I'm hearing from experts around the world about what the destruction of USAID is meaning: "a global health massacre," in the words of a doctor who has devoted her life to humanitarian work on the front lines. Millions of malnourished children left to starve. Pregnant women not

Elon Musk Jon Favreau Atul Gawande People are currently contracting HIV who otherwise wouldn't have because of the PEPFAR freeze alone. This includes nearly 2k babies. Even if no one has died so far (which probably isn't true), over ten thousand people are already going to die as a result of freezing just PEPFAR.

One of the most distressing things I've learned since leaving OpenAI is how many people think something along the lines of: "Anthropic seems to care about safety - so Anthropic 'winning' is a good strategy to make AI go well." No. It's not, at all, + thinking that is cope.

This is old, but it’s relevant now: A JFK conspiracy theorist dies and arrives in heaven, where God is there to receive him. “Welcome,” God said. “You are allowed to ask me one question, and I will answer honestly.” Without hesitating, the conspiracy theorist asks, “Who really

Longview is a great place to work. Nuclear weapons are dangerous. We're hiring: longview.org/careers/nuclea…

IMO, there are five problems with the Jeffrey Goldberg leak. 1) Talk about military operations that, if compromised, would have involved threat to mission/U.S. naval aviator lives. Only Goldberg self-censorship avoided compromise of Top Secret planning/operational insights. 1/5

E14: Dragon orbits the poles, global happiness, it's free trade, stupid, next generation GLP-1 drugs, and much more: The Up Wing theupwing.com/edition14/ “They say 'money can't buy happiness', but it unquestionably buys the things that provide happiness.”

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gutting of USIP and Wilson Center is so totally needless:

A new legal letter aimed at OpenAI lays out in stark terms the money and power grab OpenAI is trying to trick its board members into accepting — what one analyst calls "the theft of the millennium." The simple facts of the case are both devastating and darkly hilarious. I'll

OpenAI spent many of the past years talking about how their non-profit is important for their mission, fundraising and recruiting on that basis. Now they want to transition to a for-profit, swapping social good for profit. Great thread from Rob lays out the stakes.

So OpenAI just said it’s no longer going for-profit and the non-profit will 'retain control'. But don't declare victory yet. OpenAI may actually be continuing with almost the same plan & hoping they can trick us into thinking they've stopped! Or perhaps not. I'll explain: 1/

One does wish all this were discussed more— Asterisk estimates that cuts to five USAID health programmes will kill between 500k and 1.1m people over the next year. asteriskmag.substack.com/p/forecast-ser…

Thrilled to share the launch of our new lab! In an increasingly complex world, uncertainty is running high. Our lab focuses on nuclear and AI-futures using a future-forward toolkit. Grateful to work with brilliant minds on challenges that matter. #Futures