - Claude is only available to people over 18 years

(04:45) - I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots

(05:57) - The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution

(07:16) - google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update

(08:39) - Google will buy half…