The safety reckoning inside OpenAI

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BUSINESS   The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI   By Maxwell Zeff   OpenAI’s rogue agent hack was a watershed moment for AI safety and cybersecurity. It also sparked internal questions about the culture that led to it. READ MORE

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Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel   By Emily Mullin One woman’s meth addiction was so bad, the only option left might have been brain surgery. Then a single session of noninvasive, focused ultrasound seemed to do what years of treatment could not. READ MORE ❖ Galaxy Brain: Your mind is a prediction machine. Feed it these stories for optimal results

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Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto Is 6,500 Words—and Barely Says Anything   By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger and Andy Greenberg   AI is shifting the culture, from tech CEO manifestos to 1am job interviews. We unpack some of the latest, along with the top findings from Black Hat and Defcon, this week on Uncanny Valley. LISTEN AND FOLLOW

GEAR   The Painful Truth of Exactly How ICE’s New Shock Gloves Actually Work   By Jeremy White   ICE is spending millions on shock gloves designed to overpower subjects through intense, localized pain. READ MORE

POLITICS   FTC Strikes Deals to Ignore Unlawful Credit Discrimination   By Maddy Varner   The agency signed agreements to not enforce parts of three federal court orders against auto dealers accused of discrimination—and didn’t notify judges or at least one of its coplaintiffs. READ MORE

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BUSINESS   Why This Prediction Market Banned Teens   By Kate Knibbs   Jacob Fortinsky, the CEO and cofounder of the new prediction market Novig, says his outfit isn’t like those other markets. You know the ones. READ MORE

SCIENCE   The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty   By Molly Taft   A massive new gas plant in Texas will be built with much less efficient technology than regular gas plants. It’s far from the only data center power project to rely on dirty turbines. READ MORE

CULTURE   People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them   By Jason Parham   Human-AI marriages are not currently recognized by US law. Some Republican state policymakers are drafting legislation to keep it that way. READ MORE

GEAR   I Wore an Electrical Muscle Stimulation Body Suit to Zap Myself Into Fitness   By Christopher Null   Can electrifying your workout offer a shortcut to a stronger, fitter you? I sweated in a skintight EMS suit for two months to find out. READ MORE

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