As we honor America’s veterans, another global battle is taking shape over artificial intelligence. The question isn’t who builds it first but whose values it will follow.
War in the Middle East: On Sept. 18, Israel detonated thousands of walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah fighters. The devices were booby-trapped in advance by Israeli intelligence and delivered to Lebanon as part of Hezbollah’s emergency communications system. This was just a day after Israeli forces detonated thousands of pagers used by the group. I’m digging deep to learn how this worked and will let you know what I find out.
$10 million
That’s what someone paid for the original Hermès Birkin prototype. Yes, just the prototype Hermès crafted in 1984 after Jane Birkin sketched it on an airline barf bag when complaining about basket bags on a flight. Oh, after an intense 20-minute bidding war? A two-minute standing ovation.
165% surge
In exterminator searches in the U.S., compared to 2023. Across the country, people are waging war with pests. Three times as many Yelp searches for cockroach exterminators have been completed than at this time last year. According to Yelp, California has the biggest rat problem. Bet you thought it was New York.
Deepfake AI Gaza horror
Are the images you’re seeing of the Israel-Hamas war real? Here’s what you need to know.