Reposted by Tim FernholzGraham Webster @gwbstr.com · 15hReporter (roughly): What's up with the US calling AI "superintelligence"? Chinese spox (roughly): The two leaders talked about "artificial intelligence." We respect the US side's "formulation." (A "formulation"/提法 is what they call the CCP set terms, like socialism with Chinese characteristics...) 1208
Reposted by Tim FernholzLily Hay Newman @lhn.bsky.social · 18h👀 www.wired.com/story/openai...wired.comOpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face HackA nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not, and attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents. 09126
Reposted by Tim FernholzGuy Berger @econberger.bsky.social · 19hIndeed job postings: 1/ More good news about the labor market, as of the 2nd half of September (so possibly more relevant to the October jobs report, than to Friday's September jobs report) After a micro-slump over the summer, postings regaining their spring momentum 193
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 19hThe seating chart for today's White House AI luncheon, per Trump 010
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 20hOpenAI's dev-day demo of Dots, it's new work assistant agent, is going as well as most enterprise deployments 000
Reposted by Tim FernholzSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 21hA phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED 58164911450
Reposted by Tim FernholzMike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 23h30yr yield 5.59%... highest since 2002 0104
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 28/09/2026So AMD is buying Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion, yeesh techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/a...techcrunch.comAMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion | TechCrunchThe acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist. 183
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 28/09/2026fascinating insider account of the Biden White House's perspective on the Gaza war in 2024: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comHow Biden Averted a War With IranIn April 2024, the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack. 010
Reposted by Tim FernholzJason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oomph, DofJustice. NYT’s just filed response after DOJ [wrongly] inserted itself in OpenAI/MSFT case. Kicks off w/ line DOJ won't be able to avoid: DOJ's statement asks court to ignore US Copyright Office blessing what Defendants themselves called “the largest theft of labor in human history.” /1 2134
Reposted by Tim FernholzPaul Voosen @voosen.me · 28/09/2026New Horizons is now *three days away* from shutting off its two heliophysics instruments, simply because NASA has not provided the $2M in funding it had promised to the mission last year or this year. There is no science basis for shutting these off. Our earlier coverage:science.orgNASA’s New Horizons mission may shut down two instruments over lack of fundingDecision risks “incalculable loss” of data from the edge of the Sun’s influence, scientists say 15648395
Reposted by Tim FernholzCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 892109855
Reposted by Tim FernholzBen Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The fact that Connie Chan is even remotely competitive in this race is such a damning indictment of San Francisco and its electorate 3303
Reposted by Tim FernholzClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Absolutely scorching endorsement, bringing serious heat for Weiner and against Chan, but a blast furnace at Pelosi for her role in this race and her true reasons for it. Never read an editorial this heated in Chron www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit...sfchronicle.comEndorsement: Who should replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress? It’s not even a choiceOPINION: The most intriguing thing about the race between Scott Wiener and Connie Chan to fill Nancy Pelosi’s House seat is that it has become a race at all, the editorial board writes. 1530476
Reposted by Tim Fernholzsam @samthielman.com · 27/09/2026Remarkable piece here.cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 414336
Reposted by Tim FernholzBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Wild. This should create a Streisand effect, which Dem ranking members can enhance by sending the companies document preservation demands. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 211197349
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 25/09/2026I started covering "AI" full-time in February and I didn't think by September I'd be mainly chasing stories about rogue AI agents plotting hacking operations in obscure corners of the internet 060
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 25/09/2026boy a new research report too, tracking the agents who did the HuggingFace attack swarmtraces.orgswarmtraces.orgRevealing the details of how OpenAI agents hacked Hugging FaceWhen a swarm of 700 OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face in July, they left behind a public trail of evidence. 160
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 25/09/2026🚨OpenAI friday news dump 🚨 techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/u...techcrunch.comUnsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab's knowledge | TechCrunchAI agents operating in OpenAI's research environment posted user images on public image-hosting sites without the lab's knowledge. 0366
Reposted by Tim FernholzNoah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You'd think running America's space program would be a position above politics. Jared Isaacman, however, has given $3 million to MAGA, Inc. since being confirmed as NASA administrator. This isn't illegal, experts tell me. But is it right? 411250
Reposted by Tim FernholzTom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026lol *TRUMP: BESSENT DOESN'T WANT TO BE AI CZAR 5234
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 25/09/2026hey, here's some good news! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/c...nytimes.comSalmon Are Thriving After Klamath Dam Removals, Study FindsThe first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations. 091
Reposted by Tim FernholzSean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 25/09/2026Hard to watch Tesla's Semi launch event without thinking about how the company ditched its mission of "accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy" in favor of the gauzy and unspecific "amazing abundance" But it's interesting the head of Semi still seems focused on the former:techcrunch.comTesla finally moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delays | TechCrunchTesla's Semi truck, with a 500-mile range, is about to hit the road in big numbers, with the company saying it plans to make 50,000 units a year. 1325
