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• The Frame Fellowship https://framefellowship.com/
• Inside a growing movement warning AI could turn on humanity https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/04/18/ai-doom-influencers-safety/
• Hank Green apologizes for relying too heavily on ChatGPT https://mashable.com/life/hank-green-chatgpt-ai-apology
• Plzdontkillus https://portal.plzdontkillus.com/home
• Plz Don't Kill Us: Inside AI safety's influencer bootcamp https://www.transformernews.ai/p/inside-ai-safety-influencer-bootcamp-plz-dont-kill-us

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• Atomarine: Off shore nuclear powered data centers at sea https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/atomarine
• Atomarine: Floating Nuclear Data Centers https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Rwg-atomarine-floating-nuclear-data-centers
• Microsoft scrapped its 'Project Natick' underwater data center trial — here's why it was never going to work https://www.itpro.com/infrastructure/data-centres/microsoft-scrapped-its-project-natick-underwater-data-center-trial-heres-why-it-was-never-going-to-work

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• SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The Decade Ahead https://situational-awareness.ai/
• Leopold Aschenbrenner's SITUATIONAL AWARENESS predicts we are on course for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) by 2027 https://x.com/IvankaTrump/status/1839002887600370145
• Situational Awareness is a global equity investor focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) https://situationalawarenesslp.com/
• How Leopold Aschenbrenner, the 'golden child' of the AI trade, was laid low https://www.ft.com/content/620bd668-d112-412d-aa52-22489b128d55
• Inside the Meltdown of a Wunderkind's A.I. Hedge Fund https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/business/situational-awareness-leopold-aschenbrenner.html
• Citadel Buys Situational Awareness's Stock Portfolio After Big Losses in AI https://www.wsj.com/finance/citadel-buys-situational-awarenesss-stock-portfolio-after-big-losses-in-ai-5117159b

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