Safety

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AI

‘Godfather of AI’ says tech companies aren’t concerned with the AI endgame. They’re focused on short-term profits instead

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March 21, 2026
Three Tennessee teenagers are suing Elon Musk’s xAI for creating sexually explicit images of them
Law

Three Tennessee teenagers are suing Elon Musk’s xAI for creating sexually explicit images of them

By The Associated Press and Travis Loller
March 20, 2026
World Cup safety is in jeopardy due to funding chaos and a lack of security coordination, U.S. host city officials warn
North America

World Cup safety is in jeopardy due to funding chaos and a lack of security coordination, U.S. host city officials warn

By Sam Klebanov and Morning Brew
March 4, 2026
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AI

OpenAI changed its mission statement 6 times in 9 years. It finally removed the word “safely” as a core value when it restructured into a for-profit

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February 23, 2026
Dario Amodei sits in a white chair in front of a pink background and speaks animatedly.
AI

‘I’m deeply uncomfortable’: Anthropic CEO warns that a cadre of AI leaders, including himself, should not be in charge of the technology’s future

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February 19, 2026
Professor Stuart Russell pictured in 2023 during a Congressional testimony on AI oversight
AI

Big Tech execs playing ‘Russian roulette’ in the AI arms race could risk human extinction, warns top researcher

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February 18, 2026
OpenAI Sam Altman looking into the distance.
AI

OpenAI disputes watchdog’s claim it violated California’s new AI safety law with latest model release

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February 10, 2026
Illustration of Claude 4 open on a smartphone
AI

Anthropic rewrites Claude’s guiding principles—and entertains the idea that its AI might have ‘some kind of consciousness or moral status’

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January 21, 2026
Sam Altman, standing in front of a large window, gestures with one hand and furrows his brow as he speaks.
AI

OpenAI is hiring a ‘head of preparedness’ with a $550,000 salary to mitigate AI dangers that CEO Sam Altman warns will be ‘stressful’

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December 29, 2025
Alex Bores stands near a window in the Capitol building
AI

Ex-Palantir turned politician Alex Bores says AI deepfakes are a ‘solvable problem’ if we bring back a free, decades-old technique

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December 27, 2025
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AI

The fastest athletes in the world can botch a baton pass if trust isn’t there—and the same is true of AI, Blackbaud exec says

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December 12, 2025
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Travel & Leisure

Airbus warns A320 fleet needs software fix after incident

By Benedikt Kammel, Siddharth Philip and Bloomberg
November 28, 2025
An Asian woman typing on her laptop while sitting on an airplane
Health

The ideal airplane seat choice to avoid getting sick while traveling, according to an Olympic doctor

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November 26, 2025
Two firefighters suffered chemical burns in a Boring Co. tunnel. Then the Nevada Governor’s office got involved, and the penalties disappeared
Features

Two firefighters suffered chemical burns in a Boring Co. tunnel. Then the Nevada Governor’s office got involved, and the penalties disappeared

By Jessica Mathews and Leo Schwartz
November 12, 2025
AI reasoning models that can ‘think’ are more vulnerable to jailbreak attacks, new research suggests
AI

AI reasoning models that can ‘think’ are more vulnerable to jailbreak attacks, new research suggests

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November 7, 2025

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