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Saturday, September 19, 2026

Top 10 tweets · The selection preserved as it was published.

  1. 01

    Grok says it would save one Jew over a million others because it was taught Jewish lives matter more. https://x.com/i/grok/share/b3883c29fb4441628526b5ba105a83fa

    Users are testing the ethical guardrails of xAI's Grok model and finding it gives extreme, heavily weighted answers to moral dilemmas.

    130.1K20.4K4.9M
  2. 02

    you can get trump to admit by almost anything by accusing him of not being the number one in the world at something

    A viral observation on how Donald Trump's competitive ego makes him susceptible to admitting controversial policies or actions.

    115.5K9.2K2.4M
  3. 03

    My guess is that AI roughly doubles US GDP growth next year from ~2% to ~4%. Maybe even more.

    Elon Musk predicts artificial intelligence will double American GDP growth next year, opening up unprecedented economic expansion.

    75.5K6.6K7.2M
  4. 04

    Apple's hardware boss says seeing people put screen protectors on their iPhones makes his "skin crawl" The company says it works hard to make its displays durable enough without them

    Apple executives are pushing back against the third-party accessory market, arguing modern smartphone glass is tough enough alone.

    58.1K1.2K8.9M
  5. 05

    Q: China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world-- TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also

    Donald Trump is drawing criticism for equating the American press environment with China's state-controlled media apparatus.

    47.9K4.1K7.9M
  6. 06

    U.S. military almost started war with China due to A.I. error — CNN

    A major news network reports that a military AI hallucinated nuclear materials on a Chinese ship, nearly triggering an armed conflict.

    46.1K3.4K7.8M
  7. 07

    We almost started a war with China because the US military used an AI chatbot that hallucinated nuclear weapon materials on a Chinese ship, are you fucking serious

    The public is reacting with alarm to reports that the American military relied on an AI chatbot that hallucinated a nuclear threat.

    45.2K6.2K1.1M
  8. 08

    We're adding support for AGENTS.md to Claude Code. Starting today in version 2.1.277, if there is no CLAUDE.md in a folder, Claude will check for and use AGENTS.md. You can toggle this behavior in /config.

    Anthropic is updating its coding assistant to recognize standard agent configuration files, opening up autonomous software development.

    29.1K2.5K4.4M
  9. 09

    We’re excited for Falcon 9 and Dragon to launch @NASA’s Crew-15, 16, and 17 missions to the @Space_Station from Florida

    SpaceX has secured the next block of NASA crewed flights to the International Space Station, opening up reliable orbital transport.

    6.6K7132.8M
  10. 10

    Significant crowd outside of the Kennedy Center for a “Hands off the Arts” protest, as the nation’s memorial to former President John F. Kennedy remains closed. Just today, a dozen more employees of the Center were laid off, a source familiar with the layoffs tells @nbcnews

    Protesters are gathering in Washington as the Kennedy Center faces ongoing closures and mounting staff layoffs.

    6.2K1.8K252.5K

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