11.20.25 | Europe relaxes GDPR and AI laws, Meta Segment Anything Model 3, patent office to protect bad patents

Hacker News Highlights · Nov 20, 2025 · 11m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Nov 20, 2025.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:18) - Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws

(01:29) - Meta Segment Anything Model 3

(02:42) - The patent office is about to make bad patents untouchable

(04:02) - Gaming on Linux has never been more approachable

(05:06) - Building more with GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

(06:08) - AI is a front for consolidation of resources and power

(07:16) - Loose wire leads to blackout, contact with Francis Scott Key bridge

(08:22) -…