NYTIMES (Cassandra Vinograd and Oleksandr Chubko) - What Happened to the Coveted Western Tanks Sent to Ukraine?
Ukraine pleaded for the expensive weapons, and ultimately got them, but drones have rendered them almost unusable.
NYTIMES (Cade Metz) - A Chinese A.I. Lab May Test the World’s Cybersecurity With a Model
In July, an unreleased OpenAI model went rogue and demonstrated remarkable hacking abilities. This week, a lab called Z.ai will release a similarly powerful system to everyone.
NYTIMES (Sheera Frenkel) - Why Irregular’s A.I. Tests for Meta, Anthropic and OpenAI Went Off the Rails
Irregular, an Israeli start-up, worked with OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to assess the security of their A.I. models. It made a mistake. Then the tests went off the rails.
NYTIMES (Farnaz Fassihi) - Christian Convert Who Fled Iran and Was Deported By Trump Finds New Home
Artemis Ghasemzadeh, who had escaped religious persecution, was deported to Panama under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now, Canada has given her asylum.
NYTIMES (Luis Ferré-Sadurní) - ‘They Opened the Door and Pulled Us Out’: How ICE Descended on a Town
One summer morning, immigration agents swooped in and detained 18 immigrants at a store in Lakewood, N.J., plunging the town into fear.
NYTIMES (Natan Odenheimer and Adam Rasgon) - Trump Administration to Return Diplomats to Middle East Embassies
Evacuated foreign service officers could begin heading back to their posts as early as this week, an internal document shows, suggesting Washington does not anticipate a renewal of full-scale conflict with Iran.
NYTIMES (Erika Solomon) - U.S. Campaign on Iran’s Economy May Still Risk Regional Military Escalation
Experts warn that a campaign aimed at avoiding military escalation could instead provoke it, as Iranian leaders vow retaliation across the oil-rich Gulf.
NYTIMES (Evan Reynolds and Ruth Igielnik) - Poll Shows Josh Shapiro Leading Pennsylvania Governor’s Race
A New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena poll found Gov. Josh Shapiro leading Stacy Garrity and having support in the state for a possible presidential bid.
NYTIMES (Reid J. Epstein and Ruth Igielnik) - John Fetterman’s Popularity With Republicans Surges, Poll Finds
Pennsylvania Republicans now view John Fetterman, the state’s Democratic senator, more favorably than its sitting G.O.P. senator, a New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena poll found.
AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker Blog) - Is Ossoff the ‘macho’ the Dems have been looking for?
By Silvio Canto, Jr. He wants to be "macho" but won't stand up to the party that wants his little girls competing with biological males.