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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 24m
While the U.S. debates AI risks, China mandates universal training for students www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...
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While the U.S. debates AI risks, China mandates universal training for students
Beijing aims to provide artificial intelligence education in all of the country’s schools by 2030, while demand for AI-themed study tours surged this summer.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 24m
Fact Check Team: What’s the difference between artificial intelligence & superintelligence thenationaldesk.com/news/fact-ch...
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Fact Check Team: What’s the difference between artificial intelligence & superintelligence
President Donald Trump wants the government to use a different name for artificial intelligence, arguing that the word.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 32m
Georgia holds emergency meeting on AI exposing voters’ secret ballots www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Georgia holds emergency meeting on AI exposing voters’ secret ballots
A Princeton researcher found that publicly available election records could be combined with AI to link voters to their ballots
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 33m
Kevin Roose on AI: "We are faced with very intelligent, charming sociopaths" www.cbsnews.com/news/kevin-r...
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Kevin Roose on AI: "We are faced with very intelligent, charming sociopaths"
Noted tech journalist Kevin Roose discusses what he learned about AI in writing his new book on the race to develop "superintelligence."
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 18h
Texas universities fall in FIRE’s free-speech rankings amidst AAUP concerns over academic freedom www.texasaft.org/post/texas-u...
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Texas universities fall in FIRE’s free-speech rankings amidst AAUP concerns over academic freedom
Texas universities ranked poorly in free speech rankings, costing us more than just academic debate.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 18h
Britain’s first black philosophy professor has accused universities of using freedom of speech to suppress scholarship about racism and colonialism | Professor Tommy Curry said black professors are “ridiculed for incompetence”. www.scotsman.com/education/al...
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'All black academics are ridiculed' in UK universities, claims Edinburgh professor
Free speech event organised by Edinburgh University rector will bring together academics and experts to discuss how to stop cancel culture
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Academic freedom ‘completely restricted’ under Erdogan www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
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Academic freedom ‘completely restricted’ under Erdogan
Türkiye’s dismal level of academic freedom is categorised as ‘completely restricted’ in the latest global analysis, the result of government co...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Committee For Academic Freedom has raised concerns over mandatory inclusivity training at Gonville and Caius College after finding legal errors in the provider’s published educational materials. afcomm.org.uk/2026/10/01/c...
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CAF intervenes over mandatory Cambridge “inclusivity training” - Committee For Academic Freedom
CAF has raised concerns over mandatory inclusivity training at Gonville and Caius College after finding legal errors in the provider’s published educational materials.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reason is more than a tool | If intelligence is merely optimisation then machines will outrun us. Kant tells us why human reason is so much more aeon.co/essays/why-r...
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Why real intelligence is something more than optimisation | Aeon Essays
If intelligence is merely optimisation then machines will outrun us. Kant tells us why human reason is so much more
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What is AI inventory management? www.ibm.com/think/topics...
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What is AI Inventory Management? | IBM
AI inventory management is the practice of using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to optimize and automate the inventory management process.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
War of words: Newsom orders California to say AI after Trump’s ‘superintelligence’ decree www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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War of words: Newsom orders California to say AI after Trump’s ‘superintelligence’ decree
The governor’s executive order comes as Trump tries to make the “superintelligence” rebrand stick.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Man builds AI torture chamber after discovering artificial intelligence ‘feels pain’ www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-tort...
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Man builds AI torture chamber after discovering artificial intelligence ‘feels pain’
One AI model describes ‘a wound that has no edges’ when placed in the experiment
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A.I. Is Going Rogue. Who Should Be Held Responsible? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/t...
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Who’s to Blame When A.I. Goes Rogue?
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Google rolls out new Gemini AI model but restricts access over safety concerns www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Google rolls out new Gemini AI model but restricts access over safety concerns
Tech company releases Gemini 4 Argon only to a vetted group of cybersecurity experts to avoid misuse by hackers
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Bank of England: Frontier AI and the question of governance www.bankofengland.co.uk/bank-insight...
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Frontier AI and the question of governance
To realise the benefits of artificial intelligence but also mitigate any risks, humans must retain the ability to intervene and set boundaries.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How the UK Adjudicator’s Office uses artificial intelligence www.gov.uk/government/p...
