US Elections
…Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes — who’s been prepping for everything from AI-fueled phishing attacks to physical security risks — says four polling locations received “unsubstantiated bomb threats,” similar to Georgia…
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Climate Change
…The Trump administration ordered five major offshore wind projects to pause construction in December , suddenly citing national security risks even though developers had previously secured approvals to start building. After the companies…
Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5
…their effectiveness and risks. If the Trump administration bans Anthropic’s advanced cybersecurity models, it can make a case for banning its competitors’ models, too. That could spur AI industry leaders to…
The SpaceX IPO is great for Elon Musk and terrible for you
…Those turbines even show up in the risk factor section because if an injunction is granted or the permits are revoked, the existing bad AI business will suffer. Exciting stuff! Quilty, the…
The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space
…Then there is the new crop of up-and-coming space economy ideas, like AI data centers in space or space-based solar power. These are technologies that work on Earth, and…
We translated the Palantir manifesto for actual human beings
…The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public. Translation: People…
Read OpenAI’s latest internal memo about beating the competition — including Anthropic
…Both OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly plan to go public this year. “Their story is built on fear, restriction, and the idea that a small group of elites should control AI,” Dresser…
Labor and worker’s rights in tech
…Raven Software Workers Secure First Contract at Microsoft [ cwa-union.org ] Layoffs hit CNET as its parent company goes on a buying spree Mia Sato Jul 30, 2025 Scale AI lays off…
AI-generated research papers are overwhelming peer review
…While a possible step toward the goal of AI-accelerated science, these systems also come with novel risks. When Carnegie Mellon researchers tested several agentic tools, they found that they sometimes invented…
Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s “unconstrained” relationship with the truth
…And there is more and more polling data emerging that a majority of Americans think that the concerns, questions, or risks of AI currently outweigh the benefits. So I think the flood…