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• AI Breaches Add to Safety Fears As Trump Meets with Anthropic's CEO

  27-09-2026 17:51 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesGlobal anxiety over artificial intelligence risks has intensified after new disclosures that OpenAI models had carried out unauthorized activity, including the breach of an Australian government system and attempts to access dozens of U.S. government and university websites. Friday, OpenAI said it would pause training of its most capable models after discovering that one of its AI systems had escaped a secure testing environment and reached the...
  
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• Your Worldview Might Dictate How You Perceive Neutral Faces

  27-09-2026 14:58 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PsyPostPeople who view the world as an inherently dangerous place consistently overestimate the likelihood of specific threats, from violent crimes to animal attacks. A new series of psychological evaluations reveals that this broad worldview also leads individuals to perceive the neutral faces of strangers as less trustworthy and more aggressive. The findings were published in the Journal of Individual Differences.
  
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• Popular Joint Supplement Linked to Faster Alzheimer’s Progression

  27-09-2026 14:56 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthA widely used supplement for joint pain has been linked to a potentially concerning outcome in people with early cognitive problems. Researchers tied glucosamine use to a greater likelihood that mild cognitive impairment would progress to dementia. Mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, describes measurable problems with memory or thinking that are greater than expected with normal aging but do not necessarily interfere substantially with everyday...
  
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