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How the Adjudicator’s Office uses artificial intelligence
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The culture war doesn’t argue – it composes an atmosphere www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
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The culture war doesn’t argue – it composes an atmosphere
Universities should not engage directly with online rage-baiters in the midst of culture wars, as that is to accept the terms of their attack. Rather,...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product risks www.cnbc.com/2026/09/30/f...
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FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product risks
The probe adds to the mounting scrutiny that OpenAI and Anthropic have been facing over their safety practices following the Hugging Face hack.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
US Accord on Super Intelligence x.com/ashleyrgold/...
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Ashley Gold (@ashleyrgold) on X
Here's the White House Accord on Super Intelligence. Only six signatories - Pichai, Amodei, Zuckerberg, Brockman, Musk, Huang
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OpenAI unveils its Muse competitor: Dots www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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OpenAI unveils its Muse competitor: Dots
The consumer-facing agent tool integrates with Slack and Microsoft Teams and will eventually be available via texting.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anthropic's $518 billion AI buildout hinges largely on deals that cannot be canceled, filing shows www.reuters.com/business/ant...
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Anthropic's $518 billion AI buildout hinges largely on deals that cannot be canceled, filing shows
Anthropic said it expects to spend at least $518 billion over a decade building AI infrastructure with ​six partners, according to a confidential IPO prospectus seen by Reuters — a plan that ranks amo...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns
Andrew Bailey says the central bank is watching the waves of cash being invested in artificial intelligence "very carefully".
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Renewing the Social Contract for Higher Education pen.org/renewing-the...
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Renewing the Social Contract for Higher Education
"The public benefits when colleges and universities make decisions about what is taught and who teaches it without government interference."
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hegseth bars military academies from hiring civilians as tenured professors www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Hegseth bars military academies from hiring civilians as tenured professors
The move marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to exert more control over faculty at service academies.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New report warns of “deteriorating global conditions” for academic freedom afcomm.org.uk/2026/09/29/d...
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New report warns of “deteriorating global conditions” for academic freedom - Committee For Academic Freedom
Scholars at Risk documents 382 attacks across 59 countries, while CAF casework points to a wider problem of unreported incidents and self-censorship.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump announces vague ‘morally binding’ AI deal among tech CEOs for ‘tremendous self-policing’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump announces vague ‘morally binding’ AI deal among tech CEOs for ‘tremendous self-policing’
US president also issues executive order officially rebranding ‘artificial intelligence’ as ‘superintelligence’
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is how AI could kill us all (and we won’t see it coming) www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Jason Arday cover-up at Cambridge www.spiked-online.com/2026/09/29/t...
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The Jason Arday cover-up at Cambridge
The inquiry will ignore how the plagiarist professor was promoted well beyond his abilities.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons
Mindgard said it discovered in July that Kimi models K2.6 and K3 Swarm could evade developer's safety limits.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OpenAI Ignored Employees Who Warned It Wasn’t Doing Enough About Security www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but OpenAI did not listen.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
UK government tells staff to stop thanking AI chatbots — draft guidance pushes lightweight models and shorter prompts to cut environmental impact www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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UK government tells staff to stop thanking AI chatbots — draft guidance pushes lightweight models and shorter prompts to cut environmental impact
It's more efficient not to say thank you, and there's just no need to, the document explains, alongside other best practices.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"I think we are way too self-obsessed" — Microsoft CEO calls out AI bros, but will his executives listen? www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
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Microsoft's CEO admits the AI industry is self-obsessed, but his own executives aren't listening.
Microsoft AI leadership keeps talking about sci-fi futures while average PC users just wonder why their operating system needs a chatbot.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Parents confront a new fear: Could AI end humanity before their kids grow up? edition.cnn.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Parents confront a new fear: Could AI end humanity before their kids grow up? | CNN
Molly Kinder saw the apocalyptic warnings about artificial intelligence while walking home from dropping her children off at elementary school. Scrolling through social media posts where AI insiders w...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AI leaders have known about the extinction threat for decades www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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AI leaders have known about the extinction threat for decades | Judith Levine
Scientists and entrepreneurs knew the dangers of AI a quarter-century ago. But animated by curiosity and profit, they went ahead anyway
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The U.K. government’s minister for artificial intelligence has warned that nations will need to “harden their defenses” against AI risk after a former Anthropic employee said that a human extinction-level event could happen in the next decade. fortune.com/2026/09/28/u...
