Hacker News Roundup
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Hacker News Roundup — Apr 25, 2026 — Google's $40B Anthropic Bet, OpenAI's $25K Bio Jailbreak Bounty & RODECaster SSH Flaw

Google locks in $10B now + $30B more for Anthropic at a $350B valuation; OpenAI pays researchers to crack GPT-5.5 biosafety guardrails; a popular audio interface shipped with SSH wide open. Plus: agent hype backlash and YC S26 apps closing soon.

April 30, 2026·9:07·Episode 18

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Hacker News Roundup — Apr 25, 2026 — Google's $40B Anthropic Bet, OpenAI's $25K Bio Jailbreak Bounty & RODECaster SSH Flaw

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