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Stop worrying about my AI, says multibillionaire Sam Altman. So we bear the risks and he keeps the money | Chris Stokel-Walker

OpenAI’s CEO seems to want to privatise his company’s huge financial gains while making all of us pay for any negative consequences, says author Chris Stokel-Walker

6 Oct 20261 min read

The baseball field and spectators at T-Mobile Park in Seattle

From bidets to baseball magic: How Munetaka Murakami and his teammates revived the Chicago White Sox

It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that the Chicago White Sox used to stink. Enter Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami.

6 Oct 20261 min read

Will London have a Super League team next season? We still don’t know

The Broncos demolished the second tier, winning 26 of their 27 games, but promotion is not only decided on the pitch By No Helmets Required Two years ago this week, London...

6 Oct 20261 min read

The Register that shatters the myth of Britain’s role in profiting from enslavement

In this month’s newsletter: for Caribbean scholars, the evidence of how deeply slavery shaped Britain’s wealth has never been in doubt. Plus, heritage walks in Manchester

6 Oct 20261 min read

Pedro Sánchez is a master of the political comeback. But calling a snap election in Spain may be a gamble too far | Paolo Gerbaudo

A thriving economy, a model green transition, social advances – Spain’s PM shouldn’t be in trouble. Yet he is, and it’s a lesson for progressives everywhere To progressives...

6 Oct 20262 min read

Benin prepare for 'historic' role in Messi's Argentina farewell

A tiny west African nation, Benin will be the final opponent of Lionel Messi's international career when they face Argentina in Buenos Aires' Estadio Monumental.

6 Oct 20261 min read

JD Vance and Ted Cruz are fighting for control of the GOP. The problem? Neither is called Trump | Arwa Mahdawi

Having seemingly written off the midterms, the Republican bigwigs are making their pitches for 2028. But the current commander-in-chief could be looking closer to home, writes...

6 Oct 20261 min read

Politics

Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000

Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities

6 Oct 20261 min read

Mega-merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery takes effect

On Tuesday morning, the new company named Skydance began trading on the NYSE, creating one of the largest media companies in the world . Skydance promoted the merger as a good...

6 Oct 20261 min read

Politics

UK to make last-ditch effort to stop Israel closing East Jerusalem consulate

Israel has threatened to close the consulate, which handles UK relations with Palestinians in the city, over British sanctions on Israeli settlements.

6 Oct 20261 min read

South Korea’s golden boys and a muddle over military service

In his 1965 song Draft Dodger Rag, Phil Ochs detailed the occasionally ludicrous lengths some young American men went to avoid conscription to the military. While he listed...

6 Oct 20261 min read

US stocks hit record high, shrugging off bond market turmoil

The artificial intelligence boom keeps rolling, sending stocks to record highs: The S&P 500 rose 0.7% on Tuesday and hit 7,830 points, an all-time high and its first intraday...

6 Oct 20261 min read

Pete Songi on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s legal action against the police – cartoon

Buckingham Palace has made it clear that it will not fund the former Duke of York’s bid to quash search warrants that led to his arrest in February

6 Oct 20261 min read

Paramount completes acquisition of Warner Bros to form new media empire Skydance

David Ellison and ex-Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz to oversee both film studios, HBO Max, CNN and CBS News as co-executives Paramount completed its $111bn acquisition of Warner Bros...

6 Oct 20261 min read