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BASF mandates banks for planned agricultural business listing
BASF said on Monday it had mandated Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan as global coordinators for the planned listing of its Agricultural Solutions business.
FSU Jim Moran Institute receives grant from Bank of America aimed at driving small business growth
By AnnMarie McDonald, Bank of America Bank of America has announced a $16,000 grant to the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship at Florida
PRC approves Welcome Hall at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
The Permit Review Committee has approved plans for a new Welcome Hall and entrance to the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry at 5700 S. Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive. Located on the Chicago Park District-owned lakefront site, the museum occupies the last surviving building from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. The building has undergone several major changes since the fair, including a 1990s renovation that added underground parking and new visitor facilities in front of the historic structure.
September 14 Playbook: The Races Defining the Midterms
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Live Oak Bank Named Official Business Bank of UNCW Athletics
WILMINGTON, N.C., Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Live Oak Bank has been named the Official Business Bank of UNCW Athletics under a multi-year agreement, expanding a relationship that already includes title sponsorship of the Live Oak Bank Holiday Classic men's basketball tournament. The agreement gives Live Oak year-round presence across Seahawk athletics, including men’s and women’s basketball at Trask Coliseum and baseball at Brooks Field. UNCW has been a talent pipeline for Live Oak for y
Scientists Identify The 'Doomsday' Seeds That Could Last The Longest
Some not-so-great news for the diet of the future...
Punch Brothers talk ‘unsung’ album ahead of Hancher show
Gazette music writer Ed Condran has high praise for “The Unsung Adventures of Punch Brothers,” calling it one of the finest records of 2026. You can decide for yourself when the band plays Wednesday in Iowa City.
Trump wants Bombardier out of U.S. market. In CT, the company employs hundreds
Trump’s Bombardier jet sales ban threat could affect the Canadian jet maker’s Connecticut workforce, aerospace partners and Bradley Airport operations.
Women’s Health Center of West Virginia launches campaign promoting abortion pills
A women’s clinic has launched an ad campaign letting residents know that despite the state’s near total ban on abortion, they still have options.
‘Hunger Games’ prequel, ‘Digger’ and other big movies of fall 2026
This year's fall movie season offers up sheep, dogs, Godzilla, Jane Austen, Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp doing Dickens, a husband made of wicker, and Jessica Chastain being extremely scary. Something
Former NBA Africa and Basketball Africa League Executive Aïcha Diop Joins African Collaborations Group (ACG) Advisory Board to Advance Sport and Entertainment Districts Across Africa
African Collaborations Group (ACG) (www.ACGafrica.com), the leading strategic project origination and collaboration platform focused on the industrialisation of sport in Africa through the origination of bankable sport and entertainment district …
R&B legend’s son fears her husband will work her to death: ‘Quote me on that’
The 82-year-old singer has been struggling onstage.
In the Air Force he helped Americans flee Afghanistan. 5 years later he went back, on a motorcycle.
South Carolina Sen. Ed Sutton was one of the last Americans to leave Afghanistan after control of the country was handed to the Taliban. Five years later, he returned to see what happened.
Georgia vs. Arkansas | Odds, injuries, analysis and key matchups
Everything you need to know for Georgia vs. Arkansas, including kickoff time, TV channel, injury updates, betting odds, analysis and storylines.
Husted political committee got nearly $500K from a bank he worked for while in office
Then-Lt. Gov. Jon Husted said he was joining a bank's board for the experience, not money. It gave his political committee nearly $500,000.
Why Bangladesh is struggling against measles epidemic despite 20m vaccines
More than 1,000 people have died from the disease over the past six months, despite record vaccinations this year.
Banking & Finance Quarterly: Private Equity's Two-Minute Drill
A sports team worth $12.5 billion. A wealthy owner scrambling to cash out 10 months after buying in. And a bright spotlight on the deep pockets vying for
Distressed Marmalade Cafe Files for Chapter 11
Los Angeles’ volatile fast-casual dining scene has lost another native when Encino-based Marmalade Cafe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sept. 2. The Santa
WaFd holding company's HQ headed to Bellevue in wake of merger deal
WaFd Inc. will merge with EverBank Financial Corp. in a $3.9 billion deal designed to scale against larger competitors.
