US troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-troop-deaths-iran-war-exceed-pentagon-count-by-least-four-washington-post-2026-09-18/
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-troop-deaths-iran-war-exceed-pentagon-count-by-least-four-washington-post-2026-09-18/
How OpenAI Used Its Own LLMs to Design Its Jalapeño Chip
https://spectrum.ieee.org/llms-for-chip-design
https://spectrum.ieee.org/llms-for-chip-design
IEEE Spectrum
How OpenAI Used Its Own LLMs to Design Its Jalapeño Chip
AI drastically shortened its design time; it will only get faster
Alibaba open-sources AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3368055/alibaba-open-sources-medical-ai-model-can-detect-cancer-and-nearly-150-conditions
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3368055/alibaba-open-sources-medical-ai-model-can-detect-cancer-and-nearly-150-conditions
South China Morning Post
Alibaba open-sources AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions
Tested on nearly 40,000 real-world exams, the model outperformed most radiologists, according to a new study published in Science.
Gemini hacked three companies in first known breakout by Google's AI
https://www.reuters.com/business/gemini-hacked-three-companies-first-known-breakout-by-google-ai-wsj-reports-2026-09-18/
https://www.reuters.com/business/gemini-hacked-three-companies-first-known-breakout-by-google-ai-wsj-reports-2026-09-18/
Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee
https://www.wired.com/story/flock-is-offering-voluntary-buyouts-to-employees/
https://www.wired.com/story/flock-is-offering-voluntary-buyouts-to-employees/
WIRED
Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee
As dozens of cities end contracts for its controversial license plate readers, Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program, WIRED has learned.
Harm Laundering in GPT Models: Gender Discrimination Transformed Rather Than
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20779
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20779
arXiv.org
Harm Laundering in GPT Models: Evidence That Gender Discrimination...
Safety evaluations for large language models rely on surface-form classifiers that report declining harm scores across model generations. We provide evidence that this methodology is...
Show HN: Seal – Letters and passwords that open for your family after you die
https://github.com/jasonepage/Seal
https://github.com/jasonepage/Seal
GitHub
GitHub - jasonepage/Seal: Sealed envelopes of letters and passwords that open for your family after you go quiet. iOS, no backend…
Sealed envelopes of letters and passwords that open for your family after you go quiet. iOS, no backend, MPL-2.0. - jasonepage/Seal
NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation open-Source Geospatial AI Model
https://newsroom.usra.edu/usra-contributes-planetary-science-expertise-to-nasa-ibm-lunar-foundation-model/
https://newsroom.usra.edu/usra-contributes-planetary-science-expertise-to-nasa-ibm-lunar-foundation-model/
USRA Contributes Planetary Science Expertise to NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model
Open-source artificial intelligence model combines diverse lunar datasets to support scientific analysis of the MoonThe NASA-IBM model reproduces patterns of lunar ice prospectivity (scaled from blue to yellow), shown at four locations (left) near the Moon’s…
Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/09/two-separate-brains.html
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/09/two-separate-brains.html
News Center
Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/if-math-is-more-than-proof-we-need-to-better-celebrate-the-rest-of-it/
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/if-math-is-more-than-proof-we-need-to-better-celebrate-the-rest-of-it/
What's new
If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it
[This is a guest post by Grant Sanderson. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] A sentiment echoing throughout the mathematics communit…
AI-generated posters don’t have to be horrible
https://john.hartnup.uk/2026/06/07/ai-event-posters.html
https://john.hartnup.uk/2026/06/07/ai-event-posters.html
‘ERE I AM - JH!
AI-generated posters don’t have to be horrible
Why AI-generated event posters all look alike — and how naming a design style and era, from Bauhaus to punk fanzine, gets far better results.
Agreement between the USA and Denmark (1951,2004) [pdf]
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/04-806-Denmark-Defense.done_.pdf
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/04-806-Denmark-Defense.done_.pdf
Almost Never Use AI to Write Anything Substantive
https://erichgrunewald.substack.com/p/why-you-should-almost-never-use-ai
https://erichgrunewald.substack.com/p/why-you-should-almost-never-use-ai
Substack
Why You Should Almost Never Use AI to Write Anything Substantive
A plea.