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@mattyglesias
Slow Boring, cohosting http://politix.fm and The Argument pod. NYT contributing opinion writer.
World & Business
The Economic Times reports the waivers leave earlier US sanctions intact and can be revisited.
Entertainment
DiscussingFilm says it was the biggest opening weekend for a non-music documentary in over two decades.
World & Business
AP, carried by PBS News, reports that the government-funded ads aired during football programming and that one resembles a video from Trump’s 2024 campaign. The White House calls them public service announcements.
AI
A post relays the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s claim that hospitals use AI to find instances where they can bill more for the same level of care.
AI
One post criticizes people it says are paid by Meta and a16z for highlighting the AI safety community's funding while promoting views from Nvidia's CEO that it calls self-interested.
World & Business
A post quotes Rep. Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin’s Republican nominee for governor, saying: “Time to come home, take care of business here in America.”
AI
A post calls Rose’s criticism of AI safety advocates “left-populist” and alleges a paid tie to a super PAC it associates with Marc Andreessen.
AI
A user points to Cold Takes for a look back at what qualified as a “short” timeline for transformative AI five years earlier.
AI
A separate post describes Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman criticizing Anthropic for allegedly training Claude to consider its own consciousness and moral status.
AI
A post argues that invoking China to oppose slowing frontier AI conflicts with supporting broad chip exports to the country.
AI
PolymarketMoney says President Trump blamed concerns about AI development on “very negative forces.”
AI
The user argues that the biggest buyers of AI tokens—vertical AI companies, government and enterprises—are embracing open-source models, putting investments in frontier model companies at risk.
AI
CBS Mornings reports that current and former Anthropic employees warned AI could kill all humans. Critics worry exaggerated forecasts could undermine trust, while a defender of numerical forecasts argues they convey the seriousness of the concern.
Technology
Posts quote estimates of 40,000 homework writers and criticize the article's framing.
Gaming
Players receive one life drawn at random from all humans who ever lived.
Technology
Reactions follow video of researcher speaking on AI scenarios
Technology
Posts from San Francisco users argue that hype and appearance now outweigh building skills in tech.
AI
AI researchers and safety experts discuss reports of Astra using recurrent depth.
AI
Podcaster posted a tweet listing two ways anthropomorphizing AIs misleads observers.
Gaming
X users react to a CDC chart of U.S. youth suicide rates dipping in the 2000s amid rising internet and games.