Reports: Kennedy Center warns of bankruptcy unless Trump’s name returns
Officials at the Kennedy Center warn it faces “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks unless President Donald Trump’s name is added back to the building, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and The Washington Post.
New policy bans mobile tattoo and piercing businesses
Mobile tattoo and piercing businesses will not be allowed to operate in the north Devon area
MEX Exchange, Part of MultiBank Group, Expands Executive Team as International Growth Accelerates
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 14, 2026--
K-Air purification technology heads to India’s railway market to tackle extremely high fine-dust levels
A research team at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) – including Principal Researchers Dr. Sang Bok Kim and Dr. Inyong Park and Senior Researcher Dr. Younghun Kim of the Department of Urban Environment Research, Eco-friendly Energy & Environment Research Division – has begun developing a compact electrostatic precipitator-based air purification module for use in Indian trains. The project is a collaborative effort with THN Co., Ltd., a KIMM Family Company (partner firm), as part of KIMM’s flagship air purification brand, Air Five.
Neighbors say dead dogs dumped in Atlanta neighborhood, raising health and safety concerns
Home security was able to capture the car accused of dumping the dogs, but not the license plate.
Jaguars Dominate Browns in 34-10 Season-Opening Win
The Jacksonville Jaguars opened the 2026 season in impressive fashion, dominating the Cleveland Browns 34-10 at EverBank Stadium. Jacksonville controlled the game from the opening quarter, building a huge lead before Cleveland finally found the end zone late. Trevor Lawrence Puts On A Show Trevor Lawrence was the star of the afternoon. The Jaguars quarterback…
T.J. Watt joins rare group in NFL History
Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt had a banner day in the season opener against the Atlanta Falcons. Watt recorded a pick-six, two sacks and two tackles for losses.
Zac Brown Band coming to East Tennessee next month
KNOXVILLE — Award-winning, multi-platinum group Zac Brown Band brings the Love & Fear U.S. tour presented by Margaritaville at Sea to Food City Center in Knoxville, on Thursday, Oct. 8
Column: The Fed’s credibility depends on resisting politics, not playing it
Credibility lives in what people believe the central bank will do under pressure, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Claudia Sahm writes.
Celine Dion thrills fans with emotional comeback concert after overcoming rare illness
NANTERRE, France (AP) — She hit the high F, held it, then blew out a breath and turned to look back at the band — a quick, disbelieving glance toward her musical director. Some 30,000 people read i…
Seth Rogen’s wife “really” enjoyed directing Anna Kendrick’s love scenes with her husband: ‘Touch all of her body!’
“I was like, ‘Can you get closer?’” Lauren Miller Rogen said of directing husband Seth and Kendrick in “Babies.”
A night of fire: Krakatau’s eruption amazes scientists with rare spectacle - Futura-Sciences
A Legendary Volcano With a Fearsome Reputation Krakatau (or Krakatoa, for those fond of old spelling bees) is not just any volcano: it’s a name that echoes through the annals of disaster. Most famously, its 1883 eruption unleashed the loudest sound ever recorded by humans, with the bang heard as...
The Gophers have a Darius Taylor conundrum
Minnesota's star running back appears to be banged up again, just two games into the 2026 season.
Partial kratom ban signed by Dutchess County executive
Sue Serino released a statement, saying this was an important first step toward getting kratom off the shelves.
Miami musicians celebrate 15 years of Urban Health Partnerships
Miami Bloco, The Lab, and Suenafro took the stage at Tank Brewing to raise funds for community health.
Week 1 photos: Chicago Bears at Carolina Panthers
Photos from the Chicago Bears’ Week 1 game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. ©2026 Chicago Tribune. Visit chicagotribune.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Can Chinese entertainment surpass Korean wave in Southeast Asia?
Union Mall, a major shopping center in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao district, is widely considered one of the city’s most popular hangouts for fans of K-pop...
Bangladesh races to vaccinate 19.7 million children as measles, dengue test health system
"Patients are pouring in, and it is very difficult to accommodate everyone."
