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Back to Episodes7.19.26 | GPT-5.6 closes convex optimization gap, Mayor Mamdani bans AI images for advertising, speech recognition and TTS less than 500kb
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- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:20) - GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization
- (01:53) - Mayor Mamdani Says Landlords Can't Use AI Images to Advertise
- (03:21) - Speech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb
- (04:33) - Transcribe.cpp
- (05:53) - If You Build It, They Will Come
- (07:05) - The Kimi K3 Moment
- (08:26) - Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol on an NP-Hard Problem: Does /goal help?
- (09:56) - Gleam Is Now on Tangled
- (11:15) - Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide
- (12:29) - Elixir-lang.org has a new design
- (13:36) - Outro
GPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization
https://old.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1uxj3cy/after_openais_cdc_proof_announcement_gpt56_used_a/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48957779
Mayor Mamdani Says Landlords Can't Use AI Images to Advertise
https://petapixel.com/2026/07/16/mayor-mamdani-says-landlords-cant-secretly-use-ai-images-to-advertise-properties/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48962983
Speech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb
https://github.com/moonshine-ai/moonshine/tree/main/micro
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911793
Transcribe.cpp
https://workshop.cjpais.com/projects/transcribe-cpp
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48963879
If You Build It, They Will Come
https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/if-you-build-it-they-will-come
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959090
The Kimi K3 Moment
https://stephen.bochinski.dev/blog/2026/07/18/the-kimi-k3-moment/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960218
Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol on an NP-Hard Problem: Does /goal help?
https://charlesazam.com/blog/fable-5-gpt-5-6-sol-goal/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956879
Gleam Is Now on Tangled
https://tangled.org/gleam.run/gleam
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959143
Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide
https://ykdojo.github.io/claude-controls-mac/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959392
Elixir-lang.org has a new design
https://elixir-lang.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959042