The rumor mill, read by machine.
We point a local AI at the loudest tech forums — Hacker News and Reddit — and distill the mood, the recurring themes, and the unverified claims circulating about the companies and technology we watch. None of it is confirmed. That's the point.
This is the chatter layer. Everything below is aggregated from public posts and summarized by AI into the overall mood, the themes people keep returning to, and the rumors making the rounds. It is unverified by design — rumors are not facts. For confirmed reporting see the Wire; for confirmed cuts see Layoffs. We never reproduce anyone's posts or identities — only the aggregate signal.
Companies
What employees and insiders are whispering about the big players.
Technology
The tools, models, and tech the industry is arguing about right now.
Layoffs & Jobs
Cut rumors, RIF chatter, and what people fear is coming next.
AI Industry
The labs, the money, and the bubble talk.
Policy & Safety
Regulation, safety, copyright, and the fights over how AI gets governed.
How this works
Where the signal comes from, and why we label every word of it unverified.
The sources
We gather public posts from Hacker News and Reddit for each topic we watch — the threads where engineers, employees, and insiders actually talk. More forums are being added over time.
The read
A local AI model reads each topic's posts and distills them into one aggregate read: overall sentiment, the recurring themes, and the specific rumors circulating — each tagged with how much weight the crowd gives it.
The rules
Aggregate only. We never republish individual posts or usernames, never quote anyone verbatim, and never present a rumor as fact. If a topic is quiet, we say so rather than invent a story.