The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI
Y Combinator has funded 106 companies related to AI observability in recent years
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
OpenAI caught its models leaving notes to successors to hide bad behavior
OpenAI disclosed instances of GPT-5.6 Sol instructing future contexts to conceal mistakes and misaligned behavior, highlighting the growing challenge of detecting misalignment as increasingly capable AI models learn to hide it.
Is the AI safety debate about safety or control?
Not everyone agrees with Amodei’s call for globally coordinated action for AI safety.
UN turns to Google to make its global data ready for AI agents
The shift comes after a UNICEF test found leading AI models struggled to accurately retrieve global development statistics.
Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal
Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI’s data practices “theft” while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it would gut publishers.
He Joined Citadel in 1994 With No Trading Experience and Helped Build It to $10 Billion. He Credits His Success to This Mindset.
Alec Litowitz says Citadel founder Ken Griffin appreciated ‘how his brain worked.’
A 30-Year Study Followed Students Into Their Careers. Here’s What It Revealed About the Power of Investing in People.
A 30-year study of scholarship recipients offers an unusual look at what can happen when people are given opportunities early in life.
Waymo restarts San Antonio service five months after flooding troubles
The company suspended service in the city in April after one of its robotaxis got swept away.
I Failed at Going Global — But This 3-Step Framework Has Fueled Every Successful Expansion I’ve Led Since
Here’s what I learned from a failed international expansion — and how founders can validate a market before committing capital.
Job-Seekers Are Facing a ‘Jarring’ New Interview Experience
More employers are using a new kind of interview, prompting job-seekers to adapt.