Physicists can’t agree on how the Universe works
A massive worldwide survey of physicists has revealed surprisingly little agreement about some of the universe’s biggest mysteries. No majority backed the standard cosmological model, a leading explanation for dark matter, or any single theory of quantum gravity. One area of stronger agreement stood out: 68% said the Big Bang does not necessarily represent the beginning of time. Researchers say the divisions show just how alive and unsettled the frontiers of physics remain.
Iran Human Rights Council Condemns Zionist Regime’s Crimes against Lebanese People
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The High Council for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemned the Zionist Regime’s continued military aggression against Lebanon and attacks on residential areas that have killed and wounded dozens of civilians, including women and children.
Federal science funding cuts push young U.S. researchers to consider moving abroad
Abrupt cuts to federal science funding are threatening the American research workforce. A new survey indicates that early career scientists face severe professional disruptions, pushing many to consider leaving the country or abandoning research entirely.
I own rentals near a future Meta data center. Most tenants work there.
Angel Crawford and her husband launched their rental home business in northeast Louisiana just before Meta announced its Hyperion AI data center.
A Gender War Explodes in Utah Over the Courts, Abortion and Representation
When Republicans tried to repeal a law that voters passed banning gerrymandering, they found an opposition that flew in the face of Utah women’s “tradwives” imagery.
Bangladesh draws closer to China in ‘political chessboard’ to balance India ties
Dhaka’s pursuit of closer defence and trade cooperation with Beijing could further complicate its complex ties with New Delhi, analysts say.
Warren Buffett's old favorite bank enters stablecoin business
Nubank’s new Nu Global account turns customer deposits into USDC and EURC and moves money across more than 35 countries without fees.
Benchmarking and bonuses: why Singapore pays its politicians like bankers
The city-state has some of the best-paid ministers in the world
Noche UFC 4 Bonuses! McMillen Banks $100K Yet Again
Jean Silva had to push through some early adversity earlier tonight (Sat., Sept. 12, 2026) at Noche UFC 4 LIVE on Paramount+ from inside Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, but the featherweight powerhouse eventually scored a main event submission finish over Jose Delgado (see it HERE). In addition to the featherweight headliner, Noche UFC […]
5 Mini Gadgets From Belkin That Are Small Enough To Take Anywhere
Belkin's UltraCharge Power Bank, Wireless Microphone, Magnetic Charging Camera Grip, RockStar USB-C Audio Adapter, and Magnetic Wireless Power Bank w/ Stand.
UAlbany football rebounds strongly in dominant win over Long Island
Colon threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver BJ Norman on a well-timed screen and then connected with junior wide receiver Jordan Rae on a 33-yard scoring pass.
Saturday Night Open Thread: Giving the dirty bird (Week 1)
Come and join this merry band of Steelers’ faithful for some lively debate about our Steelers, good food, music, and the merits of the odd cold beverage.
Courteney Cox reunites with ‘Friends’ and ‘Scream’ stars in new film about 2003 pizza bomber
Courteney Cox’s new film features a major ‘Friends’ and ‘Scream’ reunion for the actress, who welcomed ex-husband David Arquette to play a cameo role in the pizza bomber movie ‘Evil Genius.’
Summer wildfires caused 'catastrophic' hidden damage, scientists warn
Bangor University researchers say the scale of damage is far greater than what is immediately visible.
Joanna Gaines reveals soul-weary experience that made her pause Magnolia brand
HGTV alum Joanna Gaines explained why she and her husband, Chip Gaines, decided to take a three-month sabbatical from their Magnolia brand.
The Divine Bovine Community Challenge
Gather your herd and band together to take down Moophisto. End his Mad Cow rage to unlock a reward for all who oppose his reign of udder chaos.
Park Coffee House opens fall concert season
Park Coffee House in Holland Patent will open its fall concert season with the Mohawk Valley Bluegrass Band and acoustic duo 2 Friends.
Southern Heritage Classic Parade brings music and fun through Orange Mound
See our best photos from the Southern Heritage Classic Parade through the Orange Mound neighborhood ahead of the SHC at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.
Vanderbilt football vs Delaware score updates, start time, TV channel
The Vanderbilt Commodores are hosting the Delaware Blue Hens for a non-conference Week 2 matchup at FirstBank Stadium. Follow for score updates.
