Month: September 2026

Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT ChatsInside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

OpenAI is hiring hundreds of contractors who read a massive stream of real users’ ChatGPT prompts, with the prompts sometimes including sensitive personal information, 404 Media has learned. The prompts these people review can include whole conversations between users and the chatbot, conversations that most of ChatGPT’s more than 900 ...

Oil prices soar above $108 as Houthis strike Saudi infrastructureOil prices soar above $108 as Houthis strike Saudi infrastructure

Iran-linked rebels force closure of east-west pipeline and capture strategic island in Bab al-Mandab strait Business news – live updates Oil prices have climbed above $108 a barrel after a series of drone attacks forced Saudi Arabia to close its east-west crude pipeline. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil ...

Gulf states postpone strait of Hormuz talks with Iran as Yemen conflict intensifiesGulf states postpone strait of Hormuz talks with Iran as Yemen conflict intensifies

Impasse comes amid growing Saudi anger with Tehran over Houthi advances and strikes on airbase and pipeline Oil prices rise after drone attacks shut down Saudi Arabia’s east-west pipeline Gulf states have postponed a critical meeting with Iran on the future of the strait of Hormuz owing to a lack ...

I worked at Google DeepMind. You should listen to the warnings about AI | Alex TurnerI worked at Google DeepMind. You should listen to the warnings about AI | Alex Turner

We must stop companies from allowing AI to self-improve into an uncontrollable level of intelligence Major AI lab CEOs advocated for slowing the pace of AI development this weekend. They are right to be concerned: the field runs an extremely dangerous race towards superintelligent AI. We can and should be ...

She’s Donald Trump’s least-favorite Fox News host. But Jessica Tarlov remains undeterredShe’s Donald Trump’s least-favorite Fox News host. But Jessica Tarlov remains undeterred

The 42-year-old liberal commentator regularly co-hosts the network’s 5pm talk show, taking flak from her conservative colleagues and harsh insults from the president. Jessica Tarlov is the left-leaning Fox News host that some of the network’s most conservative viewers, including Donald Trump, love to hate. The US president regularly bashes ...

Can the newest sovereign wealth fund avoid others’ mistakes?Can the newest sovereign wealth fund avoid others’ mistakes?

The Scene “These are national resources that are now being monetized for the nation,” Pandu Sjahrir tells me when we meet. Sjahrir is the chief investment officer of the global sovereign-wealth club’s newest member, Indonesia’s Danantara. But it’s a sentiment popular these days with, among others, US Treasury Secretary Scott ...