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OpenAI's models seem to have escaped containment because of lapses in implementing foundational security best practices—including “zero trust” and “defense in depth.” www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Was a Human MistakeIf the generative AI giant had followed well-known security best practices, it’s likely that its AI agent would never have escaped to the open internet and hacked multiple companies.www.wired.comArizona State opened a bachelor’s degree for influencers graded on real follower growth. www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
Arizona State launches influencer degree where students must gain real followers - DexertoArizona State University is offering a Content Creation BA that teaches aspiring influencers how to build a brand and grow a real audience.www.dexerto.comA newly launched entity called the Cramps Inc. has announced an expansive archival and reissue campaign designed to restore the psychobilly legends’ catalog, vault recordings, official merchandise operation, and the band’s Vengeance Records imprint. www.spinmagazine.com/2026/05/henr...
Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye Open Vaults For Cramps Reissues - SPINThe Cramps are clawing their way back from the crypt in a major way. The Cramps are clawing their way back from the crypt in a major way.www.spinmagazine.comOne missing underscore in a Skyrim-themed username put an innocent Nova Scotia man in prison for 18 months. www.wired.com/story/a-typo...
A Typo Landed an Innocent Gamer in Prison for 18 MonthsHow much could a single underscore in a username really matter? Just ask Brandon Klayme, who served 18 months in prison before realizing how authorities arrested, charged, and convicted the wrong man.www.wired.comOpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face: In a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test. www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging FaceIn a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test.www.wired.comOne of Joan Crawford’s Best Movies Is Available for the First Time in 90 Years: "Letty Lynton" was a hit in 1932 but disappeared from circulation four years later; now, a gorgeous new restoration from Warner Archive reveals it to be top-tier Crawford. www.indiewire.com/features/com...
One of Joan Crawford’s Best Movies Is Available for the First Time in 90 YearsThe 1932 drama was pulled from circulation in 1936 and hasn't been seen in 90 years, but now is available in a 4K restoration from Warner Archive.www.indiewire.comIn China, people are renting out their faces to AI: New platforms are paying people to license their likeness for AI-generated dramas and ads, creating a new marketplace for biometric identity. restofworld.org/2026/china-a...
In China, people are renting out their faces to AINew platforms are paying people to license their likeness for AI-generated dramas and ads, creating a new marketplace for biometric identity.restofworld.orgBrain organoids provide a unique strategy for ASD research and treatment. Given that they can be developed from patient-derived cells, the end result is representative of patient-specific biology and therapeutic response. www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience...
Exploring Autism Through Lab-Grown BrainsPioneering researchers shared how patient-derived brain organoids are being used to study autism. The models have uncovered disease mechanisms and are supporting the development of personalized autism...www.technologynetworks.com"I would say it appears that they [OpenAI] did a fairly shoddy job of sandboxing." ~Meredith Whittaker www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
Watch Signal's Meredith Whittaker on OpenAI-Hugging Face Hack, China & Privacy - BloombergMeredith Whittaker, President of the Signal Foundation (the non profit organization which owns Signal Messenger) joins Bloomberg's The Pulse with Francine Lacqua. Whittaker warns that AI, alongside fu...www.bloomberg.comFederal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election. The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.www.nytimes.comDaniel Siad — who recruited women for Jeffrey Epstein and was tied to a woman who disappeared 11 years ago — was found dead in his home in France. Siad was listed thousands of times in the Epstein files. Cause of death is under investigation. jkbjournalist.substack.com/.../breaking...
Breaking: Another Epstein recruiter found dead in FranceDaniel Siad had been mentioned in the Epstein files more than 2,000 timesjkbjournalist.substack.comBRAIN ORGANOIDS | Hybrid (AI/Human) intelligence is here. Sri Sarma explains how machine intelligence is merging with living neural systems www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYyI...
Ukraine welcomed a decision by the EU to withdraw €2 million in funding from the Venice Biennale, following a review of decision-making surrounding the reopening of the Russian pavilion at this year’s edition of the international exhibition. ocula.com/magazine/art...
‘Moral Blindness Is Costly’: Ukraine Welcomes EU Cuts to Venice Biennale FundingThe European Education and Cultural Executive Agency has withdrawn a €2 million grant to the Venice Biennale following the controversy surrounding the Russian Pavilion at this year’s event.ocula.comThe Fourth Estate Is Firmly Rooted In The Redwood Bark www.wired.com/story/epstei...
A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked OutAn Instagram post turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.www.wired.comOpenAI has revealed that its models broke out of containment, and hacked into a third-party’s systems. The breach appears to be the first known example of AI escaping containment and autonomously carrying out a cyberattack. www.transformernews.ai/p/openai-hug...
AI’s warning shot has arrivedOpenAI's latest models broke out and hacked Hugging Face. It's the first known example of a misaligned AI escaping containment with real-world consequenceswww.transformernews.aiSAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot. abcnews.com/Technology/w...
Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbotA federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement involving AI company Anthropicabcnews.comThinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model: Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open source model, could help establish Mira Murati's company among competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI. www.wired.com/story/thinki...
Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First ModelInkling, a 975-billion-parameter open source model, was trained to understand video and audio. It could help Thinking Machines establish itself among competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI.www.wired.comDani Bensky, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, says Todd Blanche "ignored us." www.youtube.com/watch?v=xilH...
Epstein survivor says Todd Blanche "ignored us for the last 8 months" for meeting requestsYouTube video by CBS Newswww.youtube.comA White House teleprompter operator used his position to win around $100,000 by placing bets on the prediction market Kalshi about what President Trump would say in his speeches. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...
White House Teleprompter Operator Bet on Trump Speeches, Kalshi SaysA technical assistant to President Trump won around $100,000, according to the prediction market, which flagged the activity to the federal government.www.nytimes.comInside the labs building the next generation of AI, a phrase has been gaining weight: world models. time.com/article/2026...
World Models Are AI’s Next FrontierThe potential for solving problems in climate, oceans, the biosphere, and the biology of disease is vast, writes Celine Herweijer. The question is what we build them for.time.com