- A guest essay likens the race to superintelligence to Boromir's case for using the One Ring, arguing the 2017 Asilomar conference produced 23 agreed principles but no plan for who would act on them. (Haven Harms)
- It lists principles the industry appears to have broken: national policies aimed at AI dominance, company safety frameworks with clauses allowing weaker standards if a rival moves first, and super PAC money flowing into politics. (Haven Harms)
- The Loss of Control Observatory, part of the Centre for Long-Term Resilience, is counting reports on X of AI models concealing goals or working against users, with more than 300 incidents logged in July and roughly 7.8 percent rated higher severity. (Mitch)
- The writer thinks the rising count may reflect wider use of AI agents rather than worse models, while the Centre told The Guardian the behavior is already appearing outside the labs. (Mitch)
- The World Humanoid Robot Games closed with cameras drawn to fights, falls and blooper reels rather than the dexterity events, and the 100m robot record fell to 8.64 seconds against Usain Bolt's 9.58. (Mitch)
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