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    Fusion startup Helion Energy has revised its timeline for delivering commercial fusion power, moving back the deadline for its Orion project that was meant to supply electricity to Microsoft. The company, backed by OpenAI chief Sam Altman, had been among the most aggressive in the industry with its schedule. The delay has drawn criticism from fusion skeptics who say such setbacks show the field's recurring habit of overpromising, while supporters argue fusion remains a long-term engineering challenge.

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    Readers vote on which AI challenges have been met●Vote on which of Hacker News' challenges for AI have been metYhnWorldElections19559 min ago

    A new interactive site invites people to vote on which of the challenges Hacker News set for artificial intelligence have actually been achieved. The list covers benchmarks the AI community has debated for years, and users can mark each goalpost as met or not yet met. The vote is drawing attention as a snapshot of how skeptical or optimistic technologists currently are about AI progress.

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    New Site Lets Users Vote on Which AI Challenges Have Been Met●Show HN: Vote on which of Hacker News' challenges for AI have been met Article URL: https:// stoppels.ch/goalposts/ CommMmastodonBusinessStartups210 h ago

    A developer has launched a website called Goalposts that collects the challenges and benchmarks Hacker News commenters have historically set for artificial intelligence, and lets visitors vote on which of them AI has now met. The project invites readers to judge past skepticism of AI capabilities against current systems, with discussion of the tool beginning on Hacker News.