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Tennessee Prison Commissioner Resigns Days After Failed Execution

3 October 2026 at 15:24
Frank Strada, who oversaw the process that left Christa Pike unconscious and hospitalized, quit as an independent review begins.

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Frank Strada, the embattled Tennessee prison chief, is stepping down following the failed execution of Christa Pike.

What to Know About France’s High School Protests

3 October 2026 at 15:00
Students angry over the state of the country’s education system have blockaded hundreds of schools. Thousands of protesters have been arrested and dozens of people injured.

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Police officers and student protesters facing off outside a school in Paris on Thursday.

Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava thinks AI emails are killing conversations

3 October 2026 at 15:00
Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava.

Kakul Srivastava is the CEO of Splice, the sample platform countless producers rely on for one-shots and melodic loops. Samples pulled from the service have found their way into massive hits like Lisa's "Money" and "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter. (The original samples are here and here, for the curious.)

Before that, Kakul held executive roles at Flickr, Yahoo, GitHub, and Adobe. Throughout her career, Kakul has found herself at the intersection of Silicon Valley and creatives. That's been especially true at Splice, where she's not just expanded the platform's footprint by acquiring Spitfire Audio, but also overseen its forays into the wor …

Read the full story at The Verge.

An OpenAI safety employee has quit and is sounding the alarm

3 October 2026 at 14:31
Maroon OpenAI logo on yellow background

David Robinson used to write the safety reports that accompanied every major model release at OpenAI. This week, he resigned from his position and is now speaking out in an editorial in The Atlantic.

It's understandable if you're feeling a bit cynical about everyone suddenly coming out of the woodwork to warn about how dangerous the thing they helped build is. They did, after all, make this mess. But that doesn't mean we should discount their warnings.

Robinson says that the culture in industry is fundamentally broken. That this is a deeper issue than simply slapping a few new rules or regulations on how we handle training models. Silicon …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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