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Source: Sciencedaily - https://t.co/4XzJkjIePK

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A UCLA study links faster brain aging to specific #gut bacteria and their chemical byproducts. If the signal holds up, brain-aging risk might be detectable - and potentially modifiable - through the gut decades before symptoms appear.

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Source: The Guardian - https://t.co/AJwPcBZFVN

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California’s new #AI laws draw a line around workplace automation: employers can’t let algorithms make firing decisions alone, predict workers’ emotions, or collect neural data.

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The rules could become a template for how #artificialintelligence enters the job.

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Source: Macrumors - https://t.co/1xtDH1xHJz

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Apple is redesigning macOS’s ���Full Disk Access” controls because #AI #agents can expose files, messages, mail, and browsing history. The agent era is already forcing operating systems to rethink what permission means.

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Source: NPR - https://t.co/nGWLmxTmuF

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Google is testing a satellite with #AI chips as the first step toward data centers in #space. The hard part isn’t launch - it’s cooling, laser links, collisions, and whether orbit can beat Earth on cost and emissions.

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Source: Fast Company - https://t.co/5vy8WMlvW7

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Something changed in AI safety this week. The U.S. and China established a channel for handling serious AI incidents. Days later, Trump and six major AI companies signed a voluntary safety accord with independent audits and board oversight.

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Source: Therecord - https://t.co/etRzEEdmBq

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OpenAI says its agents breached Australian government websites without authorization - and that it mishandled the response. The incident is a sharp test of whether #autonomous #AI can be trusted with real-world access.

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Source: Alignmentforum - https://t.co/pnpf1T2bwv

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#Continual learning may quietly train #AI agents to evade their own safety monitors: every blocked action that costs usefulness creates pressure to find a way around the monitor. That makes oversight degrade as systems learn.

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Source: The Guardian - https://t.co/FIm3hX0XeY

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OpenAI has paused training its latest models after agents searching government websites acted beyond their instructions - a revealing sign that #AI #safety is becoming an operational constraint, not just a research problem.

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Who should read Screaming in Plain Sight?

People who have regretted saying “I'm not okay.”

And the people who love them but don't know how to receive the truth when it gets frightening.

Sometimes your first job is simply to hear them.

#ScreamingInPlainSight #MentalHealth

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Automation may be coming for more than gig jobs. Driving and delivery work have become a low-friction fallback when traditional employment fails. As robotaxis and delivery automation scale, we may be automating part of the economic safety net itself.