20 May 2026
HNThe AI infrastructure conversation dominated the day, with major developments around Gemini 2.5 Flash's capabilities, Mistral AI's acquisition of Emmi AI, and a pointed debate over AI watermarking after OpenAI adopted Google's SynthID standard — undercut almost immediately by a CLI tool designed to strip those very watermarks.
POLYPrediction markets reflected a wide temporal and topical range, from near-certain sports outcomes like Cavaliers vs. Knicks to speculative long-horizon bets on Bitcoin reaching $150k, the 2028 U.S. presidential race, and geopolitical questions surrounding Trump-Xi bilateral talks.
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