Nearly four million homes and businesses in the South are without power as Helene makes landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Florida. / Associated Press
Conservative purists may hope a Trump defeat will end Trumpism, but the GOP is likely to remain ruled “by, and for reactionary business interests and social conservatives.“ / Vox
Regardless of any reduction in emissions, climate change will raise the sea level of Pacific Island nations by at least six inches in the next 30 years. / NASA
See also: The climate has changed many times and in many ways over the past 485 million years, but never as quickly as what's happening right now. / The Washington Post [+]
The Secret Service spent $50,000 on AI and won't say why. / 404 Media
Households in the US can now order more free Covid tests. / USPS
“No billionaires will fund work like this because there's no money in it.” The Jet Propulsion Laboratory does amazing things; equally amazing is that JPL even exists. / The Washington Post [+]
With the news that OpenAI is moving to a for-profit model, its stated mission to develop artificial intelligence safely and transparently is no more. / Vox
Why is generative AI being shoehorned into every software product? Because businesses need you to keep paying for a thing, and it's a new thing to pay for. / Where's Your Ed At?
An exoskeleton company's refusal to repair a $20 battery left their customer, a man paralyzed from the waist down, unable to walk. / 404 Media
Using advanced machine learning, researchers were able to solve 100 percent of Google's CAPTCHA challenges. / Decrypt
“A real-world contrarian could not have written the piece: it was completely predictable, littered with complaints about the artist's inflated reputation and dodgy brushwork.” AI cannot bring Brian Sewell back to life. / New Statesman
Eighty-five years after a misspelled plaque was installed at Poets' Corner in Westminster, the dots have finally been added to the Brontë sisters' names. / The Guardian
To unlock why Greenland sharks can live 400 years, scientists study its DNA and reveal about twice as many base pairs as in humans. / The New York Times [+]
“It was stupid, immature and amateur to keep going forward when I still had the energy to get back.” How a hiker survived a month in the North Cascades without food or shelter. / Cascadia Daily News
Analyzing the evolution of baseball's perfect lineup. / The Pudding