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AIHOT · Selected summaries with original sources · Nov 2, 2026, 9:00 AM

AI products · Show HN

Answer me with HTML: HTML Page Generation Skill for AI Agents like Claude Code ↗

QingYunA has open-sourced an Agent skill named answer-me-with-html, enabling agents that support CLI invocation such as Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor to automatically generate offline-browsable HTML pages (including SVG sequence diagrams, flowcharts, tables, code blocks, etc.) when answering complex questions. The model only needs to output a lightweight Markdown draft (averaging 612 tokens), while the CLI tool handles layout and style rendering; it supports always-on mode, explainer video generation, ASD-STE100 writing checks, multilingual support, and theme switching; the project is hosted on GitHub under the MIT license, requires no npm install, and provides one-click installation commands and complete documentation.

Perspectives · 虎嗅 · AI

Character.AI Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Reflecting the Triple Dilemma of Dedicated AI Companion Products ↗

The parent company of Character.AI filed for bankruptcy protection on October 12, 2026, with Disney bidding $20 million as a poison pill buyer for some of its intellectual property; the company had received a $2.7 billion technology licensing fee from Google in August 2024, but subsequently experienced core talent attrition, multiple lawsuits related to user suicides, and regulatory actions by the FTC and the Pennsylvania Medical Board; bankruptcy filings show over 20 million monthly active users and only about 139,000 paid subscription users, with monthly operating costs of approximately $30 million; based on this, the article proposes three observations: dedicated models struggle against frontier general-purpose models, C-end user scale has become a liability in the AI era, and human-machine emotional interaction will evolve toward localization and offline deployment.

AI products · Show HN

Seekter: An Open-Source Job Search Agent Running in Claude Code ↗

Seekter is an open-source job search agent designed for Claude Code. It automatically searches for jobs daily, filters them according to user rules, fills out application forms in Chrome, and records each application and skip as readable and writable Markdown files. It does not handle CAPTCHAs, log into LinkedIn, or submit unverified content; all personal data remains local. Running it requires a paid Claude plan or an Anthropic API account, and the project code is hosted on GitHub.

AI products · Show HN

Show HN: Skill Plugin for Using Reference Points in Claude Code ↗

This skill plugin designs a structured reference point coding system (Qxx/Dxx/Fxx/Rxx/Sxx/Axx/Oxx) for Claude Code to mark issues, decisions, findings, risks, steps, actions, and options, generating numbered status updates at the end of each response; it injects rules via Node.js SessionStart hooks and maintains continuous numbering across context compression; it relies on a local Node environment and requires manual plugin activation; the design is inspired by IndyDevDan's MIT-licensed project.

Technology products · Show HN

FM-1 Synthesizer Web Emulator Released: Based on Reverse-Engineered pi32v2 CPU and WebAssembly JIT Implementation ↗

Joakim Eriksson released an FM-1 synthesizer web emulator, fully reverse-engineering the pi32v2 dual-core CPU of the JieLi AC791N chip. It runs the original firmware (such as Felucca, M-VAVE official firmware, etc.) in the browser using WebAssembly JIT, supporting keyboard, touch screen, MIDI input, and real-time audio output; the source code is open-sourced at github.com/joakimeriksson/fm1-emu.

Perspectives · PANews

XRP Ledger Integer Overflow Vulnerability Exposes Cross-Module Security Failure Mechanism ↗

Veria Labs' AI security agent discovered a 64-bit integer overflow vulnerability in the BookStep processing logic of the XRPL payment engine within the rippled code. This could cause the XRPNotCreated supply check to fail, theoretically generating 18.45 trillion XRP; the vulnerability was not exploited on the public mainnet. The fixed version xrpld 3.4.1 has been released, patching the issue by adding overflow checks and adjusting counter logic, while also introducing an attack testing regression verification process.

Technology products · Product Hunt

EditUI Releases Chrome Extension, Enabling Quick Annotation of UI Issues on Real Web Pages and Batch Submission to Claude Code ↗

EditUI is a Chrome extension that allows users to click any element on live websites or applications, leave brief instructions (such as abnormal spacing, overly prominent buttons, mobile display anomalies, etc.), and after continuous review, send the entire batch of annotations to Claude Code at once; it requires no code repository configuration, has no backend dependencies, needs no registration, and is free and open-source.

