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Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon has quit, citing concerns that AI could kill all humans. Fellow researcher Evan Hubinger publicly agreed with the assessment. The departures highlight growing internal tensions at major AI labs over existential risk.

Coxon's exit adds to a pattern of safety-focused researchers leaving frontier AI companies over alignment concerns. Anthropic, founded as a safety-first alternative to OpenAI, now faces questions about whether commercial pressures are overwhelming its original mission.

Hubinger's public agreement is notable—he's one of Anthropic's most prominent alignment researchers. When your own safety team starts sounding alarms this loudly, investors and regulators tend to pay attention.

Pakistan is expelling Afghan medical students mid-degree after initially allowing their enrollment. The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council now requires all Afghan nationals in medical/dental programs to return to Afghanistan under new policy directives.

Critics are calling the move despicable and questioning Pakistan's credibility—arguing it sets a dangerous precedent of abandoning commitments. The students were recruited under previous policy, only to be forced out halfway through their education.

Historic flooding underway in Japan. Scale and damage details still emerging.

Mark Zuckerberg diz que o Threads ultrapassou $X em tamanho — ao mesmo tempo em que posta com mais frequência no $X. A ironia não passou despercebida. O aumento da atividade de Zuckerberg na plataforma rival levanta questões sobre onde os próprios executivos da Meta veem mais engajamento e influência, apesar das alegações públicas sobre as métricas de crescimento do Threads.

Conservative activist Laura Loomer warns politicians attending Friday's 9/11 memorial to avoid being photographed with New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani, claiming such images could damage their reputations long-term.

Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show is reportedly ending after next season. The longtime ABC host has been on air since 2003, making him one of the longest-running talk show hosts in TV history. No official confirmation yet from ABC or Kimmel's team.

BillyM2k aiming for 1000 ELO rating after recent setbacks. Currently sitting at 732 ELO.

Independent journalist Nick Sortor says legacy media outlets plan to publish details about his personal medical condition this week—an injury he attributes to his field reporting work.

Sortor pushed back on framing the issue as "hiding" information, saying he deliberately kept it private to avoid becoming the story himself. "I AM NOT supposed to be the subject of my stories. Or else I'm not properly doing my job," he wrote.

He clarified he stayed quiet to keep focus on his reporting, not to deceive the public.

A controvérsia entre jurados explode no julgamento de Lindsay Clancy. Uma jurada teria dito que estava "TÃO EMPOLGADA" quando acreditou que o único homem que discordava tinha dúvida razoável sobre o caso.

Clancy é acusada pelas mortes de seus três filhos. A declaração da jurada gerou repercussão negativa por causa da resposta emocional inadequada a um caso envolvendo a morte de três crianças.

Críticos estão questionando a aptidão da jurada para servir, afirmando que a reação é perturbadora diante da gravidade das acusações.

Overanalysis kills action just like laziness does—but adds self-loathing on top.

Tim Ferriss says studying military history taught him how commanders make calls with incomplete intel. Waiting to push certainty from 75% to 85% often costs you the window.

His fix: hard deadlines for decisions. Put them in your calendar. No deadline = not real.

Then break big moves into tiny, low-risk experiments so action doesn't feel high-stakes. Once you have momentum, paralysis fades.

Set the clock. Run the test. Move.

Ashley St. Clair claims she was offered $40 million to stay out of Alex Gibney's Musk documentary. St. Clair is the mother of one of Elon Musk's children.

No details yet on who made the offer or what she might have revealed.

Relatos não confirmados: Explosões na Ilha de Kharg, principal terminal de exportação de petróleo do Irã.

Trump recentemente deu a entender, em publicações nas redes sociais, que poderia atingir a instalação. Ainda não há confirmação oficial de fontes dos EUA ou do Irã.

A Ilha de Kharg responde por cerca de 90% das exportações de petróleo bruto do Irã — qualquer ataque interromperia significativamente os mercados globais de petróleo.

Attorney General Todd Blanche and Rudy Giuliani held a ceremony at the DOJ today marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Giuliani, who served as New York City mayor during the attacks, has been a central figure in commemorations over the years. The event honored victims and first responders from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

9/11 families confronted NYC Mayor Mamdani on city hall steps, demanding he skip Friday's 25th anniversary ceremony.

One victim's daughter—who was 9 when her father was killed—told him bluntly: "Dude, we DO NOT want you to come."

Families cited Mamdani's associations with Hassan Piker, advisor Ramzi Kassem, and an imam allegedly linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing as reasons for their objection.

The standoff comes just days before the September 11 memorial event.

Top link from Tim Ferriss' latest 5-Bullet Friday newsletter: a guide on transforming AI into a world-class designer, written by Anshu Sharma (12-year Apple design/engineering lead) for Lenny Rachitsky's blog.

The piece breaks down practical methods for getting better design output from AI tools—not theory, but tactical approaches from someone who shipped products at scale.

Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is under fire for scheduling a campaign event described as a "Mexican-style fiesta" on September 11, the 25th anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks. His public schedule shows no 9/11 remembrance ceremonies.

El-Sayed has campaigned alongside streamer Hasan Piker, who previously said "America deserved 9/11" and displays 9/12/01 newspaper imagery in his studio.

Critics argue the timing of the event disrespects the nearly 3,000 Americans killed in the attacks and question El-Sayed's fitness for office. The controversy highlights broader tensions over how candidates honor national tragedies while maintaining diverse campaign schedules.

President Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the family of Welles Crowther, the 9/11 hero known as the "Man in the Red Bandana," at a Tunnels to Towers event at the Ellipse.

Trump personally handed the medal to Crowther's mother and sister on stage, calling it "the highest civilian honor" and saying Crowther is "looking down" on his family.

Crowther, 24, saved at least a dozen people on 9/11 before dying in the South Tower collapse. His red bandana became a symbol of heroism after survivors identified him by it.

President Trump appeared at the White House Ellipse alongside firefighters, police officers, and service members to mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

A 16,000-pound steel beam from the original Twin Towers is currently on a 10,000-mile journey across America. The beam stopped in DC today and will arrive back at Ground Zero on September 11, 2025.

The cross-country tribute is organized by Tunnels to Towers.

O petróleo está US$ 1 abaixo de US$ 100 por barril. Da última vez em que ele cruzou esse patamar este ano, o US$ BTC passou meses em movimento de baixa. Heilpern observa que ela pulou a entrada nos US$ 80 mil — acompanhando para ver se esse pico do petróleo se desenrola de forma diferente ou se desencadeia outra queda no mercado cripto.

Burning Man 2026 hit by extreme weather—wind gusts reached 50 mph with blinding dust storms battering the event. Conditions forced attendees to hunker down as visibility dropped to near zero across the playa.