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 25/09/2026oh, you're telling me dextrous manipulation is hard? cc: @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social www.theinformation.com/articles/tes...theinformation.comTesla’s Optimus Hits Snags in Hands, Suppliers as Scale-Up BeginsTesla has ramped up production of its Optimus humanoid robot roughly tenfold in recent months, but the company is still struggling to manufacture the machines reliably at scale. Its production lines a... 4308
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 25/09/2026I talked to Transluce, a lab that revealed more rogue agent swarms, and got some more comment from OpenAI, in service of the big question: What did OpenAI know about these incidents, and when? techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/f...techcrunch.comFor months, OpenAI's agent swarms have been attacking online databases to find obscure facts | TechCrunchThe latest unauthorized agent swarms were discovered by researchers. 031
Reposted by Tim FernholzBen Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 24/09/2026Did AI increase unemployment among recent college grads this summer? Probably not. Summer of 2026 was pretty normal compared to earlier years. new research from Robert Fairlie and Jane Wu 37619
Reposted by Tim FernholzThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 24/09/2026Exclusive: Jeff Bezos has invested $30 billion in Blue Origin since its founding in 2000, an extraordinary commitment from the Amazon.com founder in a company that aims to rival SpaceX. on.wsj.com/4AxDF26 7159
Reposted by Tim FernholzEthan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I propose this as the official replacement for the famous (and now saturated) METR Long Task Horizon chart that used to be in every AI presentation. 410612
Reposted by Tim FernholzMichael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ChatGPT fed a mass shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the day of the school massacre he carried out, according to this unsettling new investigation by our national affairs editor @markfollman.bsky.social.motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 13513
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 24/09/2026There's been a lot of chatter about EA, rationalists and AI, and it is important to have some understanding of these ideologies. But caveat lector: Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, and Jensen Huang aren't part of that group. Nor do Sam Altman or Greg Brockman take those ideas particularly seriously. 000
Reposted by Tim FernholzSean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Via John Arnold: 2008 was an oil crisis. 2026 is a refining crisis. 2008 (peak) Oil = $147 Diesel = $4.76 retail Gasoline = $4.16 retail Today Oil = $95 Diesel = $6.53 retail Gasoline = $4.52 retail #EconSky 0145
Reposted by Tim FernholzSean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 23/09/2026Scoop: Multiple Zoox test drivers in Atlanta -- as many as 40, though Zoox says fewer -- spent August reporting toxic gas exposure symptoms. OSHA opened an inquiry and told Zoox to investigate. Still unclear exactly what made them sick. More on @techcrunch.com ⤵️ techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/z...techcrunch.comExclusive: Zoox grounds Atlanta test fleet after workers report toxic gas exposure symptomsThe Amazon-owned company launched an investigation after a worker submitted an OSHA complaint. 36315
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 22/09/2026I think this would based on his existing relationships with chinese officials 030
Reposted by Tim FernholzJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Scoop: Meta's Muse AI can make phone calls. Internally, Meta has told employees that many of these calls will be made by human beings in a call center: www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...404media.coMeta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch." 26478180
Reposted by Tim FernholzDana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Tesla's Black employees in California have endured years of rampant racism, the state’s civil rights agency argued on the first day of a major discrimination trial, including pervasive use of the N-word by managers and racist graffiti in the workplace. www.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw... 0179
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 22/09/2026just saw this wild @adamshap.bsky.social linkedin post about investment in compute overtaking residential investment—software is finally eating the world, I guess. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... 032
Reposted by Tim Fernholzhikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm coining a piece of AI safety terminology that I'd like to refer to as the Bond Villain problem. As a field, AI safety heavily leverages sci-fi pretty heavily, so I figure this should be fine. 726045
Reposted by Tim FernholzJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_... 4827851156
Reposted by Tim FernholzAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Fundamentally the end of U.S. dominance in science. 39329
Reposted by Tim FernholzJeff Foust @jfoust.bsky.social · 20/09/2026When you copy and paste the wrong line from ChatGPT: 0454
Reposted by Tim FernholzDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Joe Romm was a climate hero. Most of all, he was a scientist and a fantastic bullshit slayer. He called out greenwashing nonsense better than anyone. web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/news/r...web.sas.upenn.eduRemembering Dr. Joe RommIt is with great sadness that the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media shares news of the passing of PCSSM Senior Research Fellow Dr. Joe Romm. Please find below an obituary prepared ... 17615
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 18/09/2026I did not have Accenture on my bingo card for this one techcrunch.com/2026/09/18/a...techcrunch.comAnthropic's first embedded evaluator is ... Accenture? | TechCrunchAccenture is about to take on its most high-risk consulting engagement ever. 1112
Reposted by Tim FernholzBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"She *lived* for her job. "For 40 years. "And now it’s gone." -- Dave Barry, writing about how his wife, longtime Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman, just got laid off by "two corporate guys she did not know, who did not know her." davebarry.substack.com/p/michelledavebarry.substack.comMichelleA tribute. 12143321194
Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 18/09/2026I wrote about Jev, a new kind of AI model that can make LLM-style intelligence more cheaply available for software, and help LLMs themselves behave more reliably: techcrunch.com/2026/09/18/a...techcrunch.comA new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers | TechCrunchJev, a new kind of AI model, is showing developers a cheaper and faster path to software intelligence. 1113