{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"7.19.26 | GPT-5.6 closes convex optimization gap, Mayor Mamdani bans AI images for advertising, speech recognition and TTS less than 500kb","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/09ecaa49\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":822,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 19, 2026.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nGPT-5.6 used a prompt to close a 30-year gap in convex optimization\nhttps://old.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1uxj3cy/after_openais_cdc_proof_announcement_gpt56_used_a/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48957779\nMayor Mamdani Says Landlords Can't Use AI Images to Advertise\nhttps://petapixel.com/2026/07/16/mayor-mamdani-says-landlords-cant-secretly-use-ai-images-to-advertise-properties/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48962983\nSpeech Recognition and TTS in less than 500kb\nhttps://github.com/moonshine-ai/moonshine/tree/main/micro\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911793\nTranscribe.cpp\nhttps://workshop.cjpais.com/projects/transcribe-cpp\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48963879\nIf You Build It, They Will Come\nhttps://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/if-you-build-it-they-will-come\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959090\nThe Kimi K3 Moment\nhttps://stephen.bochinski.dev/blog/2026/07/18/the-kimi-k3-moment/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960218\nFable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol on an NP-Hard Problem: Does /goal help?\nhttps://charlesazam.com/blog/fable-5-gpt-5-6-sol-goal/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956879\nGleam Is Now on Tangled\nhttps://tangled.org/gleam.run/gleam\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959143\nSetting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide\nhttps://ykdojo.github.io/claude-controls-mac/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959392\nElixir-lang.org has a new design\nhttps://elixir-lang.org/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959042","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4nmCVUJ5pUFbIsTy4mvxtFFdN3d3RgMGSU08kiDg2ac/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NWYy/MGY3NDk0MDRhZjdh/MzljNmM4MTE4YzU0/MDNlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}