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VOL. I·NO. 01
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2026
  1. 001Hacker NewsOCT · 10English

    Show HN: Iimos – an AI app that ships as one chat box and rewrites itself

    Iimos is an AI agent application that ships as a single chat box and can rewrite its own code, UI, and system prompt in response to user requests. Everything runs locally on the user's machine with their choice of LLM endpoint, and changes are version-controlled with automatic rollback on failure.

    By woodchange
  2. 002ChainCatcherOCT · 10English

    The dark side of the moon development has a model with 50 trillion to 60 trillion parameters, Kimi K3.1 is expected to be released before mid-October

    Dark Moon is developing a large AI model with 50-60 trillion parameters, roughly double the size of its Kimi K3 model released in July, though training is constrained by computing power limitations. The company plans to release Kimi K3.1 before mid-October with enhanced Agent capabilities for long-duration task completion.

  3. 003Hacker NewsOCT · 10Korean

    REA: Reverse Engineer Anything is now #1 trending repo on GitHub

    REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) is a GitHub tool that ranks as the top trending repository. It enables users to analyze how features work in applications by inspecting binaries, JavaScript apps, .NET assemblies, and websites without source code, then build similar features for their own projects.

    By nevernothing
  4. 004Hacker NewsOCT · 09English

    Show HN: Memdebug – See what changed in your AI agent's memory, and undo it

    Memdebug is a local tool that monitors AI agent memory stored in folders, git repositories, or platforms like Open WebUI and Mem0. It records memory changes in a tamper-evident ledger, detects unauthorized edits, and allows safe rollback of markdown memory without blocking attacks in real-time.

    By Termich
  5. 005Hacker NewsOCT · 09English

    A hand-crafted, CPU-only agent clears all 25 public ARC-AGI-3 games

    On October 9, 2026, Ava Lovelace Zeno, a hand-crafted CPU-only agent without machine learning or neural networks, completed all 25 public ARC-AGI-3 games and all 183 levels using only 7,372 actions compared to a human baseline of 17,135. The agent achieved a perfect score of 100.0 on the ARC Prize server while running on a single laptop CPU with no pre-stored solutions or knowledge of which game it was playing.

    By B; Singaraj
  6. 006Hacker NewsOCT · 09English

    Heeler: Open-Source iOS App for Herdr

    Heeler is an open-source iOS app that provides a native dashboard for managing coding agents across machines via SSH. It offers features like live terminal rendering, a native composer for drafting messages, encrypted notifications, and secure QR-based pairing for adding hosts.

    By joshstrange
  7. 007Hacker NewsOCT · 09English

    Welcome to Gemini at Work 2026: Introducing the Gemini Agent

    Google Cloud announced Gemini Agent, a universal AI assistant for enterprise work that integrates across Google Workspace and third-party applications. The agent handles knowledge work, content creation, coding, and data analysis with built-in security, governance, and cost controls, with nearly 90% of Fortune 100 companies already using Gemini Enterprise.

    By Thomas Kurian
  8. 008Hacker NewsOCT · 09English

    VSCode silently switches to Microsoft models, ignoring BYO agent configuration

    VSCode automatically reverts to Microsoft's Copilot model instead of respecting user-configured bring-your-own (BYO) agent settings when creating new chat sessions, ignoring user preferences.

    By David Alsh
  9. 009Hacker NewsOCT · 08English

    The Gemini Agent

    Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian announced Gemini, a universal AI agent for work that integrates across Google Workspace and other platforms, handling tasks from knowledge work to coding with built-in security, cost controls, and industry-specific specializations. The agent operates autonomously from a single interface, maintains persistent context across devices, and is now used by nearly 80% of Google Cloud customers and 90% of Fortune 100 companies.

    By Thomas Kurian
  10. 0109to5GoogleOCT · 08English

    Google Cloud announces ‘Gemini agent’ as ‘universal agent for work’

    Google Cloud announced Gemini agent, a universal AI assistant for enterprise work that can handle tasks across Workspace, third-party services, and cloud infrastructure. It functions as a personal assistant or team member, uses multiple model families for optimal quality, and maintains four types of memory to coordinate complex multi-step workflows. The agent is available via mention in Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Chat, with wider availability coming soon for select Workspace plans.

    By Abner Li
  11. 011Hacker NewsOCT · 08English

    Building an Internal Company Agent: What We Got Right and Wrong

    Bold.org built an internal AI agent starting in January 2026 that investigates production issues via ClickHouse queries and integrates with Slack, Linear, PostHog, and Grafana. The agent reduced investigation time from hours to zero-to-one hour and spread across engineering, product, support, operations, marketing, and growth teams through visible shared usage rather than formal launches.

    By Orestis Ioannou