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OpenAI and 100 Others Warn That Window to Defend Against A.I. Attacks Is Narrowing

27 August 2026 at 20:55
In an open letter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others said that a wave of A.I.-enabled cyberattacks was coming and that organizations and governments needed to prepare themselves.

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Sam Altman of OpenAI, which has joined more than 100 tech companies in publishing an open letter warning of a wave of cyberattacks driven by artificial intelligence.

“Anxious Generation” Author Jonathan Haidt on the Meta Settlement

27 August 2026 at 17:42
In “The Anxious Generation,” he laid out the evils of social media for kids. The landmark Meta settlement seems to agree.

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Jonathan Haidt’s 2024 book on the harms to children from social media was a best seller.

Nvidia’s Profit Doubles to $59.69 Billion Thanks to A.I. Spending

27 August 2026 at 04:05
Quarterly revenue also more than doubled, to $96.22 billion, the company said, topping expectations on Wall Street.

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Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, made a big bet years ago on chips and software for artificial intelligence.
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