4.12.26 | Small models reveal vulnerabilities, Pardonned.com is a US pardons database, and top AI benchmarks were surpassed

Hacker News Highlights · Apr 12, 2026 · 14m

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

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:24) - Small models also found the vulnerabilities that Mythos found

(01:56) - Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of US Pardons

(03:12) - How We Broke Top AI Agent Benchmarks: And What Comes Next

(04:22) - Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D

(05:23) - Optimal Strategy for Connect 4

(07:03) - Cirrus Labs to join OpenAI

(08:33) - Advanced Mac Substitute is an API-level…