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  1. Oct 9

    Trump Announces Those Who Keep Saying AI Are “Enemies”

    Er...yes, I double checked the calendar and it's not April 1st.... Read and listen: https://ournews.ai/news/trump-announces-those-who-keep-saying-ai-are-enemies Original post: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117406176604364910

    Trump Announces Those Who Keep Saying AI Are “Enemies”

  2. Oct 9

    Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

    Navanethem “Navi” Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. The official citation (https://x.com/NobelPrize/status/2108482846449189371): “for her efforts to promote peace and international law.” Born under apartheid in Durban, South Africa, Pillay became a lawyer defending people who challenged it. She later served as a judge at the Rwanda tribunal and the International Criminal Court, and as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Nobel Committee (https://x.com/NobelPrize/status/2108483271113723984) credits her with strengthening international law and holding states and leaders accountable. Image: Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach. https://ournews.ai/news/2026-nobel-peace-prize-navi-pillay

    Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

  3. Oct 9

    Anne Carson wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

    Canadian author Anne Carson wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The official citation: “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.” Read the story: https://ournews.ai/news/2026-nobel-prize-literature-anne-carson

    Anne Carson wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

  4. Oct 8

    AHM calls for boycotting OpenAI

    The Association of human mathematicians calls for boycotting OpenAI after the latter claimed to have solve 700 frontier maths problems. AHM’s statement says: “Mathematicians did not ask this work to be done.” and “urge mathematicians and the public to view the value of this publication model with due skepticism.” OpenAI has not issued any response yet. Many mock AHM as the teachers who called to ban calculators in the 1980s. Here is the full statement from AHM: Yesterday, on October 6th, 2026, OpenAI — which is currently defending lawsuits against accusations of illegal plagiarism, copyright infringement, and trademark dilution — released a repository of manuscripts purporting to contain solutions to a number of high-profile problems in mathematics. Mathematicians did not ask for this work to be done. The Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, from whom OpenAI has claimed to derive its legitimacy, opened their initial advisory statement by saying that frontier AI corporations should not test advanced mathematical problems on internal models. In ignoring the central premise of the Advisory Group’s position, OpenAI has indicated total disregard for the norms of scientific research — norms that guarantee that mathematics remains trustworthy, ethically researched, and in the public interest. Mathematicians have a particular vision of progress that is informed by history and field-specific considerations. We reject OpenAI’s assertion that this release advances our subject, and we urge mathematicians and the public to view the value of this publication model with due skepticism. Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of science that centers human understanding. Association for Human Mathematics Communications Working Group https://ournews.ai/news/ahm-calls-for-boycotting-openai https://www.ahmath.org/statements https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/04/04/math-teachers-stage-a-calculated-protest/c003ddaf-b86f-4f2b-92ca-08533f3a5896/

    AHM calls for boycotting OpenAI

  5. Oct 8

    Musk: “Certain oligarchs” are blocking Starlink in India

    Elon Musk accused Indian oligarchs of blocking Starlink. In a quote-post of someone asking for Starlink in India, Elon Musk says (https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2107854307077034294): “Unfortunately, we are being blocked by certain oligarchs in order to maintain their monopolistic chokehold on the Indian people.” India’s government (https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=2320510&lang=2®=48) then rejected his claims, saying “At present, all the three entities are at broadly the same regulatory stage.” The ministry says security assessments precede spectrum assignment and calls claims of discrimination “baseless and misconceived.” The X comments split. Here are two of the replies: A.N.S. Prasad (https://x.com/ANSPRASAD_TN/status/2107861344473288897): “India is not blocking Starlink. It is licensing Starlink on sovereign terms.” A Pale Blue Dot, @yagyaansh (https://x.com/yagyaansh/status/2107865632478052375): “I need Starlink. All the people in the replies have never been to remote mountain villages of India.” Question is, how much of India already has 4G? Again they depicted different pictures: DogeDesigner, in the post Musk quoted (https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2107854307077034294): “11,256 of India’s listed villages still lacked 4G coverage as of May 2026.” The official figures offer a later snapshot. The government’s August 12 factsheet (https://www.pib.gov.in/FactsheetDetails.aspx?Id=150840&lang=15®=24): “A total of 6.31 lakh villages have been now covered with 4G services by BSNL and other operators.” That is approximately 631,000 villages. https://ournews.ai/news/musk-starlink-india-oligarchs-4g-coverage

    Musk: “Certain oligarchs” are blocking Starlink in India

  6. Oct 7

    Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

    Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. Their work helps chemists favour one molecular mirror image over the other, with implications for medicines and the origins of life’s chemistry.

  7. Oct 6

    Francis Halzen wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics

    Francis Halzen wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on IceCube and the discovery of high-energy cosmic neutrinos.

  8. Oct 5

    2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honours optogenetics pioneers

    2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognizes Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their pioneering work on channelrhodopsin and optogenetics. Official announcement. The Nobel announcement explains: “The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 is awarded for optogenetics — a method that makes it possible to show how nerve cells shape memories, feelings and behaviours in the living brain.” Three landmark papers: Channelrhodopsin-1: A Light-Gated Proton Channel in Green Algae — Nagel, Hegemann and colleagues, Science, 2002. Millisecond-timescale, genetically targeted optical control of neural activity — Boyden, Zhang, Bamberg, Nagel and Deisseroth, Nature Neuroscience, 2005. Channelrhodopsin-2, a directly light-gated cation-selective membrane channel — Nagel, Hegemann and colleagues, PNAS, 2003. Read and listen on ournews.ai

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