THE MORGUE, MINUS THE COBWEBS

PAST EDITIONS

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SEP. 16, 2026

Universal sues DistroKid over alleged infringement and AI spam

The complaint—not a verdict—draws a line between clearly disclosed AI-assisted music and allegedly deceptive mass uploads. Australia’s copyright proposal, the industry’s unenforced safety consensus, and two big power stories join the desks.

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SEP. 14, 2026

Music distributors adopt a voluntary anti-fraud checkpoint for the AI era

The new Streaming Integrity Initiative leads with stronger identity, rights, and content checks—but no blanket ban on AI-assisted music. Frontier slowdown pledges face an enforcement test, and a UK committee proposes a comprehensive AI law.

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SEP. 13, 2026

Frontier AI leaders call for speed limits—but have not stopped racing

Dario Amodei’s call to pace capability development leads with a concrete evaluator-access pledge, two harder coordination proposals, and a clear label on his dramatic forecast. AI-assisted ballot matching and the mathematics community’s wider concerns join the desks.

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SEP. 12, 2026

OpenAI’s math claim faces a research-credit and data-use dispute

The edition separates mathematical validation from disputed questions about collaboration, credit, and training data. Anthropic’s reports on attempted weapons misuse and boundary-crossing security tests join the three desks.

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SEP. 10, 2026

Senators demand records on OpenAI’s rogue-agent incident

Formal congressional inquiries led—with every accusation labeled as an allegation. The edition also checked the Navier–Stokes claim, listened to Suno v6 outside its demo, and explained why Windows had a giant patch month.

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