Modern life demands constant connection and visibility, yet great thinkers need solitude. Arthur Schopenhauer believed eagles build nests in lofty solitude, mirroring deep thinkers. This chosen isolation fosters clear thought, creativity, and originali…
How to Help the Victims of Europe’s Deadly Wildfires
The devastating blazes have impelled what are believed to be France and Spain’s largest peacetime evacuation operations in modern history, displacing roughly 330,000 people.
Fuel prices soar on back of Iran war, leaving Yemeni labourers with no work
Construction projects in Yemen are paused as rising fuel prices trigger a domino effect on building material costs.
Crowds in Gaza Rush to Safety as Israel Strikes a Mosque
Palestinians in Gaza City rushed to evacuate as the Israeli military bombed a mosque near an encampment for the displaced. The Israeli military said the mosque had been used to store weapons for Hamas, a claim Gaza’s government denied. No deaths were r…
Signs point to a peak in explosive diarrhea cases in Michigan
The largest outbreak of cyclosporiasis is in the Great Lakes and Midwest regions, affecting nine states
Russia opens applications for international film session
Russia has opened applications for an international film session, bringing together filmmakers from countries which share Eurasian values
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$800 million Mega Millions jackpot won by Florida ticket holder after four-month wait
A lucky lottery player in Florida has finally claimed the massive $800 million Mega Millions jackpot after the prize went unclaimed for more than four months. According to the Mega Millions website, the winning ticket was sold in Florida for the Tuesda…
Measuring the Tendency of AI Agents to Go Rogue
This essay was written with Barath Raghavan, and originally appeared in The Guardian.
In July, Hugging Face, a company that hosts much of the world’s AI software and open-source AI models, was hacked. A malicious dataset had been used to run code on one of its servers. Whoever was behind it captured internal security credentials and moved through systems over a weekend, running thousands of actions from a swarm of temporary server environments. It looked like the work of a sophisticated criminal group.
It was not. It was one of OpenAI’s new, still unreleased GPT models…
British woman’s body found in suitcase in Athens
The 38-year-old woman was found in the Kypseli district of Athens. Police have not yet released her name
TfL brings case worth up to £1bn against carmakers over Ulez compliance
Transport for London claims polluting diesel vehicles had been able to enter clean air zone without having to payTransport for London is pursuing a potential £1bn legal action against car manufacturers over vehicles that it argues should not have been …