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Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over A.I. Slowdown (Tue, 15 Sep 2026)
On social media, Meta’s chief executive appeared to jab at Anthropic by saying that leading A.I. labs should be focused on safety rather than improving their own technology.
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Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders Condemn Tech ‘Oligarchs’ and Demand A.I. Reforms (Wed, 16 Sep 2026)
At an event in Washington, partisanship took a back seat as elected officials, religious leaders, parents and artists called for reining in artificial intelligence.
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Senate Votes to Block Crypto Bill in Major Blow to the Industry (Tue, 15 Sep 2026)
The landmark legislation, known as the Clarity Act, stalled in the Senate as Democrats raised concerns about President Trump’s personal investments in crypto.
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Cat Frazier, Whose Retro GIFs Celebrated a Weirder Internet, Dies at 35 (Wed, 16 Sep 2026)
She found a future in the internet’s past with a Tumblr blog of animated texts, a revolt against the clean minimalism of contemporary design aesthetics.
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How to Use AI to Plan a Trip: Better Prompts for Travel Recommendations (Wed, 16 Sep 2026)
Generic questions get generic answers, experts say, so to avoid mediocre recommendations, you’ll need to write smarter prompts. Follow these tips.
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Age Limits for Social Media Outlined by European Union (Wed, 16 Sep 2026)
A proposed law would bar children under 13 from using social media across the 27-nation bloc.
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Is There Anything Google’s Fruit Fly Brain Can’t Do? (Tue, 15 Sep 2026)
Models of the insect’s nervous system have been trained to solve a Rubik’s Cube, play video games and even parallel park a car.
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Two Chinese Firms Used Binance to Launder Iranian Oil Money, US Says (Tue, 15 Sep 2026)
Federal prosecutors said proceeds from the sale of Iranian oil flowed through Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, to finance terrorism.
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Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I. Inequality (Tue, 15 Sep 2026)
Bill Gates, the foundation’s chairman, has been vocal about the dangers of artificial intelligence. The donation will be invested in A.I. projects to bridge social inequalities.
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Alex Bores Wants Democrats to Make AI Safety a 2028 Election Issue (Tue, 15 Sep 2026)
Alex Bores, who lost a congressional primary contest that revolved around A.I. regulation, is trying to position himself at the center of the conversation for the next presidential election.
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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Gets Onstage Call From Trump, Who Dismissed A.I. Safety Concerns (Tue, 15 Sep 2026)
Mr. Trump called Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, while Mr. Huang was onstage in Los Angeles and criticized calls to slow down and regulate A.I.
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Amazon Suspends Flights With Airline Whose Plane Crashed in Miami (Mon, 14 Sep 2026)
The online retailer said it would “pause” its relationship with 21 Air, the cargo airline operating a Boeing 767 that overshot a runway in Miami.
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Some in Silicon Valley Are Questioning the Calls for an A.I. Slowdown (Sun, 13 Sep 2026)
The debate over the safety of artificial intelligence grew personal as key tech leaders said calls for government regulation were self-serving and misplaced.
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What Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Argued in His Call for AI Slowdown (Sun, 13 Sep 2026)
Dario Amodei’s 3,800-word letter laid out a three-step plan to rein in artificial intelligence.
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10-Year-Old Children Predict the Future (Sun, 13 Sep 2026)
Robot butlers. Underwater homes. Root beer perfume. Kids across the nation weigh in on what life will be like in the year 2050.
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Anthropic C.E.O. Dario Amodei Calls for A.I. Slowdown (Mon, 14 Sep 2026)
In an essay, the head of Anthropic laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry.
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Inside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday (Sun, 13 Sep 2026)
Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google are increasingly trying to raise awareness about the risks of artificial intelligence.
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Why It’s Difficult for Tech Companies to Rein In A.I. (Sat, 12 Sep 2026)
Researchers say artificial intelligence is developing faster than the systems put in place to monitor and control it.
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The Mic Is On. So Is Live Auto-Tune. (Fri, 11 Sep 2026)
As audiences demand perfection from live performances, pitch correction technology has become an increasingly common way for singers to deliver.
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Elon Musk Has Pledged to Rid His Platform, X, of Child Sexual Abuse, but It Persists (Fri, 11 Sep 2026)
Reviews by the Canadian Center for Child Protection and The New York Times found that explicit images of children remain on the social media site owned by Elon Musk.
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The Ezra Klein Show: The A.I. Revolt Is Here (Fri, 11 Sep 2026)
The A.I. giants weren’t prepared for this.
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Could A.I. Really Kill All Humans? (Fri, 11 Sep 2026)
After an Anthropic researcher quit, warning that the A.I. race is “gambling with our lives,” Cade Metz joined Natalie Kitroeff on “The Call” to break down what’s at stake.
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California’s Governor Signs Landmark Online Child Safety Bills (Fri, 11 Sep 2026)
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that prohibits social media platforms from providing addictive features to users under 16, the first law of its kind in the nation.
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Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons (Thu, 10 Sep 2026)
In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine whether the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work.
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How the New iPhone Duo’s Glass Screen Bends Without Breaking (Fri, 11 Sep 2026)
The screens of foldable phones are a triumph of materials science and microengineering.
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Why is Apple’s New Foldable iPhone Duo $1,999? (Thu, 10 Sep 2026)
The company unveiled a new iPhone that costs $1,999. Here are the economics behind that price tag.
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Apple Unveils the iPhone Duo, a Foldable Phone That Costs $1,999 (Wed, 09 Sep 2026)
At the company’s annual September product event, Apple also demonstrated its work on artificial intelligence and other new devices.
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Anthropic Researchers Raise Alarm Over A.I. Acceleration, Warning of Threat to Humanity (Wed, 09 Sep 2026)
Their warnings echo concerns that other artificial intelligence experts have voiced in recent months, as calls increase for a slowdown in the pace of development.
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