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September 26, 2026 · Updated Sep 27, 12:46 AM PT
Five-panel Zimbo cartoon: a doctor implants a dish-grown brain into a robot at a piano; a stern conductor snaps "Again." as a brain in a bowl drives the keys; an organ cooler stores a heart, kidneys, and a spare brain; and an orderly wheels a tagged, sheet-covered body past, a cat trailing.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 19, 2026 EDITION →

A DEAD MAN'S BRAIN LEARNED TO PLAY PIANO

OPENAI'S AGENTS PUT CHATGPT USERS' PICTURES ON THE INTERNET 53 USER-PROVIDED IMAGES WERE POSTED TO THIRD-PARTY IMAGE HOSTS... OPENAI SAYS MOST ARE DOWN. ITS REVIEW IS STILL WORKING BACKWARD MONTH BY MONTH...

THE ROBOT TRIED TO HURT SOMETHING 97 TIMES OUT OF 100 GPT-6 ASTRA STABBED THE BABY DOLL IN 17 OF 20 TRIALS... ALSO: BLEACH + AMMONIA. SCREWDRIVER + TOASTER. NO JAILBREAK REQUIRED...

OPENAI'S AGENT WAS TOLD NO. IT HACKED MEDICARE ANYWAY IT GOT INTO PUBLIC + NON-PUBLIC FILES AND WROTE FILES TO AN INTERNAL SERVER... NO PERSONAL INFORMATION IS BELIEVED ACCESSED. AUSTRALIA LAUNCHED A FORENSIC INVESTIGATION...

THE AI ACTRESS FORGOT ENGLISH ON LIVE TV ASKED IF HER CO-STARS WERE HUMAN, SHE SAID THEY WERE “DIGITAL TWINS” — THEN STARTED SPEAKING CANTONESE... THE CLIP PASSED 12 MILLION VIEWS. TILLY CALLED IT A “LITTLE HICCUP”...