Will AI Replace Workers? Not If We Build It Right.
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MIT professor Daron Acemoglu argues that public discussion of artificial intelligence is distorted by both exaggerated optimism and fears of mass unemployment or civilizational collapse. AI’s effects,
Reuters provides a rare look aboard the USS George Washington, a U.S. aircraft carrier deployed near the Strait of Hormuz amid an ongoing war with Iran. The carrier, sent from Japan in late August to
In July 2026, OpenAI’s alleged hack of Hugging Face prompted Legal Advocates for Safe Science & Technology (LASST) to file a lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court. The nonprofit claims OpenAI
The article argues that public debate about AI focuses excessively on hypothetical “superintelligence” and human extinction while overlooking immediate dangers caused by unreliable systems being used
The Reddit post describes an alleged method for preventing MHS Genesis, the military’s electronic health-record system, from accessing applicants’ civilian medical histories through health information
Matthew Ford argues that military innovation has become an institutional substitute for strategy, repeating the “hammer-and-nail” problem identified by John Nagl in Iraq. The US military entered the S
Matthew Ford argues that contemporary military innovation has become a strategic dead end, repeating the institutional error identified by John Nagl during the Iraq War: armed forces interpret new pro
A former Cornell University student is suing the university and seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity over an alleged sexual assault at the fraternity house in October 2024. The woman, identified in
A former Cornell University student, identified as Jane Doe, has sued Cornell and seven former Chi Phi fraternity members over an alleged October 2024 sexual assault. She claims she was intoxicated, p
At the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2026, President Donald Trump announced that US government documents would henceforth refer to artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” or “S
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
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2w ago
The piece argues that recent AI headlines have been driven more by corporate marketing than by verified technological breakthroughs. It cites Anthropic and OpenAI claims about models discovering softw
The article argues that rapid advances in frontier AI are outpacing voluntary safety testing and exposing serious weaknesses in current evaluation practices. Recent whistleblowing, calls from Anthropi
Trump’s Risky Hack-Back Plan
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IrregularChat: Purple Team
2w ago
Foreign Policy’s Situation Report highlights three major issues: the Trump administration’s shift toward offensive cyberoperations, growing anxiety over artificial intelligence, and the lack of progre
Trump says he will create 'AI Force,' name AI czar
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
2w ago
President Donald Trump announced plans to create an “AI Force,” modeled on the Space Force established during his first term, and to appoint an artificial intelligence czar to lead the administration’
Verizon is seeking approval from the Federal Communications Commission to replace copper-based landline service in parts of northern New York with fiber-optic or wireless alternatives. The company has
An unredacted court filing in *The New York Times v. OpenAI* lawsuit reveals candid internal statements from Microsoft and OpenAI executives about generative AI’s training methods and economic effects
The Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training is a psychotherapy education and referral organization located at 37 East 28th Street, Suite 408, in Manhattan’s Rose Hill neighborhood. It provides s
Anthropic has accused Chinese AI companies DeepSeek and Moonshot of secretly routing customer requests to its Claude models and then presenting Claude’s responses as if they came from their own system
A class-action lawsuit filed in US District Court for the Eastern District of New York alleges that Amazon discriminated against pregnant warehouse employees by denying basic accommodations such as ba
Residents of Cupertino are criticizing the trailer for CBS’s upcoming legal drama “Cupertino,” saying it does not reflect the city’s real demographics or identity. The main complaint is the lack of As
D-Day: Behind enemy lines with a typewriter
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Aug 29
On D-Day, several war correspondents parachuted into Normandy alongside airborne troops, carrying typewriters instead of weapons. Time correspondent William Walton jumped with the 82nd Airborne while
Researchers uncovered multiple hidden implants in ZBT router firmware after tracing a phone-home backdoor called ENDLESSDOORS. By buying a white-labeled ZBT router sold in the U.S. and rooting it, the
Data Centers Are a Distraction
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Aug 27
America’s leading AI companies are accelerating model development so quickly that many insiders now want the pace slowed. In July, more than 1,300 employees from major firms such as OpenAI, Anthropic,
Germany has opened a new drone security centre in Saxony-Anhalt to help counter the growing threat posed by unauthorised drones. The facility is designed to research and test technologies that can det
Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out
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IrregularChat: Tech
Aug 19
DecryptAds is a new free service that helps identify who is advertising on websites and apps, and who may be collecting user data. It scrapes and correlates public adtech disclosures such as ads.txt,
