Interesting Links for 20-10-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Leading OpenAI researcher announced a GPT-5 math breakthrough that never happened

(tags:maths AI )

2. Something from "space" may have just struck a United Airlines flight over Utah

(tags:airplanes space )

3. Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels (from 150 to 50,000)

(tags:whales Australia GoodNews )

4. 10% more people support the UK railways being "publicly owned" than support them being "run by the government"

(tags:polls language trains )

5. Take an elevator to space and see what you can see

(tags:space earth )

Comments

#4 language

[mellowtigger]

My brain immediately asked me, "What? How are those terms actually different?" Then I read the article. Interesting. In a sense, I suppose they suggest slightly different contexts of accountability for the same thing.

Re: #4 language

[andrewducker]

There are definitely different ways that accountability can be set up.