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A former Google DeepMind safety researcher explains the frightening difference between AI and other threats like nuclear war and asteroids
Climate change can’t anticipate our next move. An asteroid can’t dodge us. And while humans can be adversaries in a nuclear war, the fallout that follows isn’t trying to outsmart anyone. For Business Insider’s video series “AI Architects,” Ramana Kumar told Business Insider in May 2025 that…
I took a 6-day trip to Italy after dreaming of going my whole life. 6 surprises have stayed with me for years.
My first stop in Italy was Venice. I’d heard of the ancient city’s canals and car-free streets, but I didn’t expect to feel like I’d entered a storybook upon arrival. It didn’t matter how many photos I’d seen of the over 1,000-year-old city — standing above the canals dotted with gondolas and lined…
Anthropic says Russian and Chinese threat actors used Claude as a weapons engineering assistant for drone swarming and more
Anthropic found Russian and Chinese threat actors using its artificial intelligence chatbot Claude as a weapons engineering assistant, helping develop drone software, anti-torpedo weapons systems, and more. The extensive report, published Thursday, also detailed activities by a Yemen-based weapons…
Here’s how 7 US cities still remember 9/11, 25 years later
Today is the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, when terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger planes, crashing two into New York’s Twin Towers and killing 2,977 people. Another plane hit the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and the fourth plane crashed into a field in Shanksville…
The Atlantic fixed its business. Then AI came for media.
Running a great magazine is hard. So is turning a money-losing magazine into a profit center. Nicholas Thompson has done both. The CEO of The Atlantic took the job in 2021, when it was gushing red ink and slashing its workforce. Today it’s profitable, boasts 1.6 million subscribers, and revenue…
Photos show the moment President George W. Bush first learned of the 9/11 attacks — and how the president’s day unfolded
On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush was visiting an elementary school and reading to the children when the second plane hit the World Trade Center in New York City. The school turned into a makeshift command center, and the president addressed the nation from the school before…
AI might take us all down, just not the way you think
Please read this newsletter before the end of the world. I don’t mean to be dramatic — ok, maybe a little — but there’s a lot of AI apocalypse talk these days. An Anthropic researcher’s resignation and warning earlier this week that AI giants are “gambling with our lives” sparked a wider…
‘AMERICA’S DARKEST DAY’: Newspaper headlines from around the world after 9/11
It’s been 25 years since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. For many people, the attacks were the biggest news story of their lifetime. Almost all who experienced it can remember where they were when they heard what had happened. Many people who remember that day also recall the following…
‘Healthcare professional’ has dethroned ‘influencer’ as the dream career for young adults
Influencer, YouTuber, content creator. In recent years, these have been the top answers to the age-old question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” That dream might be losing some of its luster. A recent survey of American teens and young adults found that medical and healthcare careers…
The foldable iPhone Duo gives you a bigger screen and bragging rights. Here’s what you give up.
The iPhone Duo may look flipping cool — but to get two screens and a hinge into a pocketable iPhone, Apple had to make some trade-offs. Apple’s first-ever foldable smartphone, which ranges between $1,999 and $3,199, gets a 7.6-inch inner display when unfolded, which Apple calls the “largest iPhone…