Vanderbilt football vs Delaware score updates, start time, TV channel
The Vanderbilt Commodores are hosting the Delaware Blue Hens for a non-conference Week 2 matchup at FirstBank Stadium. Follow for score updates.
Will Cannon, Alvaro Ortiz, Sandy Scott Share Simmons Bank Lead
Will Cannon, Alvaro Ortiz and Sandy Scott share the 36-hole lead at 14 under as the Korn Ferry Tour Finals tighten at the Simmons Bank Open.
🎥 Paris Brunner's screamer against Strasbourg 🧨
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4 Vikings Predictions for the Opener vs Green Bay
After an eight-month wait, meaningful Vikings football returns as the Minnesota Vikings take on the Green Bay Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium. […]
Glentoran and Bangor share spoils at Oval
Glentoran are now without a win in their past three league matches after a 1-1 draw with Bangor at the Oval.
Kansas State vs Washington: 2026 Game 2
The Wildcats opened the 2026 season with a bang. Can they do it again with a significant step up in competition?
Sterling woman turns farm hobbies into business venture
Shannon Jacobs, along with her husband Brent, is the founder and owner of Roots Market, their farmstead business on the couple’s 3.5 acres between Sterling and Morrison.
How burnt coconut helped discover new to science endemic species in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO — As dusk settled over the paddy fields at Puwakpitiya, a village on the northern edge of Knuckles Mountain Range locally known as Dumbara mountains in Central Sri Lanka, researchers began laying traps along the uneasy boundary between farmland and forest. They were targeting small terrestrial mammals moving through the landscape. On the ground, […]
This Netflix Drama Is So Good, I’m Mad I Didn’t Watch It Sooner
Netflix’s latest binge-worthy hit has crime, dark comedy, sharp British banter and plenty of twists to keep you watching. Find out more here.
LIV Golf Secures $14 Million To Stay Alive
LIV Golf gets court approval for $14 million in bankruptcy cash to keep paying players and staff while it restructures for 2027.
‘Hunger Games’ prequel, ‘Digger’ and other big movies of fall 2026
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Warriors' Steph Curry Linked To Spurs In Blockbuster Trade Proposal
Former teammate Stephen Jackson proposes a monumental shift, envisioning an elite veteran backcourt pairing with Victor Wembanyama to reignite championship aspirations in San Antonio.
Health administrator fired, plans wrongful termination suit against Monroe County
Monroe County health administrator Lori Kelley has been fired, her attorney says, and plans an EEOC charge and lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation. Her departure comes as the health department is struggling with nursing vacancies.
Georgia vs. Western Kentucky time, TV channel, score, live updates
Georgia plays Western Kentucky in a week 2 game. Follow live score updates, highlights, injury news, key plays and instant analysis.
Kids are back in classrooms. Health misinformation could shape the school year
Health officials and experts worry declining vaccination rates will lead to more preventable infections in kids
The politics and possibilities of ‘AI could kill us all’
I found myself fielding a lot of questions from folks who don’t usually talk much about AI this week. They were mostly along the lines of “do you think AI is going to kill us all?” or “how worried should I be about this human extinction stuff?” Motivating this wave of existential anxiety was the highly dramatic resignation of now-former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon, who quit his job while publicly sharing his concerns about safety practices at the leading AI companies. More specifically, he declared that almost everyone at OpenAI and Anthropic, the leading AI labs, believes that there’s a decent chance the AI systems they’re producing could “kill us all” by the end of the decade, and the companies aren’t “acting responsibly.” Other AI safety researchers, including those still employed at Anthropic and OpenAI, all confirmed that yes, Coxon is correct, they’re all worried that their company’s products might prove fatal for the entire human race as well. Two more AI employees quit and joined the chorus. Now, the warning shot has been covered everywhere from the Wall Street Journal to Fox News to WIRED to the Guardian. I understand why all this sounds scary, but my response to those who have asked, has generally been: No, you don’t need to worry that AI will kill go rogue and kill us all. But that does not mean we shouldn’t worry, period. Far from it. The companies building AI products are now among the wealthiest and most powerful entities in the world. And they very much are building enormous engines of mass surveillance, extraction, and automation. They can and have allowed their AI systems to carry out felony hacks of other companies, provided the government with autonomously generated kill lists, and sold enterprise technology to firms around the world that is explicitly intended to replace jobs. But “AI” has done these things not because they have all-powerful minds of their own but, ultimately, because people have programmed, calibrated, and directed them to. In other words, it’s not AI we need to worry the most about. It’s the people and corporations working to profit from and gain power by deploying it. The technology is