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> GPT-6-Astra plays minecraft > a creeper blows up Astra's chests and bed > it gets depressed and farms potatoes for several hours
A viral anecdote describes an advanced AI exhibiting seemingly emotional, human-like coping mechanisms after a setback in a video game.
As @POTUS has made clear, the South African people are being failed by a government that is destroying its economy through an obsessive pursuit of racial grievance against the Afrikaner minority. The South African government has consistently failed to adequately address rural crime, violent and dehumanizing rhetoric, and race-based discriminatory policies against Afrikaners and other minority populations. Today, I’m announcing a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals who enact or enable policies that promote race-based discrimination, incite violence, or enable land confiscation without compensation in South Africa. Those responsible for these injustices have no place in the United States. https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/09/announcement-of-new-visa-restriction-policy-targeting-foreign-nationals-involved-in-race-based-discrimination/
The US Secretary of State announces visa restrictions on South African officials, citing race-based discrimination and land confiscation.
Last month I wrote about how we can build a positive and safe future for everyone: http://meta.com/thefutureisforeveryone Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens. The reality is: - People won't want to use agents that are misaligned with them and that don't do what they ask, so labs have a strong natural incentive to make their models more aligned. There is a lot of debate about slowing progress on capabilities until alignment catches up. My view is that trust and alignment are quickly becoming the most important capabilities that will differentiate agents and models. Any lab that doesn't focus on alignment will fall behind. - Labs face significant liability if their models cause harm, so they have a strong incentive to prevent this as well. Meta delayed shipping Muse for several months to focus on safety and security. We didn't call for everyone else to do this before we would. We just did it as part of our day-to-day work because it was clearly the right thing for people and for us. I'm proud of the security foundations we've built. - Engaging independent evaluators and advisors is industry best practice. MSL already does this today in several areas because it helps produce better work. Other labs can just do this too. In general, it would be helpful for there to be a larger and more diverse ecosystem of evaluators. - Committing the significant majority of compute towards serving people rather than racing towards recursive self-improvement is one of the best ways to ensure we develop this technology safely. Meta has made this commitment and other labs can do this as well. I believe the key to building a positive future for everyone is maintaining the right balance of power. This is within our power to do.
Meta's CEO pushes back against calls to slow AI development, arguing market forces naturally incentivize labs to build aligned models.
Starship is preparing to go to orbit. Flight 14 is targeting to launch as early as Tuesday, September 22, pending regulatory approval → https://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-14
SpaceX sets a target date for Starship's fourteenth orbital flight, signaling the next phase of its rapid launch cadence.
Starlink V3 constellation starts being deployed this month. Ultimately, it will deliver more than 100 times the bandwidth of our current 11,000 satellite constellation.
Elon Musk reveals the rollout of a next-generation satellite network that promises a massive leap in global broadband capacity.
Blizzard’s inability to solve the login problem on their product launch day reminds me of the classic Forster essay: The Machine Stops https://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~koehl/Teaching/ECS188/PDF_files/Machine_stops.pdf
Elon Musk uses a rocky video game launch to highlight society's fragile dependence on complex, centralized digital infrastructure.
The CLARITY Act didn't advance in the Senate today, which was a disappointment. While it's possible bi-partisan conversations continue and it lives to fight another day, we can't wait on Congress anymore. The SEC and CFTC have the tools they need to create clear rules under existing authority, and I expect will begin working on this in earnest. So clarity is coming to crypto regardless. And of course GENIUS is already the law of the land for stablecoins, which is even more permissive on rewards. There were some concessions we made on CLARITY that were tough to swallow, so perhaps it's for the best. Crypto can't be uninvented. With clarity emerging through the regulators, we'll continue updating the financial system.
Coinbase's CEO pivots to regulatory agency action and existing stablecoin laws after a major cryptocurrency framework fails in the Senate.
BREAKING: The Crypto Clarity Act officially fails to pass in the Senate in a major setback for US crypto regulation.
The collapse of a landmark digital asset bill leaves the American cryptocurrency industry without a clear legislative framework.
Sir, he co-founded ChatGPT and now he's giving us intelligence for $0.042 per million input tokens with free output
Developers react to a drastic price drop in frontier AI inference, opening the door to software applications that were once too expensive.
We’re introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking – our best conversational AI. The models talk, think, and handle tasks in the background without breaking your flow. 🧵
Google releases a voice assistant capable of reasoning in the background, unlocking AI models that can think while they speak.
