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Today's topics:

OpenAI safety split widens - Former OpenAI researcher David Robinson says frontier AI is being developed without enough safety discipline, while Yann LeCun argues extinction fears are overblown. The contrast shows how divided AI leaders remain on risk, regulation, and alignment.

AI agents need better guardrails - Simon Willison says cloud and API services should default to hard budget caps, especially as coding agents can trigger surprise bills. Another essay argues AI agents need living documentation, not vague 'memory' systems built on retrieval and embeddings.

Valve revives older AMD GPUs - Valve engineer Timur Kristóf has helped bring older AMD GCN GPUs onto the modern AMDGPU stack on Linux. That means better Vulkan support, improved gaming performance, and longer useful life for aging hardware.

French court blocks Rodin scans - Cosmo Wenman lost his long legal fight to access the Rodin Museum's public 3D scans after France's top administrative court ruled against disclosure. The case is a major setback for open culture, digital heritage, and reuse of public-domain works.

The trades hype meets reality - A widely shared argument that the trades are an easy high-paying, AI-proof alternative to college is being challenged. The article points to wage realities, physical risk, and limited access to top union jobs as key missing context.

A kidney reaches 100 years - Ray Vetuskey is marking the 100th birthday of the kidney his mother donated to him, a transplant that has lasted decades beyond typical expectations. The story is a striking reminder of the impact of organ donation and long-term medical success.

-Why services should default to hard budget caps
-Valve’s Timur Kristóf Improves Support for Old AMD GPUs on Linux
-Why Becoming an Electrician Is Not a Simple Career Fix
-OpenAI Whistleblower Says the Company’s Safety Culture Is Broken
-France’s Top Court Rejects Access to Rodin Museum 3D Scans
-Agents Don’t Need Memory — They Need Documentation
-Webster Man Honors Mother’s Kidney 100 Years After Her Birth
-FTL: A New Operating System for Clouds
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