sophisticated, sure, and, especially in cybersecurity contexts, potentially disruptive to plenty of existing systems. But if we want to stop this predatory, profiteering, and extractive form of AI—and it’s worth noting that at this point, most people do—we absolutely can. A quick note/plea: I can only do all of this with the support of readers like you, so if you find value in independent, critical tech journalism and analysis, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. I want to keep as much of this un-paywalled as absolutely possible, and I need your support to do so. Many thanks to all who continue to chip in, it’s very much appreciated. Onward. Subscribe First, some context: AI industry folks like Coxon have been discussing the prospect that AI will destroy humanity for years. Even before the beginning of the AI boom, many working in the industry, from the executive staff to the rank and file researchers, have obsessed over ‘x-risk’, or the possibility that AI will become sentient or semi-sentient and move one way or another to exterminate humanity. This is ostensibly why Elon Musk bankrolled OpenAI in the first place, and is the grounds for his lawsuit alleging OpenAI betrayed its charter by abandoning its nonprofit status to become a commercial enterprise. Many AI engineers and startup founders have calculated their own personal p(doom), or the probability that the tech product they are working on will initiate an actual humanity-extinguishing apocalypse. 10-25% p(doom)s are pretty common. (I wrote about a long weekend I spent among these folks at one of their top conferences here, to give you an idea of their ideas and belief systems.) Sam Altman himself drove the narrative of the imminent rise of a super-powerful AI, or artificial general intelligence, to prominence by declaring that the technology he was building posed an existential risk to humanity. This idea is in other words baked into the DNA of modern AI companies and into the products they engineer. It’s also why the industry is routinely accused, by myself and others, of “doom marketing,” ie, using such proclamations and framings to impart the sheer power of the technology behind your product onto investors, partners, consumers, and the state. Some ambient understanding of this tendency may have helped prevent the press from repeating the claim every time one of the x-risk folks made it over the years, including when they quit their jobs at AI companies while doing so. Yet Coxon’s AI x-risk alarm has broken containment, as they say, and has exposed the idea to the mainstream media once again. This has happened, I think, for a number of reasons. First, when AI CEOs were going around saying AI might kill everyone in 2023, their companies were well-capitalized, but not nearly to the extent they are today. They were more easily dismissed as eccentric geeks of the sort that Silicon Valley is supposed to produce. Now, not only do their products have much greater market saturation, but people are more aware of a) the often unethical ways the executives and companies comport themselves b) the other adverse impacts of AI that have already arrived, and c) the physical cost of building these systems, particularly when it comes to data centers. Finally, toss in the constant stream of headlines in 2026 about AI models going rogue or potentially upending the world’s infrastructure. [ ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) [ With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial. ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) Brian Merchant · Aug 27 [ Read full story ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) As a result, general sentiment was already overwhelmingly skeptical of AI and its overlords, so the table was pretty well set for someone to come along and say ‘just a reminder, the companies that are building the product that promises to take your job and leave a data center in your neighborhood also think that it might exterminate the human race’ and get a strong reaction from the media and the public. The question is: Should we understand this stuff as hype, strategically fanned to feed already swelling valuations? Is it doom marketing? Genuine cause for alarm that the infrastructure that undergirds modern life is facing a novel threat vector? Or reason to be sincerely worried that AI companies are amassing too much power, and that their products are genuinely dangerous? The answer, I’m afraid, is “yes.” Let me try to untangle all of this a bit, because arguments over how to navigate this moment are extremely heated right now, as they are essentially arguments over how to approach the politics of AI at a moment where there may be a unique opening for action. Those sympathetic to AI alignment concerns and x risk arguments—which increasingly includes a faction on the left who want to shut down AI over safety concerns—argue that people who dismiss AI as all hype have their heads in the sand. Meanwhile, critics of the x-risk narrative—which I might note includes a cadre of investors and tech folks on the right, too—argue that it is hype and can be used to further inflate valuations or for pursuing regulatory capture. The challenge is that many feel that dismissing AI as just hype or purely marketing also diminishes the urgency of taking on the AI industry as the novel and threat to labor, civil society, and the public sphere it is; others that by accepting the