The Day the Web Cracked
Black October was billed as an attack on 70% of the internet. What that number really counts, why AI found the PHP bugs first, and what Google’s fall signals.
AI Safety & Governance
UN Autonomous Weapons Treaty
About 128 states agreed a UN text on killer robots, but it is not an autonomous weapons treaty. Here is what the report says and what November decides.
“The singularity is here.”: What Jack Clark Told the IMF About AI
Jack Clark’s IMF speech says the AI singularity has begun and US GDP could hit $44 trillion by 2030. We check the number and the risk he named beside it.
Cut the Cable (The Air Gap Letter)
Air-gapping AI models is the ask of a 13 October letter signed by Hinton and Bengio. Four lab incidents show why it’s sound, and where it falls short.
The Future Dial
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A Stake at Birth
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The Turkey Problem
AI job losses are hiding in plain sight: young workers in exposed jobs face a 19% employment gap while headline data stay calm. Seven predictions follow.
The Hole in the Budget
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The Dark Forest and All Under Heaven
From Liu Cixin’s dark forest to Zhao Tingyang’s tianxia, the Chinese perspective on AI is more divided than the West assumes. Two bookshelves, side by side.
The Race to Make Them Nicer
Geoffrey Hinton says AI labs race to make models smarter when they should make them nicer. What AI alignment means, and why rogue agents prove him right.
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