6.9.25 | LLMs illustrated by pelicans, Kagi hits 50k users, supercomputers for autocrats threaten democracy

Hacker News Highlights · Jun 9, 2025 · 12m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 9, 2025.

The last six months in LLMs, illustrated by pelicans on bicycles

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215352

Kagi Reaches 50k Users

https://kagi.com/stats?stat=members

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44221450

Building supercomputers for autocrats probably isn't good for democracy

https://helentoner.substack.com/p/supercomputers-for-autocrats

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44219519

FSE meets the FBI

https://blog.freespeechextremist.com/blog/fse-vs-fbi.html…