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Last updated: September 13, 2026, 6:09 AM ET

AI Safety & Alignment

Researchers are increasingly worried about self-improving machines, with Wired exploring why so many in the field believe the technology could pose existential risks. A separate essay asks a pointed question about agent building: aligned to whom, exactly, when the interests of developers, users, and the systems themselves may diverge?

Mathematics & Computing History

Terry Tao has weighed in on a claimed AI solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, sparking debate over what machine-generated proofs actually establish. Meanwhile, the Interim Computer Museum continues its work preserving computing history, drawing 100 points and 8 comments from the community.

Engineering Culture & Ethics

A provocative piece argues that as software creation becomes trivially accessible, the harder question becomes who decides what should not be built at all. Relatedly, a blog post pushes back on the artisanal programmer label, suggesting the term obscures more than it clarifies about modern engineering practice.

Science & Medicine

The American Medical Association has formally backed classifying nearsightedness as a disease, a shift with implications for treatment coverage and clinical research priorities. Astronomers have also caught a wandering black hole feeding on the run via a gravitational wake, offering a rare glimpse of accretion in motion.

History

A feature revisits the succession crisis that tore England apart, examining how contested inheritance reshaped the nation's political order.