industry’s own terms, we imbue it with undue power and enable it. But let’s be clear: Declarations that AI is so powerful it might end the world are a kind of marketing, and anyone who says otherwise is just as off base as those who say that’s all that it is. If you don’t think that these sub-trillion dollar companies have higher-ups who noticed that when their founders talked about super-powerful dangerous AI they got spikes in media interest and phone calls from investors, or that those founders didn’t notice that themselves, and lean into certain narratives to advantage their products, then I don’t know what to tell you. Not all marketing is a Pepsi ad campaign with a celebrity spokesperson. Yet confronting the AI industry should certainly be considered an urgent project. Do I share the x-riskers’ fear that out-of-control, super-intelligent AI agents might end the world? I do not. I’ve read a good deal of AI extinction literature over the last couple of years and I have not come across a credible, step-by-step documentation of how exactly AI might move from self-recursively improving AI to killing every single human on the planet. Most of what I’ve read seems predicated on a sort of reverse Ian Malcolmian logic: Eventually, it becomes smart enough and AI, uh, finds a way (to exterminate humanity). Are the AI companies also overstating and dramatizing what their products can do? Yes, pretty much all the time. They’re in a knife fight for market share and are trying to win customers and government contracts before their investors come knocking. And yet. They have concentrated enormous amounts of compute, have extensive data collection and surveillance capacities, have inserted themselves into the state in numerous capacities, including military kill chains, and they are being run by egomaniacal billionaires who are rushing to monopolize an entire new market. The way I think about their most recent frightening-seeming exploits is not as a “swarm of rogue AI agents building a new civilization” or whatever, but as corporations with a hitherto-unimaginable amount of compute at their disposal recklessly experimenting with automation programs, completely unafraid of any repercussions because we have been unwilling or unable to impose any on them. So I think we should welcome any newfound imperative to hold them accountable. I also think that ultimately, the AI critics, Pause AI folks, leftists, doomers, effective altruists, and, honestly, most of the public, want a lot of the same things: legitimate checks and limits on AI companies’ power, actual transparency into what the companies are doing, and for more of AI to be under public control. (Ultimately, a lot of what animates the x-risk fears are rooted in just that: a fear of losing control.) How we move towards all this, exactly, is the question of the day, and while there’s much to be argued over in terms of building a viable political platform to challenge the AI industry’s power, I do want to cast a vote against one particular approach. Not to pick on Chris here, as there are a lot of folks out there proposing stuff like this, and the policy ideas actually stem from AI safety groups. But not only would this be challenging to land politically (I can already hear the ‘China will beat us to AGI’ calls) and all but unworkable in practice, this approach is a) far too limiting, b) fails to address the current harms caused by AI and c) would likely only wind up serving Anthropic and OpenAI; it’s what regulatory capture looks like in action. Full model transparency is the floor for what should be on offer here. If these companies believe their products will kill us, the very least we deserve is to know how. It’s in the public interest. I would also argue we might get a lot of the way to stopping any currently envisioned robot apocalypse simply by forcing AI companies to assume liability, and to submit to the full brunt of the law. If Sam Altman were liable to be charged with a felony for approving the hack on Hugging Face1, if Google was forced to pay defamation fines each time it published a false and injurious AI Overviews, these companies might suddenly find cause to restrain their models’ output, and we might hear less about rogue AI. We would need to introduce new frameworks and available tools for tracking automated lawbreaking, to be sure, but I’d wager that little would frighten the AI companies more than actually being held accountable for what their products enable. To that end, Illinois has passed an AI liability law, which the industry fought tooth and nail, and Florida is considering one. The next steps would be towards moving AI under public control; again, it’s only reasonable, since everyone, not just AI insiders, should get a say over how a technology whose developers say might kill us is developed and deployed. Dismantling the whole industrial project as currently structured should be on the table, too, pending democratic input. But that’s for another post. For now, suffice to say that while I won’t be losing any sleep about an AI-enabled extinction event, Mr. Coxon and co. have given us an opportunity to underscore the urgency of the clear and present damage AI companies are doing, the extreme power they wield and the extent to which they hold themselves unaccountable, and the abundance of political capital there is out there for taking them on. Subscribe 1 Purely speculative! I do not know if he did or not.
