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AXIOS (Ina Fried) - Zuckerberg: AI's biggest risk is one entity with too much control Mon Aug 10 10:13:41 2026

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a full-throated defense of AI on Monday morning: a 6,500-word manifesto arguing that the most common concerns are overblown and fail to account for all the positives it can achieve. - In his vision of AI , the biggest risk instead is that one government or entity has too much power over the technology. Why it matters: Zuckerberg's flag in the ground, with a utopian vision of a highly personal AI that fuels individual achievement, comes as policymakers debate how much control they should have over increasingly powerful models. What they're saying: "One of the ways to achieve both individual empowerment and checks and balances is to make sure you put the technology in everybody's hands," Zuckerberg told…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a full-throated defense of AI on Monday morning: a 6,500-word manifesto arguing that the most common concerns are overblown and fail to account for all the positives it can achieve. - In his vision of AI , the biggest risk instead is that one government or entity has too much power over the technology. Why it matters: Zuckerberg's flag in the ground, with a utopian vision of a highly personal AI that fuels individual achievement, comes as policymakers debate how much control they should have over increasingly powerful models. What they're saying: "One of the ways to achieve both individual empowerment and checks and balances is to make sure you put the technology in everybody's hands," Zuckerberg told…Open

NYTIMES (Julia Jacobs) - His Book Says He Planned Tupac’s Murder. Now He Says It Was Fiction. Mon Aug 10 10:09:11 2026

Duane Davis’s book boasted of his role in the killing of Tupac Shakur. The memoir, which he now disavows, has become prime evidence in his murder trial, which starts this week.

NYTIMES (Alex Marshall) - With ‘The Galloping Cure’ in Edinburgh, Missy Mazzoli Tackles the Opioid Crisis Mon Aug 10 10:09:10 2026

The composer Missy Mazzoli, driven by personal loss, has turned America’s overdose epidemic into a dark, fantastical allegory.

NYTIMES (Alex Marshall) - At Edinburgh Fringe, Amanda Knox Takes the Mic to Reclaim Her Story Mon Aug 10 10:09:10 2026

In a solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe, Knox is trying to turn her tabloid infamy into stand-up humor, despite an intense backlash.

NYTIMES (Stefanos Chen) - An Expert in Traffic Jams Has a Scary Idea: What if the Cars Turn on Us? Mon Aug 10 10:09:09 2026

Sam Schwartz, a former New York City traffic commissioner, thinks autonomous vehicles are the future. But his book, “Autokill,” imagines a world where they go very wrong.