I’m on a mission to deliver you the best Wednesday news briefs I can…
- The Sun survived a close call with 2 massive stars 4.4 million years ago, data shows.
- Tiny humans are hiding in Indonesia, paleontologist claims – and could rewrite the history of our species.
- The radicalization of Ziz Lasota: How an AI doomer became an accused cult leader at the centre of a bizarre string of murders. (Archived page link)
- Newly discovered Pompeii construction site confirms recipe for ancient Roman concrete.
- A weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field is growing, but scientists say not to worry.
- Elon Musk’s Grok AI, now built into Teslas for navigation, says it would run over a billion children to avoid hitting Elon Musk.
- Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it’s pointed right at Earth.
- Related: Death star – how our own sun could destroy human civilization.
- More parents are refusing Vitamin K for their newborns – here’s why that’s a bad idea.
- The politics of superintelligence: Today’s tech “prophets” push a narrative that God-like artificial superintelligence is inevitable, and only they can ensure humanity’s safety from their creations.
- Travel influencer caught using AI to make it seem like minorities are terrorizing London.
- Video of the Day: Every James Cameron movie, explained by James Cameron.
Quote of the Day
It wasn’t Hitler or Himmler who kidnapped me, beat me, and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, and the neighbor who were given uniforms and then believed they were the master race.
Karl Stojka, Holocaust survivor