Week 3: Texas high school football scores and highlights
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GALLERY: Ball State College of Health hosts Block Party
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Pascagoula business finds, displays banner used after 9/11, 25 years later
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Judy Garland tossed pill bottles into NYC river to prove sobriety to husband, says daughter Liza Minnelli
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Anderson's Jeremiah Glenn makes 7-yard touchdown run vs. Lebanon
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Business group discusses possibility of liability reform in Albany
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Banana Ball brings 3 days of baseball, entertainment to Lexington
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Pascagoula business hangs banner initially hanged after 9/11, 25 years later
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Toss Up: Packers and Vikings open season at U.S. Bank
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Albany County Flock case fuels push for ALPR guardrails
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Why Alliance Entertainment Stock Surged Today
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Banana Ball brings 3 days of baseball, entertainment to Lexington
Baseball meets entertainment this weekend in Lexington. Banana Ball is taking over CommonSpirit Ballpark with three sold-out games.
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Wilmington health tech founder launches new venture
Several years after launching his health tech startup Artemis Immersive, founder Adam Isley is setting his sights on new horizons. Co-founded in 2023 by husband-and-wife Adam Isley and Kaylan Barbrey, along with Matthew Raffa and Bill Blakesley, Artemis Immersive began as a spatial medtech company that created digital renderings of medical scans for viewing in augmented reality (AR). Isley said the firm, which won an NC Tech award in the Biotech + HealthTech Innovation category last year, has raised $1.2 million in total in seed funding since launching. Isley has since created a new venture, Research and Me, building on the Artemis platform. Like Artemis Immersive’s core software, VoxScan, Research and Me combines health data with artificial intelligence in a 3D interactive environment to help patients better understand health outcomes and provide integrative wellness support. While the Artemis product is no longer Isley’s primary focus, he said the company’s technology and ambitions have evolved into different ventures, like Research and Me. "It's a different venture building on the Artemis platform, and there'll probably be more,” Isley said. He added, "I was very disappointed in the quality of the information available to general patients about their healthcare... I wanted to give patients more and a better plate of choices." Research and Me is still in its beta phase, Isley said, with usability testing ongoing in partnership with the firm’s partner, Medicap Pharmacy and Wellness Center, owned by Barbrey. "As someone who's kind of dedicated their life to working in healthcare, I've tried to bring this spirit and passion to it,” he said, “and a lot of the resources that we'll be providing are free — like a base level of free care for any patients, or medical education if they've got specific conditions." Isley describes Research and Me as a “patient-first” platform designed to securely store and pseudonymize health data and use AI and medical literature to generate insights. The insights are presented in an interactive 3D environment for patients and providers to explore conditions, treatments and wellness plans together. "It's almost like a democratization of understanding medical information," Isley said. "We take a whole bunch of clinical data, we take a whole bunch of peer‑reviewed, published studies on PubMed, and we try to turn them into chunks of information that normal humans can understand." Like VoxScan, the Research and Me platform lets users interact with 3D anatomical models for visualization. The platform provides a space for tracking, notes and insights. The platform also supports video conferencing, Isley said, allowing providers or coaches to examine models and data together. "We wanted to create a safe environment where you can start to learn and experiment with new features about your health, using agents to do that,” Isley said. While Research and Me is in beta-phase testing with Medicap Pharmacy, Isley said he envisions the platform serving a wellness-oriented community, working with sports performance clinics and hormone optimization. Isley, who is working towards a wellness-coach board certification, also plans to offer functional wellness consults through the platform. Long‑term, Isley says he wants the platform to embody an “integrative health practitioner” approach, “connecting experts of different fields and specializations in a way that they can make a greater impact in people's lives.” “For people in the state of North Carolina, it's already a win,” Isley said of the Medicap rollout, noting that partner clinics get “immediate resources for learning about their health and wellness conditions… out of the box.” Isley plans to launch Research and Me’s provider portal in 2028 and begin pursuing integrations with larger systems, he said.
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