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Man Shot by ICE Agent in Austin Is Charged With Assault

29 September 2026 at 17:59
Prosecutors say the man struck an agent with his car’s mirror before another agent shot him. The charge reveals the existence of body camera footage of the shooting, though that has not been released.

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Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was working as a food delivery driver when he was shot by a federal immigration agent in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 20.

AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is β€˜exactly as dangerous as it sounds’

29 September 2026 at 17:35

"The chance of human extinction is about a coin flip, in my view," Geoffrey Irving, a former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employee, said in a new interview. It's one of a dozen interviews with AI researchers, including current and former employees at OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. Palisade Research, which says it's a nonprofit studying AIs' capabilities and motivations, collected and launched the interviews on frominside.ai.

Several of the researchers joined Irving in warning about the possibility AI could drive humans extinct. Neel Nanda, a Google DeepMind research scientist, said there's "at least a 10 percent chance that it causes human e …

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Prospect of Fed pulling too far back on communications poses volatility risk, Musalem says

29 September 2026 at 17:34
Too big a pullback in the US central bank's communications could lead to higher and more volatile interest rates and inflation if the public and businesses are left to guess β€Œhow it would react to different economic developments, St. Louis Federal Reserve President Alberto Musalem said on Tuesday.

US appeals court upholds Thomson Reuters' landmark win in AI training lawsuit

29 September 2026 at 17:31
A US appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling for information services company Thomson Reuters in its copyright dispute with former legal-research rival Ross Intelligence over Ross' alleged misuse of copyrighted material to train an AI-powered legal β€Œsearch engine.

Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says

29 September 2026 at 17:29

Apple continues to face backlash for removing ICE-tracking apps like ICEBlock from the App Store, a drastic step that seemed to be triggered by Trump administration claims that the apps endangered officers.

According to US Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Apple has no evidence to support claims that apps raised safety concerns. Instead, the lawmaker accused Apple of using immigrant deaths with no connection to the apps to justify censoring Americans who have the right to record ICE activity.

It appears that Apple is β€œworking with the government to violate its customers’ First Amendment rights to record and report on the activities of their own government,” Raskin said in a letter to Apple sent Monday, CNN reported.

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Tiger Global, Dragoneer in talks to invest in Kalshi's new $1 billion fundraise, sources say

29 September 2026 at 17:29
Kalshi is in advanced discussions to raise about $1 billion in fresh funding from existing and new investors, including Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group, according to people familiar with the matter, as β€Œthe prediction markets exchange looks to cement its lead over arch-rival Polymarket.
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