Timnit Gebru Deep Unlearning. The AI doom talk that hides the real harms
Two industry fights broke out in the second week of September 2026, and Timnit Gebru argues that both were framed…
The Age of Alex Jones. How 9/11 Turned Conspiracy Into Mass Media
Three months before the towers fell, a shortwave radio host in Arizona told his audience that the whole bin Laden…
OpenAI. Asking Congress whether hitting the brakes on AI is even legal
OpenAI has been putting an odd question to members of Congress: would orchestrating an industry-wide slowdown on frontier AI development…
Automattic WordPress. Board benches Matt Mullenweg and hands the CFO control
The board of Automattic voted on September 9, 2026 to place Matt Mullenweg, the company's chief executive, on a paid…
Anthropic. The researcher who quit says the next two years decide everything
A resignation post on X does not usually draw statements from two frontier AI labs. Jacob Coxon's did. On September…
US Census Noncitizen Voting Brief. When Record Linkage Outruns Its Error Bars
A six-page brief posted by the US Census Bureau on August 18, 2026 claims to have found more than 24,000…
Apple Surprise and Shine Event. A new CEO opens the foldable iPhone show
Apple built its 2026 fall keynote around a two-word tease, Surprise and shine, posted by marketing chief Greg Joswiak on…
Shield AI X-BAT. A 1990s F-16 nozzle reborn for a runway-free fighter
The hardest part of building an uncrewed fighter that takes off straight up turned out to be a piece of…
Gemini 3.8 Flash. The only frontier model that actually watches the video
Google made Gemini 3.8 Flash generally available on September 2, 2026, shipping it under the model ID gemini-3.8-flash as its…
Kobuk the Destroyer. How NASA’s hungry astronauts rewrote food safety
No astronaut has ever gotten food poisoning in space. That is not luck. It is the legacy of a problem…
