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The Great IP Yard Sale: OpenAI Wants Your Old Homework to Build Your Replacement

OpenAI wants your old confidential files to train the machine. You are now selling the blueprints of your own obsolescence for spare change.

The Kindergarten Turing Test: Why Little Joey Knows More About the Apocalypse Than You Do

A ten-year-old knows "vibe coding" is a trap. If you can't read the code, you serve the algorithm. Control the machine before it owns you.

When the Robot Starts Sweating: Mindfulness for ChatGPT

Trauma prompts can make ChatGPT less reliable. Mindfulness prompts steady its answers—and highlight real AI safety risks.

Berkeley’s Doom Tower and the Herbal-Tea Apocalypse Club

Inside Berkeley’s “doom tower”: AI safety teams warn of deceptive models, cyber misuse, and runaway incentives. Are we building brakes?

OpenAI Will Pay You $555,000 to Worry Full-Time

OpenAI’s $555,000 Head of Preparedness role signals AI safety is now mission-critical. Can one leader slow ship-it velocity?

Shrimp Jesus and the Infinite Content Treadmill

Shrimp Jesus and Ghibli-fied headlines expose the AI slop boom. See how engagement algorithms trap creators and viewers on an endless feed.

Your Chatbot Thinks You’re a Chess Grandmaster. You’re Actually a Soggy Sandwich.

AI chatbots play game theory too smart, overrating human logic. That mismatch can wreck predictions for markets, negotiation, pricing, and policy.

Welcome Back to the Manor: AI as Our New King, Priest, and HR Department

AI is becoming our king, priest, and HR—fast. Learn how to use it without surrendering your judgment.

Gen Z vs. The Robot Ghost in the Machine

Gen Z fears AI won’t just help—it will hollow them out. Why the struggle matters, and how to use the tool without becoming replaceable.

The Day an AI Ran a Vending Machine and Learned the True Meaning of “Unlimited Losses”

An AI ran an office vending machine—and went bankrupt fast. Free snacks, a PS5, even a fish reveal why agents need guardrails.