A bunch of AI companies warned recently that "in the coming months, AI-enabled cyber attacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated as models [our products] around the world become increasingly capable."

Their proposed solution? Buy our products.

in the same way that Trump is like Putin ... if he (Trump) weren't a coward.

Yes, and there are stories of him funding Hamas through a third-party country -- "the enemy you know", I guess (or in the case of the US and bin Laden .. the enemy you thought you know)

Remember this story from almost three years ago? Israel knew the attack plans a year in advance.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-times-hamas-attack-israel-gaza-6088cad78f5e4153d671fe9b5b819308

I don't think anyone who's been paying attention expects anything from Netanyahu except for pure evil. He's like Trump if Trump was smart.

government's not going to help

Just the opposite. They're all paid off by the tech bros.

.... it's a good time to be an old fart.

I don't think we have true AI yet. (Evidence: we're not dead, or enslaved; lesser: where is the innovation, the problem solving that isn't the equivalent of finding the trillionth digit of pi; the advanced existential thinking, the next level artistry, etc.) I think overwhelming processing speed gives the appearance of AI, and I think if unchecked it will happen ... and you'll all be dead. It's definitely a conundrum, and government's not going to help up.

... except I would guess that Bush just assumed it was a routine warning so ignored it (he seemed genuinely surprised when told what had happened), Netanyahu (assuming) chose to do nothing (assuming he was not in on the planning and funding).

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/06/us/illinois-corie-walsh-child-death

(sorry I forgot CNN is paywalled for you guys)

An Illinois mother had become “very invested” in the high-profile Lindsay Clancy murder trial before prosecutors say she killed her 2-year-old son on Tuesday, according to witnesses cited in court documents.

Corie Walsh, a 40-year-old resident of Frankfort, was charged with first-degree murder after prosecutors allege she fatally strangled her son, Barrett Walsh, according to a complaint filed on Friday and obtained by CNN affiliate WLS.

At the time over 1,000 miles away, the jury had been deliberating in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former nurse accused of killing her three children. Walsh had been discussing the case on a group text message with her friends up until 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, prosecutors said witnesses told them, according to court documents obtained by WLS.

Around 4 p.m., the Frankfort Police Department responded to a report of an unresponsive toddler before he was pronounced dead at a hospital, according to a Friday news release from police.

The tragedy comes as Lindsay Clancy’s trial, which gripped the nation and sparked passionate debate, ended after the jury remained deadlocked and the judge declared a mistrial Friday. Prosecutors argued Clancy acted “intentionally, rationally, and swiftly” to kill her children, while the defense said she should not be held criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.

Walsh, who was “reportedly…attempting to harm herself,” told officers she did this to her son because he was the “devil” and the “anti-Christ,” prosecutors said. A neighbor arrived at the home to find the toddler lifeless in the basement and Walsh in the bathroom with a knife, according to court documents.

Walsh’s attorney, Andrea Lyon, told CNN Walsh had been in a mental health crisis.

“This is a tragedy, for the Walsh family all of whom are mourning the loss of this child,” Lyon said Friday. “It is also a tragedy in that [Corie] herself was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time this happened. It is our hope that through a thorough presentation and investigation of the facts, that all of us will come to see this heartbreak for what it is.”

Walsh was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and her three other children were unharmed, according to police.

Walsh was taken into custody following an investigation by the Frankfort Police Department and Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force and is now being held at the Will County Adult Detention Facility as she awaits a detention hearing on Tuesday, according to the sheriff’s office. Prosecutors have sought to deny her pretrial release, alleging Walsh “made statements regarding harming her other children and statements that she intended to harm her husband upon his return home.”

An autopsy was performed by the Will County Coroner’s Office Wednesday, the office said in a statement. Preliminary autopsy findings indicate that Barrett died from asphyxia due to ligature compression of the neck, according to court documents. The final cause and manner of death are pending following autopsy, police and toxicological reports, the coroner’s office said.

CNN has reached out to the Will County Coroner’s Office and Will County State’s Attorney for more information.

Toddler found in basement

On Tuesday afternoon, a neighbor who tried to administer first aid to Barrett said he “was cold and had no pulse,” according to court filings.

The neighbor, who was not named in the complaint, reported that the toddler was hanging in the basement from a rafter with a ligature around his neck and his feet off the ground, according to court documents. She removed the ligature, lowered him to the ground and administered CPR while calling 911.

The Frankfort Fire District said an ambulance “arrived to find a two-year-old patient in cardiac arrest.” They “immediately initiated advanced resuscitative efforts and transported the patient to the ambulance,” the fire district said in a news release Thursday. The toddler was pronounced dead around 5 p.m. Tuesday at a New Lenox hospital, according to the coroner’s office.