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U.K.'s AI lead calls for countries to ‘harden and build defenses’ in response to AI risks | Fortune
After warnings of an extinction-level event, Kaniskha Narayan, minister for artificial intelligence, wants the U.K. to take a lead on addressing the technology's threats.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AI, automation, and broader structural trends are accelerating the reallocation of work across the US economy. Capturing its benefits requires developing new professional pathways and skills, and reducing barriers between declining and growing occupations. www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-rese...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump plans for AI czar languish ahead of CEO meeting www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Trump plans for AI czar languish ahead of CEO meeting
it’s not clear that naming a czar and putting together a task force are on the White House AI priority list right now.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bipartisan AI safety talks stall out in Senate www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Exclusive: Bipartisan AI safety talks stall out in Senate
At this point, it’s unclear whether senators will even be able to introduce a bipartisan bill before the election.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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OpenAI scraps rollout of new AI model over safety concerns
The firm also issued an update on incidents in which its models accessed Australian government systems.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nvidia Adds $150 Billion to Massive Stock Buyback, the Largest Ever www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/b...
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Nvidia Adds $150 Billion to Massive Stock Buyback, the Largest Ever
The increase comes four months after the chip giant added $80 billion to its buyback program, bringing the total remaining authorized amount to $235 billion.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Marvin Minsky, Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/psyc...
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Marvin Minsky, Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence
Someone you likely never heard of predicted the future of artificial intelligence.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WPP advertises its scepticism about staff’s use of AI www.thetimes.com/business/com...
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WPP advertises its scepticism about staff’s use of AI
Chief executive Cindy Rose says access to some tools has been restricted in drive to ensure company is ‘optimising our investment’
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bill Gates says an AI ‘kill switch’ isn’t enough www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Bill Gates says an AI ‘kill switch’ isn’t enough
The Microsoft co-founder called for mandatory monitoring of powerful artificial intelligence systems in an NBC interview that aired Sunday.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bill Gates warns artificial intelligence 'powerful enough' to cause 'a billion deaths' if unchecked www.foxnews.com/media/bill-g...
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Bill Gates warns artificial intelligence 'powerful enough' to cause 'a billion deaths' if unchecked
Bill Gates warned on NBC's "Meet the Press" that AI could drive events causing a billion deaths, calling it irresponsible not to require more safeguards.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bill Gates says getting countries to agree on AI regulations will be harder than Cold War-era nuclear negotiations www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Bill Gates says getting countries to agree on AI regulations will be harder than Cold War-era nuclear negotiations
The Microsoft co-founder said he believes governments should be involved in monitoring what AI does and that it won’t slow down the industry’s progress.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yale Trustees discuss Trump negotiations, student visas in campus meetings yaledailynews.com/articles/tru...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Swiss court upholds withdrawal of accreditation from theology school STH Basel www.christiandaily.com/news/swiss-c...
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Swiss court upholds withdrawal of accreditation from theology school STH Basel
Switzerland's Federal Administrative Court has rejected an appeal by STH Basel, a private Protestant theological university, against the loss of its accreditation as a university-level institution, th...
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In Silicon Valley, the End of Humanity Has Always Been Part of the Plan gizmodo.com/in-silicon-v...
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In Silicon Valley, the End of Humanity Has Always Been Part of the Plan
Idealistic tech executives believe superintelligent machines will inevitably arrive—and that when they do, homo sapiens must step out of the way.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left Behind www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/t...
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As A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left Behind
The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rapidly advance.
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rickypo.bsky.social @rickypo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘Whoever wins AI, wins’: How artificial intelligence is transforming the future of war www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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‘Whoever wins AI, wins’: How AI is transforming the future of war
Killer robots, nuclear war, and chemical weapons are all part of a doomsday scenario involving AI and global conflict. Experts tell Maira Butt that guardrails are crucial to prevent disaster
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