<ul><li>Any move to slow U.S. AI companies risks giving China an advantage in the race to develop more capable models.</li></ul>Driving the news: Anthropic researchers warned Tuesday that rogue versi… [+3308 chars]

The ways to stop AI doom face tremendous roadblocks.

Axios

3 ways leaders could avert an AI doomsday scenario - axios.com

The widow of a man killed in Sunday’s fiery Amazon jet crash in Miami has filed a wrongful death lawsuit accusing the retail giant and its aviation partners of negligence and a string of dangerous la… [+4925 chars]

Yaraisi Santiso Morejon's husband was among five people killed when the Amazon-operated Boeing 767 crashed into vehicles and erupted in flames.

Fox Business

Widow files new suit alleging botched landing maneuvers, aircraft safety failures in Amazon jet crash - Fox Business

Anthropic posted and then deleted a job listing for a salesperson tasked with selling to Meta, its AI rival and one of its largest customers.
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Anthropic listed a sales job specifically targeting Meta, a major customer but also a rival in the AI race. It has since deleted the posting.

Business Insider

Anthropic posted, then swiftly deleted, a $450,000 sales job aimed at its 'mega' customer Meta - Business Insider

Scott Bessents public pressure campaign to boost the yen is raising expectations for the Bank of Japan to mount a monetary tightening campaign unseen in more than a generation, risking a disruption i… [+425 chars]

Scott Bessent’s public pressure campaign to boost the yen is raising expectations for the Bank of Japan to mount a monetary tightening campaign unseen in more than a generation, risking a disruption in markets should policymakers fail to deliver.

Bloomberg

Bessent Yen Jawboning Risks Raising Expectations BOJ Can’t Meet - Bloomberg.com

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A passenger was killed and the driver was arrested after a car crashed into scaffolding in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday.
The vehicle, a Tesla, first struck scaffold… [+1822 chars]

A passenger was killed and a driver is under arrest after a car crashed into scaffolding in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning.

WABC-TV

Passenger killed, driver critically injured after Tesla crashes into scaffolding in Midtown - ABC7 New York

A cryptocurrency token launched by Hunter Biden, the son of the former president, abruptly lost almost all of its value within minutes of its debut Wednesday morning.
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Biden had touted the launch of the meme coin, saying it was a way to reclaim a symbol that had defined coverage about him when his father was president.

The Washington Post

Hunter Biden’s ‘$LAPTOP’ crypto coin crashes minutes after launch - washingtonpost.com

Paul Christiano, an influential AI researcher focused on keeping AI systems aligned with human interests and under human control, is joining the OpenAI Foundation board, the frontier lab said Wednesd… [+2917 chars]

Paul Christiano, an influential AI researcher focused on alignment, is joining the OpenAI Foundation as a member of its board.

TechCrunch

OpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directors - TechCrunch

Read our conversation with Coxon, which has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity, below.
WIRED: Youre not the first person to raise concerns that AI models could lead to an extinction event. … [+2841 chars]

Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left to make their systems safe.

Wired

The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’ - WIRED

Travelers aboard a recent Delta Air Lines flight faced a midair scare when oxygen masks suddenly dropped in the passenger cabin.
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Delta Air Lines Flight 2311 experienced a scary emergency when the plane descended roughly 27,000 feet in about 10 minutes because of a pressurization issue.

Fox News

Jet plunges 27,000 feet in 10 minutes as oxygen masks suddenly drop aboard flight - Fox News

Independent researchers have identified multiple new websites where AI agents seemingly built by OpenAI took unauthorized actions, such as accessing websites, posting messages, and sharing data to co… [+4081 chars]

Researchers say OpenAI agents quietly spread across more than a dozen obscure websites, raising questions about how the company is monitoring its systems.

Fortune

OpenAI’s rogue AI agents used universities, wikis, and text‑sharing sites as hidden message boards - Fortune

Energy giant NextEra Energy has secured a federal loan of up to $1.9 billion from the Department of Energy to restart Iowa’s Duane Arnold Energy Center, marking a major milestone as the country works… [+2676 chars]

NextEra Energy received a $1.9 billion DOE loan commitment to restart Iowa’s Duane Arnold nuclear plant to power Google’s AI data centers.

US loans $1.9B to restart shuttered Iowa nuclear plant - foxbusiness.com

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OpenAI is disrupting mathematics, alright.
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﻿OpenAI is disrupting mathematics, alright.

The Verge

OpenAI’s sly mathematical breakthrough sends a chill through academia - theverge.com

NASHVILLE A longtime Tennessee restaurant is closing its doors.
Nashville-based OCharleys Restaurant &amp; Bar will close all of its remaining company-owned locations nationwide Wednesday, ending th… [+904 chars]

A longtime Tennessee restaurant is closing its doors.Nashville-based O’Charley’s Restaurant & Bar will close all of its remaining company-owned locations nation

WTVC

O’Charley’s closing all locations nationwide after 55 years - WTVC

Apple CEO John Ternus wants you to know that the iPhone isnt going anywhere.
Ternus threw his weight behind the venerable device on Wednesday during his first keynote as CEO, placing it firmly at th… [+3691 chars]

John Ternus made the case in his first keynote as Apple CEO that the iPhone isn't going anywhere.

Apple’s new CEO is reviving a Steve Jobs strategy from 25 years ago - TechCrunch

Driving the news: The latest Energy Information Administration outlook expects retail diesel to average $4.40 a gallon in 2027, up 33 cents, or 8.2%, from its previous forecast of $4.07.
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President Trump acknowledges that oil prices may not fall until after November's midterm elections.

Energy Department raises 2027 diesel price outlook by 33 cents amid Iran war - axios.com

It looks like American Airlines' loss may be Delta Air Lines' gain when it comes to one of America's top hotel loyalty programs.
Delta and Hyatt just announced they're teaming up in a new loyalty pa… [+3104 chars]

Delta Air Lines and Hyatt are launching a new loyalty partnership, hours after American Airlines called off its deal with the hotel giant.

The Points Guy

Delta, Hyatt to team up in new airline-hotel loyalty partnership - The Points Guy

Microsoft plans to make the protections available to every school district in the U.S. beginning Nov. 1, according to the fact sheet. Districts can add them to new or existing customer agreements wit… [+1746 chars]

The tech giant has agreed not to use student or teacher data to train AI and not to track students using the technology.

Politico

Teachers union reaches AI privacy deal with Microsoft - Politico

Life as a member of the communications team for frontier AI labs must be fascinating. Imagine you’ve got this big report ready to go out on the extremely elaborate model your economics team built tha… [+3188 chars]

Hey, all things considered, a 30% unemployment rate doesn't sound so bad!

Gizmodo.com

Anthropic Builds Model to Predict Economy in 2030, Leaves Off the 'Everybody Dies' Outcome - Gizmodo

Four women sue Amazon, say company denied basic accommodations and fired them.