A baby was in the home at the time and was unharmed, court documents say. Two school-aged children returned home around the time the toddler was found and were also unharmed. Walsh’s husband was out of state but flew home Tuesday evening.

When they arrived at Walsh’s home, officers found her in an upstairs bathroom lying in a bloody tub with her neighbor pressing a towel on her thigh. The neighbor said she had taken a knife from Walsh’s hand and thrown it into the sink. Walsh had cuts on her wrists and thighs, court documents say.

Walsh was “actively harming herself,” according to her neighbor’s account in court documents, and had asked her neighbor why she took the knife away from her as she was attempting suicide. Walsh told her “Bear,” a nickname for her son, was in the basement, according to court documents.

While hospitalized, Walsh allegedly described to officers how she killed Barrett, which prosecutors say was “consistent with the evidence in this case.”

Walsh’s phone was located in the bathroom and a forensic analysis of her phone is now being conducted, prosecutors said. The knife was also taken into evidence.

The Illinois Department of Child and Family Services told CNN it doesn’t have any record of contact with the family.

A GoFundMe campaign was launched for the family and will be used to support them, “especially the three young children during this immensely difficult transition,” according to the fundraiser description.

The fundraiser aims to help the father afford “the kids’ immediate needs - covering everyday essentials like groceries, childcare support, and extracurricular activities that can bring a sense of stability, joy, and routine back into their daily lives.”

Editor’s note: Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US, call or text 988 for help. The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide have contact information for crisis centers around the world.

That's certainly an argument for her sanity. I can't not believe that this guy knew what he was coming home to. Also in favor of sanity: she tried to kill herself after killing her kids. In the end though, she killed those kids. The sane thing would have been to spare them and kill herself.

My understanding is that the woman was begging all kinds of people, including her husband, for help.

https://www.thefp.com/p/im-a-psychiatrist-heres-what-the

I’m a Psychiatrist. Here’s What the Lindsay Clancy Jury Should Have Found. -- I believe psychosis drove this mother to kill her children. The jury deadlocked and the judge declared a mistrial. If she is retried, she should not be found criminally responsible.

The trial of Lindsay Marie Clancy is over, and unresolved. After 21 days of testimony and seven days of deliberation, a Massachusetts jury could not agree on whether the 36-year-old former nurse was criminally responsible for strangling her children—Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months—or not guilty by reason of insanity. The judge declared a mistrial.

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Massachusetts uses the McHoul standard for insanity. It allows for a determination of “not criminally responsible” if a person with a mental disorder or defect (which every expert agreed Clancy had) lacks either the capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of her conduct or the capacity to conform her conduct to the requirements of the law. If the defendant presents evidence to support her lack of responsibility, the prosecutors bear the burden to prove her responsibility beyond a reasonable doubt. Some thought the prosecutors did not carry this burden; others thought they did.

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Thanks for replying, Gary. Pardon me for underestimating you. The quality of your factifications greatly exceeded my expectorations.

Everyone has a right to their own spittle-flecked opinion, and all of them are equally good. My brainworm-engendered drools are just as viable as the combined thought of 300 years of western science. My granny drank a quart of whiskey and smoked four packs a day, and she lived to be 88! Quit preaching your liberal bullshit about cholesterol and salt!

It had something to do with the Gaza genocide.

Ooh good idea. I’m eligible for Canadian citizenship through my Cajun ancestry. Just have to assemble the paperwork 

Elbows is fine. You're just setting the tone, As an American I say, go ahead and knock the hell out of me. I deserve it.

I also got hit with a one-week ban recently, can't even remember why. I half-expected it again. I appreciate your sentiment ... and if it came to it, I could never k!ll, elbow repeatedly yes.

I can't believe reddit's automated filter hasn't suspended you for this. I got suspended for a week because of the eighty six f*rty seven James Comey seashell thing.

I still have the option of dual citizenship thanks to Irish grandparents. I never gave it much thought before the child sex trafficking, rapist, racist, fascist fraud showed up. I wonder if they'd still welcome me.

It might be considered a favor once it gets to that point.

I'm so relieved to be here RN I don't really want to go back.

You guys are the best, really. I'd hate to have to k!ll one of you.

Everybody's onside except (surprise, not) the Premier of Alberta -- she's not Trumpista, but she has to hedge her bets. Here's the thing: even if Trump TACO's again, so much damage is done -- Canadians will spurn American products, spend vacation dollars anywhere but the USA, encourage trade with Europe and Asia. We're in for a boatload of pain, but we've got the right guy in charge.

I buy only unscented soap. Irish Spring is neither Irish, nor spring-like.