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Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse

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#13Peak rank
1Days on list
50Score · 7d
Nov 2, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days

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Submitted by
FacZap
Posted
Nov 2, 2026
Site
twitter.com

Story details from Hacker News ↗ · linked article on twitter.com.

Trending history

Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 2, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 19 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #13 of 30, reached on Nov 2, 17:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 2, 18:52 UTC.

This page has little history so far; it stays out of search results until the item has trended on two days or has more context.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 13:2214:4416:0717:2918:52 Nov 2, 13:22 UTC · #30Nov 2, 13:37 UTC · #29Nov 2, 13:52 UTC · #29Nov 2, 14:07 UTC · #30Nov 2, 14:22 UTC · #29Nov 2, 14:37 UTC · #30Nov 2, 14:52 UTC · #30Nov 2, 16:07 UTC · #24Nov 2, 16:22 UTC · #22Nov 2, 16:37 UTC · #19Nov 2, 16:52 UTC · #20Nov 2, 17:07 UTC · #18Nov 2, 17:22 UTC · #15Nov 2, 17:37 UTC · #13Nov 2, 17:52 UTC · #13Nov 2, 18:07 UTC · #15Nov 2, 18:22 UTC · #18Nov 2, 18:37 UTC · #17Nov 2, 18:52 UTC · #16

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

0316395 13:2214:4416:0717:2918:52 Nov 2, 13:22 UTC · 4Nov 2, 13:37 UTC · 10Nov 2, 13:52 UTC · 14Nov 2, 14:07 UTC · 23Nov 2, 14:22 UTC · 30Nov 2, 14:37 UTC · 40Nov 2, 14:52 UTC · 49Nov 2, 16:07 UTC · 54Nov 2, 16:22 UTC · 63Nov 2, 16:37 UTC · 66Nov 2, 16:52 UTC · 71Nov 2, 17:07 UTC · 73Nov 2, 17:22 UTC · 77Nov 2, 17:37 UTC · 81Nov 2, 17:52 UTC · 85Nov 2, 18:07 UTC · 87Nov 2, 18:22 UTC · 90Nov 2, 18:37 UTC · 92Nov 2, 18:52 UTC · 95

Questions

Is Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 2, 18:52 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse reached?

#13 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 2, 17:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has Last night an AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 2, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (19 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

7 points and 0 comments; submitted by FacZap on Nov 2, 2026.