Hacker Newsroom for 28 September: Google Search Misfires, Authors Guild Filings, Lula Advertising Restriction
Hacker Newsroom · Sep 28, 2026 · 6:08
Hacker Newsroom · Sep 28, 2026 · 6:08
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Hacker Newsroom for 28 September recaps major Hacker News stories, moving through google search misfires, authors guild filings, lula advertising restriction.
1. Google Search Misfires
Google's AI Overview turned a search for an old basketball joke into an offer of emotional support. In the post , a Philadelphia 76ers fan searches for a reference to Dario Saric staying in Turkey after being drafted in 2014.
2. Authors Guild Filings
Newly unsealed filings in the authors’ lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft put internal conversations about book training data under scrutiny. An Authors Guild post says the documents show executives knew about the use of books from Library Genesis and anticipated that their models could replace paid writing work.
3. Lula Advertising Restriction
Brazilian president Lula's Facebook campaign advertising was temporarily restricted just ahead of the country's election, and his campaign is demanding an explanation from Meta. The linked Panamerican Dispatch article says his page and campaign ad account were disabled, then restored, and describes a complaint seeking human review and preservation of the account's digital records.
That's it for today.
