Yes, this happened weeks ago and was never discussed on HN.

Part of the problem is that there are too many major stories happen back-to-back nowadays, and important stories like this one never get discussed. HN only shows 30 stories on the front page, which limits discussion.

Correct, this news just hasn't gotten traction until now on HN it seems, as I've already seen this news on r/LocalLlama and thought it was another piece of newer news.