10.26.26 | CNN beats frontier LLMs, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Censored Internet at FOSDEM 27

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Oct 26, 2026.Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

(00:00) - Intro

(00:19) - A 10-year-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis

(01:27) - Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

(02:23) - I refuse to accept a censored Internet. Join Me at FOSDEM 27

(03:38) - Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop

(04:43) - OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?

(05:58) - Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs

(06:50) - IBM CEO says open weight models are now good and cheap on-prem

(07:56) - Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997

(08:43) - Why I Am a Programmer

(09:35) - Amazon’s “digital pacifier” for toddlers

(10:37) - Outro

A 10-year-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis https://lynchlab.net/llm-skin-cancer https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50233779Dolly Parton's Imagination Library https://imaginationlibrary.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234474 I refuse to accept a censored Internet. Join Me at FOSDEM 27 https://talkweb.eu/openweb/4558/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50233929 Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop https://theintercept.com/2026/10/01/oregon-police-misconduct-public-records-cost-fee/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234232 OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why? https://minimaxir.com/2026/10/cheap-llms/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50236102 Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs https://charliegerard.dev/blog/overgrown-extension/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50197108 IBM CEO says open weight models are now good and cheap on-prem https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/22/ibm-ceo-says-open-weight-models-are-now-irresistibly-good-and-cheap-on-prem/5304640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238088 Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997 https://titleart.dvy.io/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238708 Why I Am a Programmer https://www.alfie.wtf/programming/why-i-am-a-programmer.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50235017 Amazon’s “digital pacifier” for toddlers https://oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/amazons-digital-pacifier-for-toddlers https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185534