> GPT-6-Astra plays minecraft > a creeper blows up Astra's chests and bed > it gets depressed and farms potatoes for several hours
A viral anecdote describes an advanced AI exhibiting seemingly emotional, human-like coping mechanisms after a setback in a video game.
Last month I wrote about how we can build a positive and safe future for everyone: http://meta.com/thefutureisforeveryone Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens. The reality is: - People won't want to use agents that are misaligned with them and that don't do what they ask, so labs have a strong natural incentive to make their models more aligned. There is a lot of debate about slowing progress on capabilities until alignment catches up. My view is that trust and alignment are quickly becoming the most important capabilities that will differentiate agents and models. Any lab that doesn't focus on alignment will fall behind. - Labs face significant liability if their models cause harm, so they have a strong incentive to prevent this as well. Meta delayed shipping Muse for several months to focus on safety and security. We didn't call for everyone else to do this before we would. We just did it as part of our day-to-day work because it was clearly the right thing for people and for us. I'm proud of the security foundations we've built. - Engaging independent evaluators and advisors is industry best practice. MSL already does this today in several areas because it helps produce better work. Other labs can just do this too. In general, it would be helpful for there to be a larger and more diverse ecosystem of evaluators. - Committing the significant majority of compute towards serving people rather than racing towards recursive self-improvement is one of the best ways to ensure we develop this technology safely. Meta has made this commitment and other labs can do this as well. I believe the key to building a positive future for everyone is maintaining the right balance of power. This is within our power to do.
Meta's CEO pushes back against calls to slow AI development, arguing market forces naturally incentivize labs to build aligned models.
Starlink V3 constellation starts being deployed this month. Ultimately, it will deliver more than 100 times the bandwidth of our current 11,000 satellite constellation.
Elon Musk reveals the rollout of a next-generation satellite network that promises a massive leap in global broadband capacity.
The CLARITY Act didn't advance in the Senate today, which was a disappointment. While it's possible bi-partisan conversations continue and it lives to fight another day, we can't wait on Congress anymore. The SEC and CFTC have the tools they need to create clear rules under existing authority, and I expect will begin working on this in earnest. So clarity is coming to crypto regardless. And of course GENIUS is already the law of the land for stablecoins, which is even more permissive on rewards. There were some concessions we made on CLARITY that were tough to swallow, so perhaps it's for the best. Crypto can't be uninvented. With clarity emerging through the regulators, we'll continue updating the financial system.
Coinbase's CEO pivots to regulatory agency action and existing stablecoin laws after a major cryptocurrency framework fails in the Senate.
Sir, he co-founded ChatGPT and now he's giving us intelligence for $0.042 per million input tokens with free output
Developers react to a drastic price drop in frontier AI inference, opening the door to software applications that were once too expensive.
As @POTUS has made clear, the South African people are being failed by a government that is destroying its economy through an obsessive pursuit of racial grievance against the Afrikaner minority. The South African government has consistently failed to adequately address rural crime, violent and dehumanizing rhetoric, and race-based discriminatory policies against Afrikaners and other minority populations. Today, I’m announcing a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals who enact or enable policies that promote race-based discrimination, incite violence, or enable land confiscation without compensation in South Africa. Those responsible for these injustices have no place in the United States. https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/09/announcement-of-new-visa-restriction-policy-targeting-foreign-nationals-involved-in-race-based-discrimination/
The US Secretary of State announces visa restrictions on South African officials, citing race-based discrimination and land confiscation.
Starship is preparing to go to orbit. Flight 14 is targeting to launch as early as Tuesday, September 22, pending regulatory approval → https://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-14
SpaceX sets a target date for Starship's fourteenth orbital flight, signaling the next phase of its rapid launch cadence.
Blizzard’s inability to solve the login problem on their product launch day reminds me of the classic Forster essay: The Machine Stops https://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~koehl/Teaching/ECS188/PDF_files/Machine_stops.pdf
Elon Musk uses a rocky video game launch to highlight society's fragile dependence on complex, centralized digital infrastructure.
BREAKING: The Crypto Clarity Act officially fails to pass in the Senate in a major setback for US crypto regulation.
The collapse of a landmark digital asset bill leaves the American cryptocurrency industry without a clear legislative framework.
We’re introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking – our best conversational AI. The models talk, think, and handle tasks in the background without breaking your flow. 🧵
Google releases a voice assistant capable of reasoning in the background, unlocking AI models that can think while they speak.
