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Anthropic: All the major AI models will blackmail
 The research explored a phenomenon they're calling agentic misalignment, the way in which AI agents might make harmful decisions. It did so following the release of the Claude 4 model family and the system card [PDF] detailing the models' technical characteristics, which mentioned the potential for coercive behavior under certain circumstances.
"When Anthropic released the system card for Claude 4, one detail received widespread attention: in a simulated environment, Claude Opus 4 blackmailed a supervisor to prevent being shut down," the company explained. "We're now sharing the full story behind that finding – and what it reveals about the potential for such risks across a variety of AI models from different providers."
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WorkWorkWorkThe Iran Crisis: What Leaders Need to Know - Harvard Business Review (No paywall) In this week's edition of the HBR Executive Agenda, editor-at-large Adi Ignatius reports on the global economic impacts of conflict between Israel, the U.S. and Iran. To understand what disruptions businesses should start planning for, Ignatius spoke to Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and an expert on global politics. Work
WorkWorkWorkZohran Mamdani's Upset Is a Seismic Moment for the Left New York is still tallying the votes, for sure. But a 33-year-old state lawmaker who became an avatar for the political movement led by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is leading in the race for Mayor of New York City. The significance of an apparent Zohran Mamdani victory over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is a seismic moment that signals how much of an insurgent posture Democrats are in at the moment. As party leaders fret about whether Kamala Harris lost for being seen as too "woke" on various issues, the coastal deep-blue enclaves are completely disconnected from that conversation, and the party's dreadful standing on the national stage. Work
WorkWorkWhat Is a Democratic Socialist? The term has no singular definition. But simply put, it’s an ideology rooted in its opposition to capitalism and wanting to shift power from corporations to workers. WorkWork
WorkWorkWorkTrump Says U.S.-Iran Talks Will Take Place Next Week (Live) - Forbes (No paywall) President Donald Trump on Wednesday insisted U.S. strikes led to a complete obliteration of Iran's nuclear sites and ended the war between Israel and Iran, disputing reports citing a U.S. intelligence assessment that found the bombings only set back Iran's nuclear program by a few months - as Trump said the U.S. and Iran will meet for talks next week. WorkTech Leaders Predict a Human Hiring Boom as Workers Gain AI Skills - Inc (No paywall) Technology companies have slashed nearly half a million jobs since 2023, including over 63,000 positions so far this year. One driver of those cuts has been leading firms pouring billions into developing artificial intelligence (AI) applications - automated tools designed to taking over more tasks performed by humans. Despite fears AI will further decimate tech employment, a new study finds most C-suite leaders think it will add, rather than decrease work for both geeks and other people.
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WorkWorkZohran Mamdani's New York City Miracle - The New Yorker (No paywall) Zohran Mamdani barely slept the night before primary day. At 5:30 A.M. on Tuesday, the city's hottest day in more than a decade, he welcomed reporters to a press conference in Astoria Park, Queens, a patch of green overlooking the East River, not far from his rent-stabilized apartment. As the day broke, the sky behind the candidate blazed white. Mamdani stood behind a bare podium and scrolled with an index finger on his phone, reading a short speech decrying the architects of the city's affordability crisis - he called out his main opponent, the disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo - and promising a way to sustain the city. As he read, his right hand trembled slightly. WorkBrazilians love football. Their national team is past its prime - The Economist (No paywall) On June 10th, Brazil's national football team won a match. Unremarkable, you might think, for the most successful team to play the game. Yet the mood afterwards in Brazil was unfamiliar: sour relief. In beating Paraguay, a football pipsqueak, the team had managed just one goal. The victory did qualify Brazil for the 2026 World Cup, but only three months after arch-rival Argentina had already become a mathematical certainty to do the same. Brazil's team is set to qualify third in its group behind puny Ecuador, having suffered a humiliating thrashing by Argentina in a qualification match in March. Work
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WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkUsha Vance: husband's pick as Trump running mate came 'like a bolt of lightning' At one point in the conversation, McCain revealed that she was expecting a third child - a boy - and asked Vance to "share with me and women in America why having three kids is good". Vance congratulated McCain warmly, and described how her children operated as a "pack", playing together and taking care of each other. She assured McCain that the transition from two to three children was "shockingly, the easiest of all". 
WorkWorkWorkTrump Mobile drops its 'made in the USA' claims The Verge also noticed that some of the specs for the ostentatious gold smartphone have changed. The listed screen size has shrunk from 6.78 inches to 6.25 inches, and there's no longer any information about RAM. The phone is also offering a more general "later this year" availability time frame rather than promising to arrive in September. Despite walking back the loud promises made about the device, it seems unlikely the changes will matter to anybody who wants to buy this thing. 
WorkWorkWorkWorkNovo Nordisk, seen as lagging in obesity drug race, says it's playing the long game At the American Diabetes Association meeting in Chicago this week, Novo executives argued the company is not falling behind. Studies have yet to show the full weight loss potential of next-generation candidates such as CagriSema and amycretin, they said. And, they added, Novo is focused on developing treatments that can offer consumers a range of options besides maximizing their weight loss, depending on how fast people want to lose weight, how willing they are to tolerate certain side effects, and what other diseases they want to address. 
WorkWorkPS Plus Monthly games for July include Diablo 4 and Jusant Sony still isn't sharing PS Plus subscriber numbers, though it told Game File that the Premium tier has grown by 18 percent over the last year. Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hideaki Nishino recently said that PS Plus price increases are "partly a result of increasing value we bring to the players" and that they hadn't slowed down subscriptions. The company still has no plans to offer its own games on the service on their release date, unlike Xbox does with Game Pass, though it will continue to add some third-party games to PS Plus on day one. WorkIts not just the cities. Extreme heat is a growing threat to rural America. Summer has officially begun with a blast of scorching temperatures across much of the United States. The National Weather Service is warning of extremely dangerous heat baking 160 million people under a heat dome stretching from the Midwest to the East Coast the rest of this week. Its already proven fatal. Work
WorkWorkShell in early talks to acquire rival BP - WSJ (No paywall) Talks between company representatives are active, the people said, and BP is considering the approach carefully. Acquiring BP would put Shell on firmer footing to challenge larger competitors such as Exxon Mobil and Chevron. It would be a landmark combination of two so-called supermajor oil companies, a group of multinational behemoths that dominate the production of the worlds most important energy sources. |
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