The Reason AI Experts Are Scared it Might Kill Us All – DTNS 5350

It’s a small chance, but still. At least autonomous vehicles are safer for us. And poor Instagram. Making it “safer” makes it less fun.

Starring: Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane

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Show Notes

OpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directors


https://x.com/paulfchristiano/status/2097733214303645729
https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-researcher-quits-jacob-coxon-ai-fears-humanity/
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/09/newsom-signs-ai-safety-bills-backed-by-anthropic-openai-01069928
https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-mandatory-national-ai-safety-requirements-congress
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/10/anthropic-reveals-fourth-likely-crime-committed-by-its-ai/5295412
https://thenextweb.com/news/anthropic-alignment-assessment-cybersecurity-incidents-481-million-transcripts
https://thenextweb.com/news/mosseri-instagram-algorithm-opt-out-engagement-australia
https://theconversation.com/the-netherlands-forced-meta-to-let-users-ditch-algorithmic-feeds-heres-what-happened-291545

The Growing Proof That Autonomous Cars Save Lives: Self-driving tech could prevent 580,000 deaths every year
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https://spectrum.ieee.org/are-self-driving-cars-safe
https://thenextweb.com/news/lg-smart-tv-acr-denial-industry-standard-eu
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/lg-strongly-denies-tv-security-claims-says-tracking-and-snooping-concerns-not-true-online-investigation-claims-216-000-000-spy-tvs-record-audio
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/lg-denies-its-televisions-record-ambient-conversations-for-ad-targeting/
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-announces-big-customer-appreciation-sale-supported-by-tariff-refunds-it-doesnt-want-to-pay-back-to-players-2000733198
https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/09/10/laptop-slinger-framework-refunding-customers-who-paid-top-dollar-for-ram/5295439
https://thenextweb.com/news/nasa-ibm-lunar-foundation-model-open-source
https://www.engadget.com/2254569/nasa-ibm-ai-model-moon/

Apple Just Raised the Price of All Current iPhone Models


https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/09/09/apples-new-iphone-cases-include-a-129-folio-for-iphone-duo
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/09/applecare-one-family-plan/

Honor Magic 9 Pro Max melds a classic ARRI camera with an iPhone-like look, launches this month


https://www.androidauthority.com/vivo-x500-pro-max-images-telephoto-extender-3709123/
https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/hideo-kojima-physint-game-xbox-playstation-1236855372/

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Put on 'Leave of Absence'
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Automattic’s board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence

Microsoft closes the book on Publisher and unplugs Project Online
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https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/09/microsoft-closes-the-book-on-publisher-and-unplugs-project-online/5295205
https://thenextweb.com/news/zuckoff-app-detects-meta-smart-glasses-bluetooth
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/umg-elevenlabs-ai-powered-music-platform-licensing-1236857240/
https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2026/09/ikea-releases-skyrim-mod-featuring-matt.html