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AI safety conversations have gotten unbelievable

September 20, 2026
This week two conversations about AI safety went viral that demonstrate just how hard it is to discern AI fact from fiction. In the first case, Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate and current CEO of mobile carrier Noble Moble, told CNN on Thursday that he had “met with the head of a lab” who had “a belief” that OpenAI’s Hugging Face hacker bots “have…
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People were arguing about what "real photography" was more than a century before anyone had heard of an Instagram filter, as highlighted by this exhibition on the Pictorialism movement

September 20, 2026
It’s funny if you think about it. Those of us who were born in the last century like to think that digital technology, the web and social media has changed everything completely (and, invariably, made everything in the world worse). But, every now and again, you realize that the French saying “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” (“the more things change, the…
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"This image was a happy accident," says honored landscape photographer. "I saw the Neotropic Cormorant perched on the rock. It all clicked," and he captured the shot with a retro-style full-frame DSLR camera

September 20, 2026
When landscape photographer and YouTuber, Paulo Olivier Hanshing, was exploring the coast around the fishing community of Talcaruca in Chile, he captured an image that he refers to as “a happy accident.” Now Hanshing’s dreamy shot, showcasing a Neotropic…
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An English photographer bought a ravaged, wind-lashed Falklands island in 1972 to give it a second chance. Now, as Argentina and Britain argue over the archipelago once again, millions of seabirds continue to benefit from his remarkable vision

September 20, 2026
There’s a good news story to be told about a remote island in the South Atlantic right now, even though you wouldn’t think it from the news pages. They’re currently focused on threats from Argentina’s president against oil companies drilling near the…
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XPeng shops its self-driving tech to automakers — Tesla found no takers

September 20, 2026
XPeng is trying to turn its self-driving and smart-cockpit systems into a licensing business, courting automakers, suppliers, and software firms well beyond its existing Volkswagen deal, according to a Reuters report. It’s the exact playbook Tesla has been pitching for years with “Full Self-Driving.” The difference is that XPeng is finding interest. The Chinese EV maker set up a…
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DefenseNews

US Navy should target carriers in fight with China, report says

September 20, 2026
China is devoting enormous efforts — from submarines to ballistic missiles — to destroy America’s aircraft carriers. The strategy prompted a U.S. think tank to ask why America couldn’t do the same and sink China’s growing fleet of carriers. The think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, devised a plan to target Chinese carriers by using many of the same tactics that…
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