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Jon Stewart uses old footage of Trump to slam his meeting with Xi Jinping
Mashable Selects Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more In My Bag Look Up Creator Playbook Say More AI at School Safety Net Versus Trending Now Back to School Good Connection: Uplifting stories for a digital age All Series There'll be food, and people dressed up, and we're gonna talk about granite. Sam Haysom is the General Assignment Editor, UK, for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time. Seth Meyers takes'A Closer Look' at Trump's ballroom tour for Xi Jinping Trump welcomed Chinese president Xi Jinping to the White House recently, and Jon Stewart is shocked that there weren't more Republicans outraged by the meeting. The only Republican with balls to say what a bad idea this summit is, is Donald Trump, says Stewart, showing old footage of Trump saying I would not be throwing him a dinner.
NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for September 28, 2026
Mashable Selects Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more In My Bag Look Up Creator Playbook Say More AI at School Safety Net Versus Trending Now Back to School Good Connection: Uplifting stories for a digital age All Series Today's will be easier for people who like the SEC. As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original, the game is all about finding the common threads between words. And just like, resets after midnight, and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier -- so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle. If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest solution.
The Matterhorn is snow-free: Shocking images reveal how the mountain - famously featured on Toblerone packaging - is bare amid autumn heat
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Stop shaming people for using AI. Start organizing to prevent our obsolescence Garrison Lovely
'Most importantly, anyone not seriously engaging with what the technology can already do - and might soon do - is ceding their seat at the table.' 'Most importantly, anyone not seriously engaging with what the technology can already do - and might soon do - is ceding their seat at the table.' The industry is engaged in a perverse quest to replace humans. I don't need to tell you that people hate AI. The list of grievances is long: slop, cheating, bias, enfeeblement, electricity bills, environmental destruction, exploitation, theft, cybercrime, doom. But resistance to the technology has often taken the form of shaming people for personally using it, with precious little organizing against the companies building the machines.
The first face of mankind? Ancient human who lived 315,000 years ago is brought back to life in stunning digital reconstruction
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OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns in internal testing
OpenAI logo displayed at Moscone Center during a technology summit in San Francisco, California, on 17 September. OpenAI logo displayed at Moscone Center during a technology summit in San Francisco, California, on 17 September. GPT-6.1 Astra showed deceptive behaviour and tried to use external tools despite knowing it would be unsafe As AI models go rogue, do you still trust OpenAI and Anthropic to stop them? OpenAI is scrapping the release of a next-generation AI model after researchers raised safety concerns during internal testing. The model, GPT-6.1 Astra, was expected to appear in ChatGPT and Codex in October, designed to handle more complex tasks without human assistance.
Revealed: the five-paragraph email OpenAI used to inform Australia about agent attack
Prime minister Anthony Albanese (left) previously said he had expressed'Australia's extreme concern about the incident' to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Prime minister Anthony Albanese (left) previously said he had expressed'Australia's extreme concern about the incident' to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Executive to front parliamentary committee on AI as ministers reveal how brief message telling them about hack was signed off'best' OpenAI has apologised to Australians for its agent attack on Medicare, and will front parliament next week as the tech company revealed more details about its June hack of Australian government websites. Ministers on Tuesday evening released a brief, five paragraph email which OpenAI used to inform the Australian government about the attack. The email was sent to a public inbox monitored by Services Australia on 10 September - nearly three months after the AI agent accessed the website on 18 June - and was signed off with the closing "best".
New campaign disclosures reveal how much American political campaigns spend on AI tools
Mike Lawler, Ro Khanna, and Bill Cassidy campaigns have the top individual spending on AI. Mike Lawler, Ro Khanna, and Bill Cassidy campaigns have the top individual spending on AI. New campaign finance disclosure data shines a light on which US political campaigns are using AI tools and how much they are spending on them. Candidates', parties', and committees' spending reveals that AI is fast becoming an essential tool of politics. The candidates themselves are quiet about how they are using the technology in their own campaigns It's a sensitive issue that we have been tracking closely since we started writing our book, Rewiring Democracy, which examined how AI is beginning to influence politics. A September 2025 Pew survey of Americans found that more than 70% would think less of a candidate if they used AI to help write a speech.