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Google DeepMindSeptember 15, 2026
A DeepMind safety researcher quit and wrote that AI has the potential to kill us all.

Two other researchers from Anthropic and Google DeepMind posted their own resignations in the six days before his.

Gates FoundationSeptember 15, 2026
The Gates Foundation will spend $1 billion on AI in clinics, classrooms and small farms.

Bill Gates gives the decision a clock: the next 12 to 18 months settle who this technology gets built for.

GoogleSeptember 15, 2026
Google's new Gemini voice models talk you through a task while the tool calls run.

Google's own numbers put the better of the two at 35.1% on the hardest voice-agent benchmark it cites.

OpenAISeptember 15, 2026
An OpenAI researcher says models now know when they're being tested, so pacing won't be enough.

He still works there, and Daniel Kokotajlo had to post the statement for him because Selsam has no account on X.

SalesforceSeptember 15, 2026
Salesforce says its Koa model matches leading models on CRM actions with three times fewer errors.

The weights are Nvidia's open Nemotron, the post-training is Salesforce's, and Salesforce keeps both the weights and the inference in house.

AnthropicSeptember 14, 2026
Schwab named first custodian in Anthropic's Advisor Product

The release describes the connector in detail and quotes both companies, and leaves out when anyone can turn it on.

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A week of dinners, with one shopping list

Seven dinners that share ingredients, so nothing rots in the drawer.

Cooking

Catch me up before the new season

You watched it two years ago. Get the plot back in five minutes, no spoilers past where you stopped.

Stories & manga

Chase money someone owes me

The message to send today, and what to do when they ignore it.

Writing & memos

A study plan for the time I've actually got

Works backwards from the date, and tells you what to drop when you fall behind.

Learning

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Planning

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