https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/06/ai-sam-altman-billionaire-risks-openai
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Stop worrying about my AI, says multibillionaire Sam Altman. So we bear the risks and he keeps the money
OpenAI’s CEO seems to want to privatise his company’s huge financial gains while making all of us pay for any negative consequences…
Trump renamed AI to ‘super intelligence.’ That label means something already. – PolitiFact
There’s one issue: The AI industry already uses the term “superintelligence,” and it means something different than the government’s new definition. It’s a type of AI that doesn’t exist yet. Superintelligence is AI that exceeds human cognition in nearly all fields, something the industry generally agrees no system has achieved. But that day no longer feels far off…
https://politifact.com/article/2026/oct/07/trump-ai-super-intelligence/
US citizen alleges immigration agent in Chicago shot her from behind
Martinez’s lawyers said on Monday that they commissioned an expert to analyze bullet trajectories and her injuries – and determined Exum wasn’t in the path of her car when he opened fire. They said he had walked several feet toward her car, contrary to statements he made to the FBI, and fired off five shots in less than a second, the last from the rear side of her vehicle.
“Charles Exum told the FBI agent on that day, within hours of the shooting, that Marimar was driving her car directly at him, that he shot her five times through the windshield, and that he ceased firing once he was no longer in the path of the vehicle,” one of her attorneys, Chris Parente, said. “Those are three objective lies that you’ll see here today.”…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/chicago-citizen-shot-by-immigration-agent-lawsuit
‘Neither war nor peace’: Palestinians in Gaza on existing amid disease, despair and ruins
People tell of lives changed beyond recognition after the 7 October attacks by Hamas three years ago and the subsequent Israeli offensive…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/07/palestinians-gaza-existing-amid-disease-despair-ruins
Airbnb co-founder writes $8M check to California Voter ID campaign - POLITICO
Joe Gebbia, a co-founder of Airbnb and White House official, has given $8 million to the campaign for a November ballot measure to require government-issued identification to vote in California…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/07/airbnb-co-founder-gives-8m-california-voter-id-01110340
Colleges seek answers amid Trump push to cancel tax exemptions over diversity programs - POLITICO
The Trump administration is threatening to cancel universities’ tax exemptions over diversity programs, and the higher education world is worried.
The new rules, which aim to stamp out policies supporting minorities on college campuses, are unusually stringent. At the same time, they’re also vague, leaving many to wonder what commonplace activities and practices might land a school in the government’s crosshairs.
And the penalty for flunking the test — the loss of nonprofit status — is extreme: It would upend schools’ finances. Colleges could suddenly find themselves facing stiff tax bills, not to mention higher borrowing costs and other expenses…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/07/college-tax-exempt-trump-regulations-01105427
Top Democratic tax writers slam new scholarship credit rules - Live Updates - POLITICO
“Despite what Republicans claim, these regulations make it clear this voucher scheme is designed to prop up private schools — at the expense of our public schools,” said Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee…
Skepticism mires Trump’s Iowa steel plant project: ‘Promises are not the same as jobs’
The project has sparked doubts over whether the plant will be built and delivered as promised, given Trump’s record…
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/07/trump-steel-plant-iowa-skepticism
‘Head on a guillotine’: ABC says Trump’s threats are already swaying coverage - POLITICO
ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday, but any possible reprieve is still likely weeks away…
Nessel reassures Michiganders of voting security
“We want to make sure people know that it’s safe to vote, their votes are secure and that we have an accurate and democratic representation of votes cast,” Nessel said in an interview Tuesday…
Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide : NPR
While there, the boys were forced to work without food and disciplined by white guards with a "brass-studded belt," according to a report from the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services. In the 1920s, the boys were leased to neighboring farms, with the institution taking most, if not all, of their pay. They were also forced to work in the reformatory's broom factory in conditions described by Baltimore City labor union investigators in 1926 as a "firetrap," according to the report…
DHS proposes $70K fee for international student work program - POLITICO
Under the proposal, schools would have to pay a $70,000 fee for each student seeking Optional Practical Training, known as OPT, and $30,000 for applications for program extensions. That represents a sharp increase from the current fee of around $500, which international students have historically paid themselves…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/07/dhs-fees-international-student-work-program-01110012
Trump moves to distance himself from political advisers’ foreign consulting - POLITICO
The warning follows a report that Chris LaCivita and James Blair worked overseas providing election advice to a Russia-linked government while involved in Trump’s midterm political operation…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/07/trump-lacivita-blair-srpska-advising-01110381
Rubio warns Europe faces ‘inflection point’ - POLITICO
Speaking at the Pnyx, a hillside with views of the dramatic pillars of the Acropolis, the top U.S. diplomat excoriated prioritizing the “global community over one’s own” as “fashionable,” saying the ancient Greeks showed there is “nothing selfish or wrong about loyalty to your nation, nor anything selfish or wrong about fighting to defend its interests above all else.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/07/rubio-warns-europe-faces-inflection-point-01110323
Flu season started early, so consider a flu shot sooner than later : NPR
"There are enough signs pointing in the same direction to make me think, 'OK, yes. This is the start of flu season,'" says Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health…
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5992940/early-flu-season-vaccine
EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
“What this amounts to is a purported defender of free speech at the state department using the enormous power of the US government to try to pressure Americans from criticizing their government,” said Jankowicz…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/trump-eu-disinformation-conference
How students are being treated at America’s public schools : NPR
All of this information comes from the latest Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC): a federal survey that paints one of the most comprehensive pictures of how American students are being treated at school. The federal government has been gathering this kind of information for over 50 years, partly to help the U.S. Education Department hold schools accountable for protecting student civil rights...
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump
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