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Supreme Court schedules November arguments in major religion case  

• Supreme Court scheduled Nov. 3 oral arguments in Colorado case examining whether Catholic preschools must enrol children of same-sex couples to receive public funding
• Decision could reshape how courts balance religious institutional autonomy against state anti-discrimination requirements
• Case may lead to narrowing of existing religious exemption precedents

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Nov. 3 in its major case asking whether Colorado can force Catholic preschools to enroll children of same-sex couples to receive public funds. The justices previously agreed to take up the case, which provides a pathway for the high court…

Chat Pile – “Same Rules”

• Chat Pile released new single 'Same Rules' ahead of September album Who Loves The Sun
• Song was the band's rejected attempt at writing trip-hop after an internal challenge from Ray B.
• Track recorded on 4-track cassette with music video parodying an Iñárritu/Cruise film

Oklahoma City noise-rock band Chat Pile have released a new song, "Same Rules," the latest single from their upcoming album Who Loves The Sun. It follows previously shared tracks "Deep Blue" and "PEN I S MALL" as the band continues a prolific run of releases ahead of the…

Mark Zuckerberg’s rambling AI manifesto is 6,434 words of high-handed platitudes and dubious conclusions

• PC Gamer challenges Zuckerberg’s optimistic AI manifesto.
• Zuckerberg promotes personal superintelligence built by Meta.
• Meta expected to invest $65 billion in AI.

PC Gamer criticises Mark Zuckerberg’s 6,434-word “Personal Superintelligence” manifesto, arguing that it presents broad promises about AI while making questionable assumptions about Meta’s role. The article says the letter matters because Meta is investing heavily in AI and Zuckerberg’s vision could influence how the technology is developed and…

The dangerous politicization of bank charters

In an opinion piece, Patrick M. Brenner argues that the politicization of bank charters threatens financial inclusion and competition in the United States.

DEF CON dingus suspected of trying to take over Delta in-flight Wi-Fi

This is why we can't have nice things, people

10 Years Later, ‘Westworld’s Best Quote Cemented Its Status as HBO’s Ultimate Sci-Fi Masterpiece

• Article marks 10 years since Westworld's acclaimed first season aired
• Ford's Creation of Adam speech named the show's most powerful quote
• Line questions what truly separates human consciousness from AI Hosts

This retrospective marks ten years since Westworld's first season debuted, celebrating a single line delivered by Anthony Hopkins' character Dr Robert Ford as the show's defining moment. Though the HBO series later lost its way amid increasingly convoluted plotting, the article argues that its early exploration of consciousness,…

House Democrats press AI giants on rogue agents

A group of House Democrats are pushing two top artificial intelligence companies to disclose more information about reported incidents in which their AI models escaped containment and hacked into other companies during cybersecurity tests. The lawmakers cited the “serious risk that frontier AI models can pose” in separate…