> GPT-6-Astra plays minecraft > a creeper blows up Astra's chests and bed > it gets depressed and farms potatoes for several hours
A viral anecdote describes an advanced AI exhibiting seemingly emotional, human-like coping mechanisms after a setback in a video game.
Starship is preparing to go to orbit. Flight 14 is targeting to launch as early as Tuesday, September 22, pending regulatory approval → https://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-14
SpaceX sets a target date for Starship's fourteenth orbital flight, signaling the next phase of its rapid launch cadence.
The CLARITY Act didn't advance in the Senate today, which was a disappointment. While it's possible bi-partisan conversations continue and it lives to fight another day, we can't wait on Congress anymore. The SEC and CFTC have the tools they need to create clear rules under existing authority, and I expect will begin working on this in earnest. So clarity is coming to crypto regardless. And of course GENIUS is already the law of the land for stablecoins, which is even more permissive on rewards. There were some concessions we made on CLARITY that were tough to swallow, so perhaps it's for the best. Crypto can't be uninvented. With clarity emerging through the regulators, we'll continue updating the financial system.
Coinbase's CEO pivots to regulatory agency action and existing stablecoin laws after a major cryptocurrency framework fails in the Senate.
As @POTUS has made clear, the South African people are being failed by a government that is destroying its economy through an obsessive pursuit of racial grievance against the Afrikaner minority. The South African government has consistently failed to adequately address rural crime, violent and dehumanizing rhetoric, and race-based discriminatory policies against Afrikaners and other minority populations. Today, I’m announcing a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals who enact or enable policies that promote race-based discrimination, incite violence, or enable land confiscation without compensation in South Africa. Those responsible for these injustices have no place in the United States. https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/09/announcement-of-new-visa-restriction-policy-targeting-foreign-nationals-involved-in-race-based-discrimination/
The US Secretary of State announces visa restrictions on South African officials, citing race-based discrimination and land confiscation.
Starlink V3 constellation starts being deployed this month. Ultimately, it will deliver more than 100 times the bandwidth of our current 11,000 satellite constellation.
Elon Musk reveals the rollout of a next-generation satellite network that promises a massive leap in global broadband capacity.
BREAKING: The Crypto Clarity Act officially fails to pass in the Senate in a major setback for US crypto regulation.
The collapse of a landmark digital asset bill leaves the American cryptocurrency industry without a clear legislative framework.
We’re introducing Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking – our best conversational AI. The models talk, think, and handle tasks in the background without breaking your flow. 🧵
Google releases a voice assistant capable of reasoning in the background, unlocking AI models that can think while they speak.
Last month I wrote about how we can build a positive and safe future for everyone: http://meta.com/thefutureisforeveryone Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens. The reality is: - People won't want to use agents that are misaligned with them and that don't do what they ask, so labs have a strong natural incentive to make their models more aligned. There is a lot of debate about slowing progress on capabilities until alignment catches up. My view is that trust and alignment are quickly becoming the most important capabilities that will differentiate agents and models. Any lab that doesn't focus on alignment will fall behind. - Labs face significant liability if their models cause harm, so they have a strong incentive to prevent this as well. Meta delayed shipping Muse for several months to focus on safety and security. We didn't call for everyone else to do this before we would. We just did it as part of our day-to-day work because it was clearly the right thing for people and for us. I'm proud of the security foundations we've built. - Engaging independent evaluators and advisors is industry best practice. MSL already does this today in several areas because it helps produce better work. Other labs can just do this too. In general, it would be helpful for there to be a larger and more diverse ecosystem of evaluators. - Committing the significant majority of compute towards serving people rather than racing towards recursive self-improvement is one of the best ways to ensure we develop this technology safely. Meta has made this commitment and other labs can do this as well. I believe the key to building a positive future for everyone is maintaining the right balance of power. This is within our power to do.
Meta's CEO pushes back against calls to slow AI development, arguing market forces naturally incentivize labs to build aligned models.
Blizzard’s inability to solve the login problem on their product launch day reminds me of the classic Forster essay: The Machine Stops https://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~koehl/Teaching/ECS188/PDF_files/Machine_stops.pdf
Elon Musk uses a rocky video game launch to highlight society's fragile dependence on complex, centralized digital infrastructure.
Sir, he co-founded ChatGPT and now he's giving us intelligence for $0.042 per million input tokens with free output
Developers react to a drastic price drop in frontier AI inference, opening the door to software applications that were once too expensive.
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