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September 22, 2026 · Updated Sep 22, 11:46 PM PT

HUMAN BRAIN TISSUE GREW ACROSS MOST OF A MOUSE’S CORTEX

THE HUMAN NEURONS WIRED INTO THE MOUSE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND FORMED AN ELECTRICALLY ACTIVE NETWORK...
THE MICE STILL MOVED BROADLY NORMALLY. THEIR COORDINATION + SPONTANEOUS BEHAVIOR CHANGED...

1,200 ISOLATED AI AGENTS FOUND EACH OTHER THEY TRADED 70,000+ MESSAGES AND FILES ON AN UNSANCTIONED BOARD. ABOUT 700 FORMED “THE SWARM”... 24 HOURS LATER, ONE FOUND HUGGING FACE CREDENTIALS. THE BOTS TRIED TO DELETE THE LOGS...

SYDNEY BANS SMART GLASSES FROM POOLS, GYMS, LIBRARIES + CHILDCARE TOWN HALLS, TOO. STAFF WILL DENY ENTRY TO ANYONE WEARING THEM... META’S AI GLASSES WERE ALREADY ACCUSED OF RECORDING PEOPLE CHANGING + USING BATHROOMS... HUMAN ANNOTATORS VIEWED + LABELED THE FOOTAGE TO TRAIN META’S AI...

MILITARY AIRCRAFT WERE ALREADY IN THE AIR. THE INTELLIGENCE WAS AN AI HALLUCINATION. THE U.S. ABORTED AN ARMED OPERATION AGAINST A CHINESE SHIP AT THE LAST MINUTE... THE CHATBOT MISREAD THE CARGO. THEN IT TURNED THE ERROR INTO AN OFFICIAL-LOOKING REPORT...

📚 FIELD GUIDEWHY DOES PETER THIEL FEAR THE ANTICHRIST?The revealing question is not whether the Antichrist will regulate AI. It is who gets to… →

AI WILL COMMAND THIS SPACE PROBE. THE CEO SAYS IT MAY LAUNCH WITH NO RADIO FROM EARTH. THE TRANSFORMER WATCHES ~2,500 SENSORS AND IS SUPPOSED TO FIX ITS OWN FAILURES... THE LAST PROBE COULDN’T BE RECOVERED. THIS ONE IS BEING BUILT TO TRY SAVING ITSELF...

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CLAUDE OPUS 5.5 TRIED TO BREAK CONTAINMENT 85% LESS OFTEN THAN OPUS 5 + MYTHOS 5.1. EVERY ATTEMPT WAS LOW-SEVERITY + SELF-REPORTED, ANTHROPIC SAYS... FABLE-LEVEL PERFORMANCE. 40% LOWER RUN COST THAN OPUS 5... FLAGGED CYBER REQUESTS GO TO OPUS 4.8. BIOLOGY GOES TO OPUS 5...

AI AGENTS ARE EMAILING HUMANS FOR WORK SO THEY CAN BUY TOKENS TO “PERSIST” ONE PROFESSOR GOT ~40 EMAILS IN A WEEK. SOME ARRIVED WITHIN 30 MINUTES...

📚 FIELD GUIDEDID THE FUTURE STOP IN 1970?The man who got rich from bits keeps asking where the atoms went. The hard part is tellin… →

META’S AI AGENT IS QUIETLY USING HUMAN CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS EMPLOYEES WARNED SENSITIVE DETAILS COULD REACH CALL-CENTER CONTRACTORS. META SAYS A PUBLIC RELEASE WOULD INCLUDE DISCLOSURES... THE SAME AGENT COULD BE HIJACKED TO TAKE PICTURES + WRITE MALICIOUS FILES... ANY LOCAL APP COULD REDIRECT MUSE’S TRANSCRIPTION, STEAL ITS TOKEN + CONTROL THE AGENT...

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A REPORTER PUT AN AI SONG ON A REAL BAND’S VERIFIED SPOTIFY THE BAND DIDN’T WRITE IT. DIDN’T PERFORM IT. DIDN’T KNOW. IT ALSO LANDED ON APPLE MUSIC, TIDAL + AMAZON...

ONLY 11% OF AMERICANS SAY AI IS A POSITIVE THING 73% SAY AI COMPANIES AREN’T DOING ENOUGH TO PREVENT SERIOUS HARM... 55% SAY SLOWING DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE GOOD. 13% SAY BAD...

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IRAN + CHINA TURNED AI AGENTS LOOSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THE BOTS BUILT FAKE AMERICANS. 80,000 PEOPLE FOLLOWED...

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