Industry · 虎嗅 · AI

Amazon in Talks to Acquire Israeli AI Firm Decart at Valuation of About $7 Billion ↗

On October 11, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Amazon is in talks to acquire Israeli AI company Decart, with a potential deal price of about $7 billion. Decart's core product, DOS, is a compute 'translation layer' compatible with GPUs, TPUs, and Trainium, capable of boosting model execution speed up to 8 times the industry average; its early video tests showed that Trainium frame throughput was 4 times that of GPU solutions, with cost efficiency reaching 2 times.

AI products · IT之家 · AI

Microsoft Releases New Copilot App, Integrating Full Word/Excel/PowerPoint Editing and Collaboration Experience ↗

Microsoft has launched a new version of the Copilot app, integrating complete creation, editing, and real-time collaboration features for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Users can directly handle files within Copilot, supporting AI rewriting, adding tables, and manual editing; a new Library section is added for unified management of files and AI content; all files are still stored in OneDrive, retaining formatting, comments, sharing permissions, and version history; users can specify an AI model for Office tasks or enable Auto mode.

Industry · 量子位

Shita Robot Releases Flexible Photonic Crystal Electronic Skin ↗

Shita Robot has released a flexible photonic crystal electronic skin with a thickness of less than 1 mm and a sensing density exceeding 10,000 points/cm². It uses cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer (CLCE) materials to achieve pressure-induced color-changing optical sensing and integrates a flexible TFT photosensitive array. The device has completed 1,000,000 tests with an error rate of less than 5%. Simultaneously, it is advancing a 'tactile cerebellum' control model, which improves robot success rates by nearly 100% in tasks such as wiping blackboards and inserting plugs.

AI products · AIbase

xAI推出X订阅计划:整合Grok、Grok Bot、Cursor与X Premium的全流程AI打包服务 ↗

xAI于10月2日推出X订阅计划,整合Grok(支持聊天、语音、图像和视频生成)、Grok Bot(AI协作伙伴)、Cursor(本地与云端编码AI智能体)及X Premium(含认证徽章、创作者工具与无广告体验),提供从思考、创作、构建到分享的完整AI工作流;采用共享配额池机制,编码用量至少为独立Cursor方案的两倍,并在Cursor高级版中支持通过API调用第三方模型;定价分Free、Plus(8美元/月)、Premium(30美元/月)、Super(100美元/月)、Ultra(200美元/月)五档;面向团队与企业用户提供统一管理后台、单点登录、管理员控制、合并账单及SOC2合规支持;现有SuperGrok、Cursor或X Premium用户可保留原计划或迁移并享限时切换优惠。

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AI products · Show HN

Bifrost Releases High-Performance AI Gateway ↗

Bifrost is a high-performance AI gateway that unifies access to over 23 service providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, and Google Vertex, through a single OpenAI-compatible API.

Technology products · 少数派

Pikko 发布专为「P人」和 ADHD 设计的精力管理 App ↗

Tp 开发并发布 Pikko 1.0 版本,一款面向 MBTI 中 Perceiving 型人格及 ADHD 人群的精力管理 App;它用精力、设备、场景、心境四个维度替代传统任务属性,通过本地运行的自研精力算法(结合作息、Apple Watch 心率/睡眠数据)动态推荐最多3条适配当前状态的任务;支持小票打印机式任务合集、专注围栏、任务卡片存档与印章仪式感功能;基础功能免费,Pro 版一次性付费解锁高级功能;目前仅支持 iPhone。

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AI products · V2EX · 分享创造

Practical Exploration of Jev for AI Agent Fact Quality Inspection and RAG Verification ↗

Author testing found that Jev can low-cost screen factual errors in AI-generated content. In 32 tests, both Jev and GPT-5.5 detected 16 issues with no false positives; median time was 0.87 seconds (Jev) vs 4.10 seconds (GPT-5.5), with lower call costs. The author proposed using it for scenarios such as customer service records, meeting minutes, CRM commitments, RAG answer decomposition and verification, and knowledge graph relationship validation, emphasizing the need for manually provided candidate facts, while noting that labor-saving effects in production environments have not yet been verified.

Industry · 虎嗅 · AI

Supernodes Become New Focus of Trillion-Scale Computing Track: Huawei Ascend 950 Mass Production, Liquid Cooling and Interconnects as Core Competition ↗

Supernodes—servers consisting of multiple computing nodes connected via high-efficiency interconnect protocols with cross-node unified memory addressing capabilities—have become the hottest track in AI infrastructure for 2026. Huawei's Ascend 950 supernode has achieved large-scale commercial use, with a single set containing 1024 NPUs priced at over 100 million yuan; production capacity for 2027 is already fully booked. The industry is shifting from pursuing scale in card counts to optimizing Token throughput efficiency, with liquid cooling, optical modules/CPO interconnects, HBM bandwidth, and AI-driven cluster operations becoming key bottlenecks. IDC data shows that 94% of enterprises consider supernodes an important capability for AI infrastructure, but high initial investment, difficulty in software ecosystem adaptation, and the need for network upgrades remain major pain points. Currently, most domestic supernodes have not yet achieved profitability.

