9.12.26 | A misalignment of AI in mathematics, OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems, Claude available to over 18s

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 12, 2026.

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:20) - A misalignment of AI in mathematics
• (01:49) - OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems
• (03:29) - Claude is only available to people over 18 years
• (04:45) - I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots
• (05:57) - The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution
• (07:16) - google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update
• (08:39) - Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plants
• (09:56) - Logo Programming
• (11:07) - A Design Space Exploration of Async/Await
• (12:18) - GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released
• (13:27) - Outro

A misalignment of AI in mathematics
https://mathandai.org/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662371

OpenAI agents carried out an undisclosed attack on RubyGems
https://www.rubyhack.ai/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49666735

Claude is only available to people over 18 years
https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15171100-age-assurance-on-claude
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49656225

I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots
https://dayzlegame.com/blog/google-ads-bot-farm/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662990

The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution
https://capitalbnews.org/data-centers-permit-rules-epa/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662672

google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update
https://www.autom.dev/blog/google-search-goto-links
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49668386

Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plants
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r6y4me2g6o
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49652105

Logo Programming
https://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/what_is_logo/logo_programming.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49622406

A Design Space Exploration of Async/Await
https://cel.cs.brown.edu/blog/design-space-async-await/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49626718

GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released
https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Messaging/releases/tag/13
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49663373