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hcker.news (AI filter)
A Hacker News reader whose one-click AI filter removes AI-related stories and GitHub repos with signs of AI authorship.
hcker.news/?ai=excludeActive
Notes page has posts dated 2026-07-23 (browser extension) and 2026-08-25 (slop reporting); Show HN for the AI filter on 2026-08-03 and 2026-09-11; site served 2026-10-26. (checked 2026-10-25)
In AI content filters
Where it stands apart
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? none of these (its own format or interface) (25% of 16 others)
- What does it try to remove? both AI-written content and AI as a topic (0% of 16 others)
- How does it mainly decide what to flag? a mix of several of these (13% of 16 others)
- Once you start using it, is filtering or labeling on by default? no, you switch it on (25% of 16 others)
- Does it publish its verdicts for others to reuse (a list, dataset, feed, or API)? yes (25% of 16 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (94% of 16 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? individual side project, no revenue (50% of 16 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (50% of 16 others)
- In the default setup, how do users mainly pay for it? free, no paid option (56% of 16 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Sprinklz (HN with less AI) 71% of 17 shared answers match
- Hacker News AI Detector (Salah Adawi) 65% of 17 shared answers match
- hnslop 59% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | proprietary or closed source Footer: '© 2025-2026 SBD Lab. All rights reserved.' The companion extension's source is on GitHub (miraclebakelaser/hcker-news-helper) but the site and filter are closed. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | individual side project, no revenue 'My name is Ryan.' No pricing or donations found. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | no, it needs the maker's servers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account 'No account needed; your settings are saved in your browser.' | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | both A Hacker News reader: readers are largely technical, but nothing to set up. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | stands apart none of these (its own format or interface) Own keyword/domain lists and fine-tuned classifier. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does it try to remove? | stands apart both AI-written content and AI as a topic Mainly AI-related stories; also excludes GitHub repos with AI authorship (agent attribution in commits, agent contributors, agent config files). Separate crowdsourced 'slop reports' target low-effort AI-generated content. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it mainly decide what to flag? | stands apart a mix of several of these Keyword and domain filters (146 keywords, 101 domains per maker), then a ModernBERT-based classifier fine-tuned on ~8000 examples (earlier: an agent), then the maker decides uncertain cases. | source 2026-10-26 |
| In the default setup, where is each item judged? | on the maker's server Classifier runs twice daily on the backend. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What happens to flagged content by default? | removed or hidden ?ai=exclude hides; ?ai=include shows only AI stories. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which place does it mainly cover? | Hacker News | source 2026-10-26 |
| What form does it take? | an alternative website or reader app | source 2026-10-26 |
| Once you start using it, is filtering or labeling on by default? | stands apart no, you switch it on A quick filter toggle (or the ?ai=exclude link); the default front page includes AI stories. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can you correct a wrong verdict? | yes, for yourself only (show anyway, threshold, allowlist) Toggle the filter and add your own include/exclude keywords and sites. Slop reports (2026-08-25) are shared but separate from the AI filter. | source 2026-10-26 |
| In the default setup, how do users mainly pay for it? | free, no paid option | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it publish its verdicts for others to reuse (a list, dataset, feed, or API)? | stands apart yes Filtered Atom/JSON RSS feeds follow the AI filter (feeds/atom?ai=exclude). | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- Hacker News · news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49159018 · collected 2026-10-26
- Hacker News · news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49659647 · collected 2026-10-26
- Web page · hcker.news/?ai=exclude · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · hcker.news/about · collected 2026-10-26
- Web page · hcker.news/notes · collected 2026-10-26
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