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OpenAI’s human rights lead: What the military could do with AI ‘keeps me up at night’

Sarah Yager joined OpenAI recently, and though she was initially skeptical that her position was merely a PR stunt, she says she’s had some early success influencing the safety of the technology.

By Emily ForliniOctober 6, 2026

Elon Musk is a trillionaire again—and he’d still be the richest person on the planet even if he gave everyone $90

Musk could buy everyone on the planet a pair of Apple AirPods, a three-course dinner, or a nice pair of Levi’s jeans, and he’d still be the world’s richest with $298 billion.

By Emma BurleighOctober 6, 2026

A $443 million memecoin frenzy dissolves into nothing—Robinhood and Circle are latest to taste the memecoin boom-and-bust cycle

Robinhood Chain saw a brief surge in memecoin trading before volumes dropped 96%.

By Camila Grigera NaónOctober 6, 2026

Brands are fleeing TV for social. The agency that landed more than 50B views for brands like Perplexity and Universal Music sold for at least $100M

Exclusive: Get Engaged becomes a part of SAMY, a global social-first marketing company.

By Sydney LakeOctober 6, 2026

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Eva Olsson, Ellen Moons, and Mark Pearce sit in front of a screen displaying Francis Halzen as the recipient of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 6, 2026. Belgian physicist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in Physics for work on subatomic particles at the South Pole, the Nobel jury said.

Trillions of ‘ghost particles’ pass through your body every second. The scientist who hunts them just won the Nobel Prize

Francis Halzen turned Antarctic ice into a giant detector for elusive neutrinos, with sensors buried 8,200 feet below the surface.

By Kostya Manenkov, Adithi Ramakrishnan and Stefanie DazioOctober 6, 2026

It’s ‘more likely than not’ humanity loses control: Former AI insiders testify safety fixes may be ‘duct tape that will fall off later’

Former insiders warned the New York City Council about losing control of AI, while OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google couldn’t say how big the risk is.

By Catherina GioinoOctober 5, 2026

Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils its first open model, Beam. Could it be America’s best chance to compete with China?

The New York–based company already has deals with U.S. government agencies and billion-dollar compute agreements.

By Emily ForliniOctober 5, 2026

Sam Altman says the world should accept some ‘bad things’ happening with AI as the industry signs on to Trump’s voluntary safety pact

But Altman said “catastrophic risks” are unacceptable.

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 5, 2026

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I wrote The Future of Truth and then found to my alarm it contained AI-hallucinated quotes. I’ve chosen to fight back

My book went through five editorial rounds and more than 4,000 tracked changes, but I later discovered it had 26 quotes that didn’t hold up under scrutiny.

By Steven RosenbaumOctober 6, 2026

Texas businessman gets 13 years in federal prison as feds seize his Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Firebird, and dozens more cars to pay back fraud victims

Clayton Iley pitched a fake Defense Department loan program and used victims’ identities to fund 90-plus collector vehicles, prosecutors say.

By Catherina GioinoOctober 5, 2026

The AI industry ‘hates crypto people’—but they may need them all the same

Whatever you think of crypto people, blockchain technology may offer real solutions to the problem of rogue AI agents.

By Jeff John RobertsOctober 5, 2026

Norway floats temporary but total ban on AI glasses as it investigates ‘socially beneficial uses’

Officials want a temporary ban as smart glasses make it easier to photograph, film and record people without their knowledge.

By Jamey Keaten and The Associated PressOctober 5, 2026