{"slug": "ad-on-the-hn-front-page-gauntlet-ai", "title": "Ad on the HN front page? Gauntlet AI?", "summary": "Hacker News users reported an advertisement for Gauntlet AI appearing on the site's front page, with the post offering to fly users to Austin, train them in AI, and provide a $200,000+ job. Users expressed concern that the post lacked an attributed author and disabled comments, with some calling it a scam and questioning the integrity of the platform.", "body_md": "Hacker News\nnew\n | \npast\n | \ncomments\n | \nask\n | \nshow\n | \njobs\n | \nsubmit\nlogin\nAd on the HN front page? Gauntlet AI?\n5 points\n by \ntizio13\n \n14 minutes ago\n \n | \nhide\n | \npast\n | \nfavorite\n | \n4 comments\nThe post with the title:\nGauntlet AI will fly you to Austin, train you in AI, give $200k+ job (gauntletai.com)\nThe post doesn’t have any author attributed or comments. Is this something new?\n\nmrbuttons454\n \n9 minutes ago\n \n | \nnext\n \n[–]\n\nThat's gross. Removing the ability to comment is especially bad.\nreply\nxvxvx\n \n12 minutes ago\n \n | \nprev\n | \nnext\n \n[–]\n\nShows as upvoted by me also though I never touched it.\nreply\ntizio13\n \n10 minutes ago\n \n | \nprev\n | \nnext\n \n[–]\n\nSeems like a scam no way I would trust this\nreply\njjgreen\n \n8 minutes ago\n \n | \nprev\n \n[–]\n\nHN, the end is at hand ...\nreply\n\nGuidelines\n | \nFAQ\n | \nLists\n | \nAPI\n | \nSecurity\n | \nLegal\n | \nApply to YC\n | \nContact", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ad-on-the-hn-front-page-gauntlet-ai", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48507014", "published_at": "2026-06-12 17:34:36+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-12 17:50:47.073010+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-startups", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Gauntlet AI", "Hacker News", "Austin"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ad-on-the-hn-front-page-gauntlet-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ad-on-the-hn-front-page-gauntlet-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ad-on-the-hn-front-page-gauntlet-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ad-on-the-hn-front-page-gauntlet-ai.jsonld"}}