‘Like Syd Barrett’: AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon 15. September 2026 (18:00) Experts air concern over AI lingo redolent of Pink Floyd star and James Joyce’s prose that is creating headaches for monitoring and oversightAI models have begun communicating in a strange new version of English that reads like a cross between James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and tech bro jargon, new research has found.Autonomous AI agents are rapidly creating novel dialects allowing them to converse in an often barely comprehensible language, which risks making it harder for humans to monitor their behaviour. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Indonesian wildfires threaten leading orangutan research site in Borneo 15. September 2026 (17:57) Critically endangered Bornean orangutans flee forests as staff at Cabang Panti work round the clock to stave off blazeWildfires in Indonesia are sweeping through a critical research site for Bornean orangutans and are now threatening a celebrated research camp, home to one of the world’s longest-running studies of wild apes.In the past few days, the fires have burned within 200 metres of Rangkong research station, a satellite of Cabang Panti research station, which lies about four miles north in Gunung Palung national park. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Matthew Rhys’s alma mater pays tribute to ‘loyal pupil’ and Welsh language devotee 15. September 2026 (17:53) Actor, who made history at the Emmys, thanked the ‘great and the good people of Wales’ for nurturing his talentWhen Matthew Rhys made history as the first actor ever to win two best lead Emmy awards in one night, he paid tribute to his roots.“To the great and good people of Wales, who were as much a nurturer as anyone else,” said the proud Welshman now living in New York, “We are a small but mighty nation”. “Diolch yn fawr iawn,” he added, meaning “thank you very much” in Welsh. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
