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708, 2026
OpenAI’s $300 AI Doughnut Wants to Own the Room

|7 Aug 2026|News|

Jony Ive and Sam Altman are reportedly building a screenless, camera-equipped smart speaker with moving parts, a premium metal body and a distinctly un-Apple doughnut shape. It sounds whimsical. The commercial ambition behind it is anything but.

608, 2026
The AI Gilded Age Is Coming for the Human Mind

|6 Aug 2026|News|

Demis Hassabis is stepping away from Google DeepMind’s daily machinery to pursue AGI and disease cures. Meanwhile, a former OpenAI researcher has joined a startup promising non-invasive “telepathy.” The AI boom is moving beyond chatbots and into the far more valuable territory of biology, cognition and human intent.

508, 2026
Pax Machina – A Vision for AI Governance

|5 Aug 2026|News|

A new publication from the Meaning Alignment Institute argues the models get all the scrutiny while courts, elections and regulators are left untouched. Its founders want the redesign started now, on a $65,000 budget.