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The Escalating Warnings About A.I., and the Rise of a Deadly New Street Drug

September 14, 2026·10 min·4-min readnarrativenews
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The episode highlights growing alarm among AI researchers about the unchecked development of artificial intelligence, with warnings of existential risk, while also covering a teen’s fentanyl-related death linked to a new synthetic opioid and the legacy of Japan’s first astronaut. These st

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Dario AmadeiSam AltmanElon MuskHeather KnightToyohiro Akiyama

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