Kids in Gaza Sought Joy in Flying Kites. Israel Threatens to Kill Them for It.
Many Palestinian parents have had to stop their children from playing with one of the few toys they have left.
Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books For AI Training
Last week, 404 Media published a story that revealed an Amazon warehouse where the company scans and destroys thousands of books for AI training data. Today, the publication has…
The UN and Red Cross Are Calling for Restrictions on AI Drones and Killer Robots
In a world where autonomous weapons can choose targets on their own, data can put us all at risk, a US veteran warns.
Real wages have fallen for several months, but these Fox hosts claim wages are rising
How prescient was the early AI safety community? [Luke Muehlhauser linkpost]
I liked this post by Luke, and am generally interested in this topic. Copied below without quote formatting because the quote formatting was messing up the table. Everything below…
Radiation Link In Flight Attendant's Breast Cancer, French Court Finds
A French court has for the first time recognized cosmic radiation as a contributing occupational factor in a flight attendant's breast cancer, alongside passive smoking and years…
Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi Salute
The deputy resigned after an investigation uncovered an alleged history of racism, stalking, and sexual abuse.
Mehdi Debates Pete Hegseth’s Christian Nationalist Pastor Ally
Mehdi challenges Pastor Douglas Wilson – who preached at Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon this year – on women’s rights, gay rights, Muslims, slavery, and whether the U.S. Constitution is…
Tracking AI progress across 18 cognitive dimensions (ADeLe scales)
This is a crosspost from the General-Purpose AI Policy Lab research blog . Everyone would love to know when to expect AI systems that can do anything any human can do.…
Why Are Rivers So Mathematical? “Any stream, from the...
Why Are Rivers So Mathematical? “Any stream, from the littlest brook to the mightiest river, has a length that’s proportional to its drainage area raised to the power of 0.6.”
More Than 100 Water Systems Were Hit In July Cyberattacks
CISA says more than 100 internet-exposed U.S. water and wastewater systems were targeted in July, often through programmable logic controllers connected directly to cellular…
Announcing the MATS Residency: A New Path for Experienced Researchers Working on AI Safety, or Moving Into it
Applications for the 2027 Winter intake open on August 25th, 2026 and close on October 31, 2026 (AoE) MATS has accelerated over 630 AI safety researchers, who have coauthored 215+…
How a Network of Volunteers Is Liberating Critical Court Records for Everyone
Habeas Dockets are publishing immigration court records that normally aren't available online.
Opinion columnist Karen Attiah won her arbitration...
Opinion columnist Karen Attiah won her arbitration against the Washington Post . They are ordered to reinstate her and pay full back pay. The Post fired her almost a year ago for…
NEWS: Mass Exodus as White House Staffers see ‘Writing on the Wall,’ Economic ‘D-Day’ for Iran, WAPO Columnist Restored, and Ballroom Issues
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