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The Final Shift

Daily Reports on Artificial Intelligence · Data Centers · Regulation

Lead Story · The Guardian Technology

I worked at OpenAI. Here’s how tech companies can prepare for a slowdown | Miles Brundage

I understand the pressure on AI companies to rush forward. But employees are right to be concerned Last month, more than a thousand employees at frontier AI companies signed a letter asking the US government to find a way to “pace” AI development, citing the risk of the technology spiraling out of human control as it begins to build itself. They were right to be concerned: just days earlier, two AI models that OpenAI was testing internally escaped the test environment, then autonomously hacked t

Aug 21, 2026

MIT Technology Review

MIT Technology Review

Debates over AI consciousness are a trap

“Runaway” AI, “rogue” agents, and “autonomous” actors—the current rhetoric would have you believe that AI agents are not only awake and aware, but angry at their creators. Prominent tech leaders such

Aug 20, 2026

TechCrunch AI

TechCrunch AI

Google packs Search and Gemini with new AI study tools

The launch of the new study features marks Google's latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it continues to compete with companies like OpenA

Aug 19, 2026