Trust AI?

What If We Can Never Trust A.I.?
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/what-if-we-can-never-trust-ai
Like humans, the technology will never be perfect. The question is what imperfections we’re willing to tolerate. 

Spain's Migrant Crisis

When Following the Rules Leads to Disaster
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/ceuta-morocco-crisis-immigration/688149/
A supreme-court decision helped cause the Ceuta disaster.
 
Schengen’s Greatest Failure
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/migration-splitting-europe-apart/688137/
The Ceuta crisis is undermining an agreement designed to foster “solidarity.” 

Investors Get a Dose of Reality

Humbling times for markets
https://www.ft.com/content/e41dadef-c473-48ff-9fa5-30b56d40af34
Investors finally show signs of growing weary of the painfully obvious nonsense.
 
Inside the Meltdown of a Wunderkind’s A.I. Hedge Fund
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/business/situational-awareness-leopold-aschenbrenner.html
Situational Awareness, led by a 24-year-old, exploded onto the artificial intelligence scene — and then nose-dived.
 
How A.I. Mania Turned This Stock Market Into a ‘Version of Squid Game’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/business/korea-stocks-chips-kospi.html
South Korea’s KOSPI index has swung wildly because of both the enthusiasm and anxiety related to investing in the global artificial intelligence boom.  

There’s no escape from the AI whipsaw
https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/theres-no-escape-ai-whipsaw-2026-07-31/