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Sam Altman is pumping the brakes on any OpenAI stock market debut, telling Fortune magazine that going public in two thousand twenty six would be, in his words, ill-advised. He cited ongoing safety concerns, and in the same breath acknowledged it is absolutely possible to build an AI beyond human control — a candid admission from the man steering the most watched company in tech.
On the geopolitical front, the United States has linked Chinese commercial satellite imagery to an Iranian strike that killed American troops. The allegation raises pointed questions about how dual-use space technology flows between nations, and what responsibility satellite operators bear when their data ends up in a weapons targeting chain.
And in a quieter but consequential corner of the internet, a networking standard called L four S is gaining attention. It promises dramatically lower latency for online applications by rethinking how data packets signal congestion. For anyone who games, streams, or video calls, the plumbing underneath your connection may be about to get a meaningful upgrade.
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