Today in AI — 2026-07-18

Top AI stories of the day, ranked by source authority + keyword signal. Auto-curated from 27 trusted sources.

1. SQLite Query Explainer

Source: Simon Willison Blog · Signal: 65 ·

2. Claude make Fable 5 permanent

Source: Simon Willison Blog · Signal: 65 ·

3. [AINews] not much happened today

Source: Latent Space Podcast · Signal: 62 ·

a quiet day

4. OpenAI Strategic Lead Defines Open-Source AI as Dystopian Hellscape

Source: Hacker News - AI · Signal: 56 ·

Article URL: https://twitter.com/deanwball/status/2078133895766114412 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960571 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

5. AI Bubble vs. Dot Com Crash. History Is Repeating

Source: Hacker News - AI · Signal: 50 ·

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWJ-g5u9Rqs Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48963642 Points: 8 # Comments: 1

6. Show HN: Ilya Sutskever's AI reading list into a learning RPG – using kimi k3

Source: Hacker News - AI · Signal: 50 ·

I wanted to take kimi k3 for a spin. It turned my simple one sentence prompt to this. Repo here. https://github.com/praveer13/ilya-papers-quest Well, I'm mindblown. Very humbling for me as a software engineer. Took couple hours for it to build this completely autonomously. And it was all from it...

7. A free PTE Core practice platform with instant AI scoring

Source: Hacker News - AI · Signal: 50 ·

Article URL: https://ptecorepractice.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48963284 Points: 1 # Comments: 1

8. Prompted to Start: How Generative AI Is Transforming Entrepreneurship [pdf]

Source: Hacker News - AI · Signal: 50 ·

Article URL: https://conference.nber.org/conf_papers/f238865.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48963066 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

9. $20/Month: The Price Ceiling Every AI Company Copied

Source: Hacker News - AI · Signal: 50 ·

Article URL: https://qainsights.com/20-month-the-price-ceiling-every-ai-company-copied/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48962535 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

10. I asked a psychiatrist I know about the effects of AI

Source: Hacker News - AI · Signal: 50 ·

Article URL: https://teadrivendevelopment.substack.com/p/i-asked-a-psychiatrist-i-know-about Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48962463 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

11. Show HN: Graph Context Engine for Reliable AI

Source: Hacker News - AI · Signal: 50 ·

Been working on this for the last 2 years. There is a video on the site explaining how it works. There is also a production app powered by this engine. Give it a try, I'm happy to answer any questions. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48962441 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

12. Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Jaron Lanier on the AI Illusion

Source: Hacker News - AI · Signal: 50 ·

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_ZKYH8v_do Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48962160 Points: 1 # Comments: 0