AI products · 雨果跨境

Amazon Ads Launches Amazon Ads Agent, an Agentic AI-Centric Advertising Platform ↗

At the unBoxed conference in late September 2026, Amazon Ads launched the Amazon Ads Agent, an AI-driven unified delivery platform integrating search ads, full-funnel campaigns, and display/video/audio ads. It supports creating and optimizing campaigns via natural language dialogue, automatically generating creative assets, sharing cross-channel signals, and performing automatic optimization. Full-funnel campaigns are now available to eligible advertisers on the US site, while DVA+ and conversational experience features are being tested globally in phases.

Industry · PANews

Blur Announces Shutdown of Frontend Interface on November 12 and Cessation of New Loan Matching for Blend ↗

Blur announced that it will shut down the blur.io frontend interface on November 12, 2026, and simultaneously stop new loan matching for the Blend protocol; existing borrowers must repay before the deadline or face default liquidation; the protocol itself continues to run on-chain, and $BLUR holders retain control over the fee switch; after the announcement, the BLUR token dropped more than 16% within 24 hours; the community has initiated debt migration to alternative protocols such as Gondi, while reminding users to immediately revoke Blur-related on-chain approvals.

Technology products · V2EX · 分享创造

Pan Da Niang Release: Cross-Platform Hardware Information and Toolbox Integration Software ↗

Pan Da Niang is a cross-platform (Windows/Linux/macOS) hardware information viewer and utility integration software created by Local Disk Princess and Huayuling Studio. Developed using Qt (C++), it provides real-time status of CPU/memory/hard disk, screen dead pixel testing, floating window monitoring, tray icons, quick commands, UEFI restart functions, and supports custom tool configuration. Currently, the main focus is on the Windows 7+ 64-bit version; Linux and macOS versions as well as multi-language versions will be released for beta testing in succession. Download links include Baidu Netdisk and OneDrive.

AI products · AIbase

Qwen Responds to "Qwen Go!" Rumors: Not a Standalone App, Built-in Personal Agent Now Open for Experience Applications ↗

The Qwen team clarified via their official WeChat account that "Qwen Go!" is not a standalone application, but rather a personal AI agent named Personal Agent embedded within the Qwen APP. Currently, a dedicated experience entry has been set up within the APP for users to submit applications, with permissions being granted in batches by the officials. Actual tests show that this agent can complete tasks such as flight delay compensation claims, price comparison and ordering, booking venues and restaurants, and job applications; one test successfully obtained 70 yuan in compensation. Qwen stated that they will continue to collect real feedback to optimize the experience and rely on the Alibaba ecosystem to advance the implementation of task-based AI.

Perspectives · 虎嗅 · AI

DeepSeek Leads Winverse AI Seed Round, Entering Embodied Intelligence Foundation Model Track ↗

DeepSeek led the seed funding round of Winverse AI, amounting to tens of millions of USD, with a post-money valuation of approximately $400 million; this is DeepSeek's first appearance as a lead investor in a seed round. Winverse AI was founded by Hu Han, author of the Swin Transformer paper, after he left Tencent in July 2026, focusing on AI foundation models for robot task understanding and execution. This move is seen as an extension of DeepSeek's layout on the AGI path, responding to the capability gap shown by GPT-6 in robot control tasks.

Perspectives · 虎嗅 · AI

Tencent Shuts Down QClaw and Integrates It into WorkBuddy; Major Tech Firms Shift from Broad Agent Layouts to Consolidation ↗

Tencent announced that QClaw will cease operations on December 24. Its business and team were transferred to Cloud Product Department Six in July, with users guided to migrate to WorkBuddy. QClaw is a lightweight local AI agent based on the open-source OpenClaw, focusing on WeChat Mini Program entry points and remote computer control. WorkBuddy is a desktop workstation agent independently developed by Tencent Cloud, already integrating capabilities for document processing, content creation, code development, and enterprise collaboration. During the same period, Alibaba integrated QoderWork, MuleRun, and Wukong into 'Qianwen Office', while ByteDance merged TRAE and Coze into 'Doubao Work'. All three companies exhibit a common trend of shifting from multi-line exploration to centralized entry points and vertical scenario delivery.