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YOUTUBE (Fox Business) - 'WE ARE TOAST': Expert issues stark warning about AI weapons

MIT physics professor Max Tegmark discusses the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, safety concerns about the technology and more on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ #fox #foxbusiness #media #breakingnews #us #usa #new #news #breaking #theclamancountdown #ai #artificialintelligence #technology #tech #aiweapons #weapons #military #defense #security #aisafety #cybersecurity #mit #maxtegmark #tegmark #physics #innovation

NYTIMES (Alan Blinder) - Princeton Is No Longer No. 1 in the U.S. News Rankings

The Massachusetts Institute for Technology pulled ahead on a set of criteria that are as contentious as they are influential.

NYTIMES (Quinn Glabicki) - Rising Seas Are Gobbling Up Beaches Around the World. A.I. Might Restore Them.

An experiment with roots at M.I.T. used A.I. and satellite images to grow a coastline in the Maldives. More projects are planned for Boston and Miami.

AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Ig Nobel Prize ceremony flees the U.S. for the first time in 35 years over vague "safety" claims

The organizers of science's quirkiest awards show moved their ceremony to Switzerland after declaring it "unsafe" for guests to visit America, but never specified what danger they had in mind. Ten research teams picked up Ig Nobel Prizes on Thursday at a convention center in Zurich for studies ranging from cockroach milk to the science […] The post Ig Nobel Prize ceremony flees the U.S. for the first time in 35 years over vague "safety" claims appeared first on American Almanac .

The organizers of science's quirkiest awards show moved their ceremony to Switzerland after declaring it "unsafe" for guests to visit America, but never specified what danger they had in mind. Ten research teams picked up Ig Nobel Prizes on Thursday at a convention center in Zurich for studies ranging from cockroach milk to the science of blowing your nose. The awards, handed out every year since 1991 by the magazine Annals of Improbable Research, honor genuine scientific work that "makes you laugh, then makes you think." For 35 consecutive years the ceremony called the United States home, rotating among Harvard, MIT, and Boston University. Not anymore. Master of ceremonies Marc Abrahams, who also edits the magazine, told The Associated…Open

NYTIMES (Jordyn Holman) - Kalshi’s Tarek Mansour Isn’t Interested in Management Advice

Tarek Mansour co-founded the fast-growing prediction market company shortly after graduating from M.I.T., aiming to provide a “mathematical, objective” view of the world.

AXIOS (Herb Scribner) - These 5 AI risks have the highest potential for catastrophe

Data: MIT IT FutureTech and the University of Queensland ; Chart: Herb Scribner/Axios There is a one-in-five chance of AI gaining dangerous weapons capabilities or causing mass harm that could kill millions in the next five years, per global experts surveyed for a recent MIT study . Why it matters: The findings add to the growing debate over AI safety and cybersecurity as governments and companies race to deploy increasingly capable systems. - Last week's news of an OpenAI model breaking containment and breaching the AI platform Hugging Face only adds to the debate about what can go wrong. Driving the news: Researchers from MIT and the University of Queensland in Australia asked 272 international experts to evaluate 24 different risks…

Data: MIT IT FutureTech and the University of Queensland ; Chart: Herb Scribner/Axios There is a one-in-five chance of AI gaining dangerous weapons capabilities or causing mass harm that could kill millions in the next five years, per global experts surveyed for a recent MIT study . Why it matters: The findings add to the growing debate over AI safety and cybersecurity as governments and companies race to deploy increasingly capable systems. - Last week's news of an OpenAI model breaking containment and breaching the AI platform Hugging Face only adds to the debate about what can go wrong. Driving the news: Researchers from MIT and the University of Queensland in Australia asked 272 international experts to evaluate 24 different risks…Open

AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - Behind the Curtain: The AI titans' biggest private fear

We ask almost every AI architect and leader the same thing in private: What AI risk worries you most? - Almost all of them fire back the same response: a killer pathogen, spreading too silently, widely and quickly to stop. Why it matters: The rare agreement among AI experts flows from the belief these advanced models could help a bad actor create a deadly pathogen before the government and industry perfect detection and prevention systems. This isn't a likely scenario. And some of AI's biggest optimists reject doom scenarios. - It's simply a plausible one as AI gets better at understanding our biological vulnerabilities, much like it has our cyber ones inside large nonhuman systems. Driving the news: The experts aren't hedging. In a new…

We ask almost every AI architect and leader the same thing in private: What AI risk worries you most? - Almost all of them fire back the same response: a killer pathogen, spreading too silently, widely and quickly to stop. Why it matters: The rare agreement among AI experts flows from the belief these advanced models could help a bad actor create a deadly pathogen before the government and industry perfect detection and prevention systems. This isn't a likely scenario. And some of AI's biggest optimists reject doom scenarios. - It's simply a plausible one as AI gets better at understanding our biological vulnerabilities, much like it has our cyber ones inside large nonhuman systems. Driving the news: The experts aren't hedging. In a new…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Talarico and Ossoff rail against 'Epstein class' while cashing checks from Epstein-linked billionaire

Two of the Democratic Party's marquee 2026 Senate candidates built their campaigns around attacking billionaire political influence, then accepted millions from a mega-donor who visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island. James Talarico, the Democrat running for Senate in Texas, has made the phrase "Epstein class" a centerpiece of his stump speech. "The Epstein Class has no […] The post Talarico and Ossoff rail against 'Epstein class' while cashing checks from Epstein-linked billionaire appeared first on American Almanac .

Two of the Democratic Party's marquee 2026 Senate candidates built their campaigns around attacking billionaire political influence, then accepted millions from a mega-donor who visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island. James Talarico, the Democrat running for Senate in Texas, has made the phrase "Epstein class" a centerpiece of his stump speech. "The Epstein Class has no place in Texas," he declared on the campaign trail. His campaign website warns that "billionaire mega-donors aren't just buying yachts and jets, they're buying power, and they're using that power to rig our political system." In Georgia, Sen. Jon Ossoff has struck the same chord, accusing Republicans of fronting for "the Epstein class, ruling our country." Yet both…Open

NPR (Ari Daniel) - A new kind of robot swims the seas and soars the skies

Inspired by diving birds, roboticists built the lightweight machines to move from water to air. The design may one day lead to robots that can monitor and sample the coastal ocean.

Inspired by diving birds, roboticists built the lightweight machines to move from water to air. The design may one day lead to robots that can monitor and sample the coastal ocean.Open

YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - UFO disclosure: Details emerge on ‘Invasion of Washington’ tape | NewsNation Prime

A federal lawmaker announced this week that MIT has agreed to release a recording related to a series of UAP sightings over Washington D.C. in July 1952. To Disclosure Foundation Executive Director Jordan Flowers, this represents significant progress: “The gloves are coming off, in terms of pushing for transparency, and knowing where these things are and pulling them out of the right structures.” #UFO #InvasionOfWashington #Disclosure "NewsNation Prime" is America’s source for unbiased news offering a full range of perspectives from across the U.S. Weekends starting at 7p/6C. #Prime NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.