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Gizmodo The Future Is Here Bill Gates Suggests He’s the Man to Convince Donald Trump to Regulate AI 28 Sep 2026, 01:08 by Tom McKay Gates warned on 'Meet the Press' that if no one does anything, AI could "drive events that, you know, cause a billion deaths." BillGates-1280x853.jpg BillGates-1280x853.jpg 737 KB ‍ WordPress Owner Automattic’s Board Reportedly Purged After Failed ‘Coup’ Against CEO 27 Sep 2026, 23:15 by Tom McKay Automattic reportedly has new board members, advisers, and counsel after the old board failed to oust CEO Matt Mullenweg. wordpress-wpengine-mullenweg-1024x683.jpg wordpress-wpengine-mullenweg-1024x683.jpg 85 KB ‍ Shocker: Last Night’s ‘Viral’ Pro-Data Center Party Is Tied to Thiel, the Koch Institute, and Other AI Boosters 27 Sep 2026, 23:09 by Justin Caffier That pro-data center party was propped up by, well, data centers. DataCenterPhoto-1280x853.jpeg DataCenterPhoto-1280x853.jpeg 1 MB ‍ OpenAI to Halt Training of Some Models 27 Sep 2026, 21:21 by Tom McKay OpenAI is facing a firestorm of criticism over incidents where its agents made unauthorized use of credentials, leaked data, and hacked websites. sam-altman-nervous-1280x1073.jpg sam-altman-nervous-1280x1073.jpg 838 KB ‍ ‘Obsession’ Has Halloween Costumes Now, Because Duh 27 Sep 2026, 20:18 by Justin Carter The 'Obsession' tag on social media is about to go craaaaaaazy on Halloween weekend. Obsession-Inde-Navarrette-smile-1280x853.jpg Obsession-Inde-Navarrette-smile-1280x853.jpg 119 KB ‍ ‍ Dario Amodei Is Reportedly Having One of Those Cursed One-on-One Dinners With Trump 27 Sep 2026, 19:42 by Mike Pearl Trump and the Anthropic CEO are reportedly breaking bread Sunday night. amodei-white-house-2023-1280x853.jpg amodei-white-house-2023-1280x853.jpg 444 KB ‍ ‘Transformers’ and The ‘Energon Universe’ Are a Massive Success 27 Sep 2026, 18:50 by Justin Carter The Energon Universe is big, but only 'Transformers' is big enough to keep getting reprinted over and over. transformers-energonuni-hed-1280x853.jpg transformers-energonuni-hed-1280x853.jpg 2 MB ‍ I Urge You to Urge Others to Watch the ‘SNL’ Segment About Dario Amodei 27 Sep 2026, 17:36 by Mike Pearl The Anthropic CEO is apparently part of pop culture now. snl-dario-amodei-1280x754.jpg snl-dario-amodei-1280x754.jpg 249 KB ‍ Universal Movies Have Made a Looooot of Money in 2026 27 Sep 2026, 16:25 by Justin Carter If you're Universal and you've got 'The Odyssey ' and 'Obession' under your belt, of course you're going to peacock. the-odyssey-1280x853.jpg the-odyssey-1280x853.jpg 337 KB ‍ ‍ You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. By using Blogtrottr, you agree to our terms. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, edit this subscription, or manage all your subscriptions.