7.8.25 | ChatGPT prompts feature addition, Mercury introduces fast diffusion models, o3 profiles from Pocket links

Hacker News Highlights · Jul 8, 2025 · 12m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 8, 2025.

Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists

https://www.holovaty.com/writing/chatgpt-fake-feature/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44491071

Mercury: Ultra-fast language models based on diffusion

https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17298

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44489690

I used o3 to profile myself from my saved Pocket links

https://noperator.dev/posts/o3-pocket-profile/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44489803

New sphere-packing record stems from an unexpected source…