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Each day's edition as it ran, re-verified, with its cartoons. Members read every story in full; sources and corrections stay open to everyone.

Daily editions

  1. AI illustration for: Anthropic says Claude discovered a CRISPR-like enzyme system. Its own post says the function is not yet known, The Next Web reports all ten reruns of the search missed the array, and a Copenhagen researcher says his unpublished work describes the same finding.
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    Check the verb.3 stories
  2. AI illustration for: Anthropic's AI applied for U.S. visas, the headlines say. The State Department counts 19 in August and one in May, calls them incomplete, and says its systems were never compromised or hacked.
    AI illustration
    Read the definition.3 stories
  3. AI illustration for: The Independent says Anthropic will ban users who bully Claude. Anthropic's own post says Claude ending the chat stays the primary enforcement.
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    Read the next line.4 stories
  4. AI illustration for: Google calls EmbeddingGemma 2 best-in-class for its size. The 9.92-point code gain, from 68.76 to 78.68, is the lab's own measurement.
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    Graded at home.3 stories
  5. A man in a dark suit stands at a podium marked OPENAI, one hand raised, beside a tall stack of papers with LEAN on the side.
    AI illustration
    Read past the headline.4 stories
  6. A woman in a white coat holds a cream tube at a counter while a man in a dark suit stands beside her, with a three-step ladder on the right.
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    Read past the headline.3 stories
  7. A glass display case with a red ribbon across the front, and a wall calendar with one date circled in red.
    AI illustration
    Read past the headline.3 stories
  8. A blindfolded robot walks through a desert canyon past a green creature, with a long paper scroll trailing behind it.
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    Check what the machine was given.4 stories
  9. A small hummingbird-like robot carries a cardboard box past a person at a service window, with a white van outside.
    AI illustration
    Read the document, not the headline.3 stories
  10. A man in a dark suit stands at a podium facing a large screen that shows a crowd with their arms raised.
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    Read past the verb in the headline.3 stories
  11. A white robot at a wooden desk points at a wall calendar, with a computer monitor beside it.
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    Ask who actually showed the work.3 stories
  12. Three runners in blue, red, and green cross a stadium finish line side by side.
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    Check who keeps the score.4 stories
  13. A robot and a man in a dark suit sit across a green table with playing cards, the robot holding a fan of cards.
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    Check what it is compared to.4 stories
  14. A person in a dark suit points at a large screen showing a line trending down, with a red arrow pointing down beside the chart.
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    Read the fine print.3 stories
  15. A man in a dark suit gestures toward a silver server rack, beside a red circle and slash over a bug.
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    Ask for the replay.4 stories
  16. Three scenes side by side: a robot at a computer with a shield, a hand on a computer mouse, and a columned building under an American flag.
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    Read the second sentence.4 stories
  17. A hand holds a red stamp reading DENIED over a document, with a gavel and a small stack of coins on the desk.
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    Ask who gets paid, and against what.4 stories
  18. Read the logs, not the label.4 stories
  19. Less hype. More perspective.5 stories
  20. Ask which harness, which month, which role.5 stories
  21. A robot in a dark suit holds a tablet in front of a large screen of code, with a red warning triangle beside it.
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    Read the fine print before the headline verb.3 stories
  22. A large gold coin marked with a dollar sign towers over a much smaller stack of gold coins.
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    Read the definition before you repeat the number.4 stories

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