The idea of a “permanent underclass” started as a meme. It’s tapping real anxieties in Silicon Valley.
A rationalist blog forum popular in the Bay Area, LessWrong is known for its sprawling, hyper-logical takes on everything from AI research to optimal reproductive strategies. But during the 2025 holid
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bigthink.com
21.10.2026
Elon Musk says SpaceX and Tesla exploring largest merger in history
Tech mogul says tie-up has a 'lot of merit', given firms' complementary work on AI.
World
aljazeera.com
21.10.2026
Japan’s export growth stays solid, supported by chips and cars
The export gain highlighted ongoing demand related to artificial intelligence, with shipments of semiconductors and chip-making equipment surging.
World
japantimes.co.jp
21.10.2026
Electroencephalographic gamma correlates with pain intensity attenuation in a prospective longitudinal study using an AI-powered digital device for pain self-management
Science
nature.com
21.10.2026
Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed
The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI run amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model's release without the permission of a judge.
Tech
techcrunch.com
21.10.2026
How Two Colorado House Candidates Are Thinking About AI
In Colorado, two millennial candidates are thinking about A.I.
Politics
nytimes.com
21.10.2026
AI on the ballot? Voters in US midterms revolt against data centres
Two weeks out from the Midterm elections, there’s bipartisan pushback against data centers that suck the water and power out of communities. Just two years ago, ChatGPT was still a brand new thing, an
World
france24.com
21.10.2026
How governments worldwide are shaping what AI can say about politics
With the U.S. midterms approaching, about one in five voters has asked AI chatbots about elections and politics, a recent survey found.
Science
phys.org
21.10.2026
Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash
Meta changes AI scraping policy but won’t add language respecting robots.txt.
Tech
arstechnica.com
20.10.2026
Google is bringing a more personal version of its Gemini AI assistant to your car
Google is bringing Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature to cars, allowing its AI assistant to draw on information from Gmail, Calendar, Maps, YouTube, and other Google services to deliver more perso
Tech
techcrunch.com
20.10.2026
AI challenges math by solving the unsolvable
Announcements over recent months that artificial intelligence models have cracked previously unsolvable problems are shaking top-level mathematicians to the core, and they are now asking themselves: W
Science
phys.org
20.10.2026
Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei
The former Google CEO owns about 1% stake in the leading AI lab, Bloomberg reported.
Tech
techcrunch.com
20.10.2026
French Government Calls Emergency Meetings With Platforms Over Protests
TikTok and other sites were told to curb protest footage and AI-altered images, while online retailers like Vinted and eBay reportedly signed an agreement stop looted goods from flooding resale sites.
Tech
wired.com
20.10.2026
Meta ordered to name execs who approved torrenting for AI training
Meta argues nobody “decided” to pirate books to train AI.
Tech
arstechnica.com
20.10.2026
73 Years Later, the Greatest Opening Line in Sci-fi History Is Still an Unbeatable Classic
Bradbury’s six-word opening to Fahrenheit 451 remains one of sci-fi’s most powerful lines, especially in an age of declining literacy and AI.
Culture
polygon.com
20.10.2026
‘Human Made, Human Paid’: The Largest U.S. Musicians Union Is Demanding AI Protections
American Federation of Musicians asking major labels to give artists a contract with AI protections and compensation
Culture
rollingstone.com
20.10.2026
Meta’s Muse hits 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days, a milestone reached by only 11 other apps
Meta's AI companion Muse has surpassed 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days, joining an exclusive group of apps that includes Threads. New data also shows Muse is retaining users at higher r
Tech
techcrunch.com
20.10.2026
Opinion | The Ukraine ‘Kill Zone’ Is AI’s Testing Ground
Artificial intelligence is transforming war in real time by analyzing data and automating weapons.
World
wsj.com
20.10.2026
Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language
Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems.
Tech
techcrunch.com
20.10.2026
The new economics of enterprise AI
Imagine your company just discovered electricity. At first only a few machines run on it, and nobody worries about efficiency — consumption is low and the value is obvious. But once electricity become
Journal
technologyreview.com
20.10.2026