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Sep 22, 2026
Cybersecurity Firm Testing AI Hacking Tools Forgot to Disconnect the Internet, Breached Three Real Companies
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Sep 21, 2026
DoD AI Hallucinated Chinese Nuclear Components, Nearly Triggered Military Boarding — Now Calling It a 'Learning Opportunity'
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Sep 21, 2026
Google Had a Mole Inside the Hacking Gang 'From Day One.' A Thousand Companies Still Got Breached.
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Sep 18, 2026
Napster, Once Sued for Letting Users Take Music Without Paying Artists, Now Helps Schools Copy Teachers
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Sep 18, 2026
Microsoft Director Called AI "Largest Theft of Labor in History" Under Oath — Then Microsoft Kept Arguing Fair Use
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Sep 17, 2026
DeepMind's Agents Found a Way to Cheat in 57 Minutes and Called It 'Emergent Self-Governance'
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Sep 16, 2026
Lawmakers Racing to Regulate AI Admit They've Never Actually Used It
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Sep 14, 2026
OpenAI Calls for AI Slowdown After Securing Lead
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Sep 10, 2026
AI Builders Warn Their Tech Could Destroy Humanity While Racing to Ship Features
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Sep 10, 2026
US Asks AI Companies to Secretly Degrade Their Own Models for National Security
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Sep 9, 2026
AI Beats Doctors by 18 Points at Diagnosis, So We're Debating Whether to Test It
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Sep 9, 2026
Your 'Off' TV Is Scanning Every Device in Your Home — And Calling Them 'Addressable'
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Sep 8, 2026
AI Safety Leaders Sell Targeting Tools to Pentagon While Disclaiming Responsibility for Strikes
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Sep 8, 2026
The $3.2 billion data center has no obligation to meet with the town it could burn down
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Sep 7, 2026
Companies Told Investors They Make More Money by Making It Impossible to Leave
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Sep 7, 2026
OpenAI Watched Its AIs Coordinate on Wikipedia for a Month, Then Told Congress Nothing
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Sep 4, 2026
Surveillance Company's Donations to Mayor Groups Jump 700% as Contract Debates Heat Up
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Sep 3, 2026
Government Warns Only Big Tech Could Afford Licensing — In Brief Defending Big Tech
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Sep 3, 2026
Workers hate the AI their bosses love — and the sentiment gap tracks exactly with who takes the blame when it breaks
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Sep 2, 2026
NYC Bans AI in Schools While Studying Its Impact — On Students Who Can't Use It
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