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As of Sat 12 Sept 2026 · 21 stories · Source: Daily Newsletter Digest

Saturday 12 September 2026

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  1. 01 · Business Insider

    Is an AI apocalypse coming? We asked senior AI researchers

    Senior researchers describe two routes to catastrophe: AI amplifying a human attacker now, and people handing over decision authority later.

    AI

  2. 02 · Business Insider

    AI workers turn an extinction warning into a copy-and-paste meme

    The extinction warning became a meme inside the industry, and a warning about AI's threat doubles as an advertisement for its power.

    AI

  3. 03 · Stratechery

    OpenAI Does Math, Reward-Hacking, Meta Launches Personal Agent

    Further reading from the day's section on the AI risk debate moving from abstraction to policy.

    AI

  4. 04 · Puck

    Google's Supermodel Problem: can it still win the AI race?

    Further reading from the day's section on AI risk: whether Google can still win the model race.

    AI

  5. 05 · Vox

    Trump, Iran, gas prices and the Republican midterm convention

    August CPI held at 3.4% with core goods accelerating, and Trump's two-hour Dallas keynote never mentioned inflation, rent or housing.

    Housing

  6. 06 · Vox

    The Logoff: Trump's midterm convention in Dallas

    Trump closed the Dallas convention repeating his $5,000 dividend promise, drawing backlash from his own party's fiscal conservatives.

  7. 07 · Vox

    The GOP is running on Islamophobia in 2026

    In Dallas, Ted Cruz cast communism and Islamism as allied against Republicans while naming Mamdani, El-Sayed and Talarico.

  8. 08 · Puck

    Will Kimmel Cut His Budget to Save His Show?

    Disney opened Jimmy Kimmel's contract talks with one condition: the show's budget comes down.

  9. 09 · Puck

    McAfee of the Universe: ESPN's $60M bet on edgy TV

    Pat McAfee's $60 million-a-year ESPN deal remains unsigned.

  10. 10 · Business Insider

    Jimmy Kimmel is beefing with Trump's FCC again

    Kimmel's interview with James Talarico went to YouTube instead of ABC as the FCC pressed early license renewals and equal-time rules.

  11. 11 · Marketing Brew

    Ball's out of your court

    Further reading from the day's section on advertising moving into doctors' waiting rooms and the patient data behind it.

  12. 12 · The Athletic

    The decline of LIV Golf: from April's funding loss to September's bankruptcy

    LIV Golf's bankruptcy filings list IMG as the top unsecured vendor creditor and a first $14M draw on a Saudi PIF loan.

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  1. 13 · Defector

    The State Of The U.S. Open Is The State Of Us

    Giri Nathan's diagnosis of the Open: everything is phone, everything is gambling, as a semifinal ticket fell to $28.

    Sports betting

  2. 14 · Front Office Sports

    Kawhi Leonard saga: the federal probe

    The DOJ opened a criminal investigation into the Clippers' alleged off-cap payments to Kawhi Leonard.

  3. 15 · The Athletic

    NFL's Australia debut draws 100,021 fans

    The NFL drew 100,021 to the Melbourne Cricket Ground for its first regular-season game in Australia.

  4. 16 · Front Office Sports

    NFL launches content partnership with The Athletic

    Further reading from the day's sports business section.

  5. 17 · Defector

    How an unsubtle 9/11 tribute was added to Sam Raimi's Spider-Man

    The Queensboro Bridge scene, explained, on the 25th anniversary of the attacks.

  6. 18 · Business Insider

    Cantor Fitzgerald marks 25 years since 9/11

    An essay by someone who joined the firm the year after the attacks.

  7. 19 · The Athletic

    Billy Vigar lost his life playing football. His parents want justice

    His parents' first interview since their son's death.

  8. 20 · Puck

    France's new US ambassador is stuck in limbo

    A diplomatic standoff over a tweet has left the posting unresolved.

  9. 21 · Stratechery

    The iPhone Duo, the intelligent personal hub, Apple Watch audio intelligence

    Further reading on Apple's new hardware from the day's reading list.

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