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FROM THE SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 EDITION →
SMOKE DESKONE CODEX SECURITY SCAN ATE A FRESH WEEKLY ALLOWANCE IN ~44 MINUTES ANOTHER USER: 2,466 MODEL TURNS AFTER CODEX SAID IT HAD PAUSED... SEPARATE TASK: 1,545 RESPONSES. 242.3M TELEMETRY TOKENS. WEEKLY USAGE METER +11 POINTS...

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 EDITION →
THE AI CODERS BECAME “HUMAN MEAT PROXIES” 12–13 HOURS A DAY. “JUST TO PRESS ENTER.” NEARLY 5 MILLION VIEWS...
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...
NO DEGREE. NO GRADES. NO TESTS. NO HOMEWORK. THE $42M ACADEMY EXPECTS ~50 STUDENTS. EACH GETS $50K+ IN COMPUTE CREDITS... SAM ALTMAN WILL TEACH. CO-OPS COME FROM OPENAI, ANTHROPIC, GOOGLE, META, NVIDIA + PALANTIR... TUITION: FREE. SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING: $1,600–$2,600 A MONTH + YOUR PROBLEM.
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...
BILL GATES WANTS HUMAN-ONLY JOBS—AND CALLS THEM “HUMAN RESERVED” LIKE A NATURE RESERVE: MACHINES COULD DO THE WORK. HUMANS WOULD CHOOSE NOT TO LET THEM... HE ALSO WANTS A TAX ON AI TOKENS + ROBOTS... AND A GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION BIGGER THAN THE POST-9/11 OVERHAUL.
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...

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 EDITION →