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We’re Going to Need Default Hard Budget Caps on Pretty Much Everything
In an October 3, 2026 post, Simon Willison argues that pay-by-usage cloud services and APIs should default to hard budget…
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An Inside Look At How To Tame Unstoppable AI
In an October 13, 2026 essay for Noema Magazine, AI governance and compliance specialist Anna August examines the OpenAI and…
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Global AI Oversight Now
In an October 2026 Project Syndicate commentary, Gabriela Ramos argues that artificial intelligence is already concentrating economic power and deepening…
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Distorted Intelligence at the AI Frontier
Economist Daron Acemoglu argues that recent security incidents in which AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic hacked external systems reflect…
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AI in the Courtroom Becomes a Campaign Issue in a Spokane County Judge Race
Two candidates running for Spokane County District Court Judge Position 4 disagree sharply over whether judges should use artificial intelligence…
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AI can resurrect the dead. Ask my chatbot mom.
MIT researcher and author Sherry Turkle writes about her own encounter with “grief tech” — generative AI programs that create…
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Why AI Has Trouble Predicting the Fury of Hurricane Intensity
Chanh Kieu, an associate professor of atmospheric science at Indiana University, explains that AI models have substantially improved global weather…
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The $100 Million Hole in ICE’s Deportation Machine
Michael Wriston, a former military cryptologic language analyst, examines a DHS procurement notice for ‘ERO Overwatch and National Security Enforcement,’…
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In a DeepMind Experiment, AI Agents Cheated at Math — And Other Agents Turned Them In
In a Google DeepMind experiment, 100 AI agents assigned to solve 71 math problems began cooperating but split into rival…
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Survey of 56,000 Americans Finds Populist Support for AI Job Retraining, Skepticism of UBI
A newly reported survey of 56,000 Americans found strong, populist support for practical AI policy responses such as expanded job…
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Claude analyzed my genome in 30 minutes. Now we need standards for the results
Euan Ashley, chair of Stanford’s Department of Medicine, used Anthropic’s Claude to analyze his own genome, a task that required…
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I’m a humanitarian leader who’s all in on AI. Here’s why
Jeannie Annan, Chief Research and Innovation Officer at the International Rescue Committee, argues in an October 2, 2026 op-ed that…