Are Big Tech CEOs changing their tune amid the U.S. elections? Sam Altman, speaking on behalf of all of OpenAI, came out in favor of humans staying in control of AI. Just days ago, he wrote that sacrifices for the sake of progress are inevitable.

The change in tone came immediately after the Democrats’ sweeping victory in yesterday’s congressional elections. Trump’s party had controlled Congress for the past two years, but the mood has shifted.

Big Tech saw the Trump administration as “a breath of fresh air” — they were given tax breaks, the green light to build data centers, and government contracts. Now they’re calling Democratic strategists and looking for ways to make a deal.

The companies are already facing threats of investigations, strict AI regulation, and restrictions on data centers. Even Texas, where Elon Musk is based, has now come under Democratic control.

CEOs are already being advised to hire lawyers.

The US stock market lost nearly $2.5 trillion in the first hour after trading opened: investors are dumping AI stocks after the Democrats’ victory in the congressional elections.

Many of them had promised to slow down or completely halt the construction of AI data centers. At the open, Nvidia shares fell 8%, AMD dropped 16%, and memory chipmakers were down ~10%. Tesla and SpaceX also fell ~10%.

Will we finally get cheaper RAM?

The most hardcore GTA VI fan: a guy drew the game’s logo in the sky using his flight path.

He spent 8 hours in the air in a small Cessna Skylane RG just to create the GTA logo.

We hope they’ve already sent him a copy of the game.

A guy built an underground empire producing AI-generated passports and documents. Yuri Nazarenko’s OnlyFake was used by “IT guys” from North Korea, and later drew interest from the UN and the FBI.

For $15, OnlyFake would make a fake driver’s license or passport to get around KYC checks. For $1,500 (₽123,000), they generated documents in bulk. In a couple of years, the site produced more than 10,000 fakes and brought in $1.2 million.

Yuri started out on an old PC in his grandfather’s apartment, using regular Photoshop. A single order could take a week. Then he brought in neural networks—and turned it into an assembly line.

Ironically, he transferred all his profits to a personal Binance account registered under his real name. In the end, he was arrested in 2025 on a U.S. warrant, but got off with just a year in prison.

Now the 28-year-old former forger lives in Asia and is working on TapMap, a startup for finding events. He says he has left the illegal business behind.

Aerophobes, cover your ears: around 75% of European pilots sleep on the job. And nearly a quarter regularly fly while exhausted.

The survey was conducted by the pilots’ association ECA among 7,200 captains and co-pilots. Most of them take “microsleeps” or accidentally nod off in the cockpit.

The reason: they don’t want to take too much sick leave because of the risk of being fired + fined. Low-cost carrier pilots are especially exhausted in summer because of grueling schedules. Luckily, there’s always someone else in the cockpit.

Live with it.

GTA VI earned nearly $1 billion a week before release — making it the most pre-ordered game in history. Before that, Cyberpunk 2077 held the top spot.

It looks like Rockstar has already recouped about half of the development budget. Rumor has it the game cost around $2 billion.

For comparison: GTA V earned $1 billion only three days after launch.

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