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All the articles I've posted.
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OpenAI fired three safety researchers, then released 719 math manuscripts before formalizing most results
Sam Altman's OpenAI spent two consecutive weeks showing what it thinks checking is worth. TechCrunch reported that the company fired safety researchers Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, and Mikita Balesni…
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ICE held people in a warehouse under a court-ordered conversion freeze
On September 4, masked immigration agents swept through Dover, New Jersey, and cornered a 59-year-old worker against a wall. His daughter recognized him in a video while getting her children ready…
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Elon Musk is worth $1 trillion while Tesla still owes drivers the hardware it promised
Forbes estimates Elon Musk's fortune crossed $1 trillion again on Monday. At Tesla, some customers paid as much as $15,000 for a package called Full Self-Driving. Owners whose cars use Tesla's…
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The Justice Department is treating citizenship revocation like a numbers game
The Justice Department chose a revealing title for Monday's announcement: "Justice Department Moves to Strip Citizenship from 40 Criminals". "Criminals" reaches the reader before the department…
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Anthropic read a user's Claude diary and sent it to police
Carli Michelle Heller told deputies that she used Claude like a diary. According to Decrypt, citing local WINK News and the arrest report, her September 26 conversation said she would "shoot up" the…
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Trump put the intelligence chief in charge of AI self-policing
On September 29, leaders from six of the country's most powerful AI companies stood at the White House and signed a one page promise to police themselves. CBS News reported that OpenAI, Anthropic,…
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Human selfishness is a story greed tells about itself
Many arguments against sharing power or wealth rest on the same claim: human beings are selfish by nature. Take away the threat of poverty or the promise of profit, the story goes, and people will…
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Russ Vought used the calendar to erase $810 million Congress approved
Article I puts federal spending in Congress's hands. No money may be drawn from the Treasury without an appropriation made by law. Congress writes the spending law. The executive branch carries it…
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An anti-drug grant program is turning local plate cameras into DEA leads
A police department buys license plate cameras as a local crime tool. In Georgia, putting one of those cameras on a state right of way now requires an agreement that makes match information available…
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Bill Lee chose execution after Christa Pike's jury missed the worst of her childhood
The United States Supreme Court denied Christa Pike's petition and request for a stay on Tuesday. Barring another intervention, the state will execute her Wednesday morning. She would be the first…