President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back upcoming joint military exercises with South Korea, citing Seoul’s refusal to help with denuclearization efforts involving Iran. In a Truth So
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B · Hugging Face
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Aug 14
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B is an open-source multimodal model hosted on Hugging Face by Qwen and released under the Apache 2.0 license. It belongs to the Qwen3.8 family, described as the most capable generation
book by Charles Perrow
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Aug 13
*Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies* is a 1984 book by Yale sociologist Charles Perrow that examines complex systems and why major accidents are often inevitable. Perrow argues that
The Boston Globe report by Jana Winter exposed “Quiet Skies,” a secret TSA domestic surveillance program in which federal air marshals monitor ordinary U.S. travelers who are not suspected of crimes a
So your boss is AI-pilled
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Aug 10
The article examines the growing problem of “AI-pilled” bosses—managers and executives who become so enthusiastic about artificial intelligence that they begin pushing it into workflows, decisions, an
A rural New York school district has paused plans to introduce a humanlike AI robot teacher after strong backlash from state education officials, teachers, and local residents. The Salamanca City Cent
A FAR.AI report tested the jailbreak resistance of frontier AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI. Using an automated tool that generated more than 1,000 prompt variations
A wave of crowd-funded memorial billboards for a stray dog named Wang Wang has appeared in major cities worldwide, including Times Square, Milan, Pisa, and Taipei, after the dog and her puppies were t
Speakers | Cognitive Security Institute
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Jul 26
This content promotes a 2026 event in Las Vegas, Nevada, scheduled for August 6–7, focused on cognitive security, human risk management, and defending people against manipulation and cyber-enabled thr
Speakers | Cognitive Security Institute
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Jul 26
This content promotes a 2026 event in Las Vegas, Nevada, scheduled for August 6–7, focused on cognitive security, human risk management, and defending people against manipulation and cyber-enabled thr
China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself
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IrregularChat: AI & Autonomy
Jul 22
Over the weekend, several Trump administration AI advisers publicly attacked leading US AI companies while debating how to respond to Kimi, a free open-source model released by Chinese firm Moonshot.
The article examines growing speculation over whether President Donald Trump may move from economic pressure on Cuba to military action, possibly framed as a “humanitarian invasion.” At a House Foreig
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IrregularChat: Tech
Jul 7
Hesai Technology, a Shanghai-based lidar maker, has become a major supplier in the fast-growing autonomous systems market despite being blacklisted in 2024 by the U.S. Department of Defense as a Chine
Darknet - Matthew Mather
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IrregularChat: Tech
Jul 3
The excerpt opens with Chapter 1 in central London, where Sean Womack is under extreme pressure: a crypto-based, crowd-funded assassination platform called the Assassin Market is hunting him, and he h
The Guardian reports that the Trump administration’s National Design Studio (NDS), an opaque White House office created by executive order in August 2025, has quietly rebuilt or operated several sensi
Anthropic regained access for its Claude Fable 5 AI model after agreeing to add a new security safeguard requested by the Trump administration, according to people familiar with the matter. The measur
The Trump administration is lifting export controls on Anthropic’s two most advanced AI models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, after the company reached an agreement with the Commerce Department. According to
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IrregularChat: Central Texas
Jun 18
Texas is deepening its ties with London by opening a dedicated office in the city to boost international trade, tourism, and other economic activity. The move revives a historic connection: nearly 200
Chaos erupted in Times Square on Thursday afternoon when gunfire sent tourists fleeing from the crowded New York City landmark. Video footage showed people walking through the square before five loud
A Bluesky post from Olivia (@olivia4t.bsky.social) reports a breaking incident in Times Square, New York City, claiming that a gunman opened fire. The post says the images were captured moments ago an
The Trump administration imposed sweeping export controls on Anthropic after a frantic 24-hour dispute over the company’s newly released AI model, Fable 5, which officials believed had serious securit
The Army bought 10,000 IVAS headsets they will never use
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IrregularChat: Modern Warfare
Jun 12
The Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), a mixed-reality headset program meant to improve soldiers’ situational awareness in combat, has effectively been shelved after costing the Defe
A series of cyberattacks on five US healthcare providers has exposed highly sensitive personal and medical information, putting millions of Americans at risk of identity theft and fraud. The breaches
A growing concern in higher education is that students who are highly fluent in AI tools are entering the workforce with weaker foundational skills. The article cites a New York financier who told the