Herb Scribner

Herb Scribner

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• Senior audience associate @axios.com • Previous: Washington Post, Deseret News, Soccer Newsday • Self-published author of 'Not Afraid Of You,' The Pen Saga

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🚨 One big thing — I am back with @axios.com —This time, I’ll be working as a senior audience associate to expand readership and audience. —Never been a better time to report the news and why it matters in Smart Brevity. Let’s go. 😎

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From Anthropic IPO filing: "Our AI models may behave in unintended, misaligned, or autonomous ways, including by taking harmful actions that no user or third party directed, which could adversely affect our reputation and brand, business, financial condition, and results of operations."

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-Anthropic, one of the biggest AI companies in the world, is about to IPO. -Trump is rallying across the US with nearly nightly speeches. -Midterms are roughly one week away. -Chaos in France. Major elections in Brazil, Serbia. -Israel is having elections tomorrow. News cycle is in full swing.

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“Utah doesn’t want to be the epicenter of the next human flu outbreak, right?”

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted — instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade.

propublica.orgBird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that expe...
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The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million in Transfers www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

vanityfair.comThe Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in TransfersAn exclusive excerpt from ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’ examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former sen...
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NEW by me -- The internet's hidden security nightmare — and how AI exposed it --A look at why the PHP bugs are so dangerous and have created a cyber emergency --Details on Black October: why bugs discovered by OpenAI tech are creating a cyber emergency www.axios.com/2026/10/22/p...

axios.comBlack October: why bugs discovered by OpenAI tech are creating a cyber emergencyOpenAI called the discovery "one of the most impactful security issues in recent memory."
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HUGE scoop from @axios.com this morning -- Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts. Some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources say www.axios.com/2026/10/22/a...

axios.comScoop: Unvetted AI agents are accessing U.S. bank accountsBanks including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and others are racing to contain agent risks.

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One in 10 adults in England and Wales experienced domestic abuse in last year, ONS finds

theguardian.comOne in 10 adults in England and Wales experienced domestic abuse in last year, ONS findsCharities say ‘tip of iceberg’ figures show government is not fulfilling pledge to halve violence against women and girls Almost one in 10 adults in England and Wales have experienced domestic abuse in the last year, a survey from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has found. The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) found that 9.6% of people aged 16 and over had experienced domestic abuse in the last year – which equates to about 4.7 million people. Continue reading...
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Will Oremus@willoremus.com

Voters who Googled how to donate to Talarico got an AI answer that led them to give to a different senator. A network of fake news websites seeded messaging about state & local candidates that AI answers picked up on. My story on how the AI midterms are going: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

theatlantic.comAmerica Is About to See What Happens When Voters Turn to AIChatbots are adding a new layer of chaos ahead of the midterms.
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Genuinely one of the wildest stories I’ve read in awhile >>

NBC News@nbcnews.com

A Florida man was found dead in his home during a welfare check in July 2022. Weeks later, one of the officers who discovered his body moved into the home and spent years impersonating him, according to investigators.

nbcnews.toOfficer who found man dead in Florida home allegedly moved in, renovated and assumed his identity for yearsBrian Louis Sguros, 35, had responded to the Lauderhill home in July 2022 for a welfare check.
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EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth wanted Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it. The Pentagon denied us access to take photos, but we obtained some anyway. A story in global affairs: wapo.st/3WF2YQo

wapo.stHegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.Photos obtained by The Post show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon.

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EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth wanted Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it. The Pentagon denied us access to take photos, but we obtained some anyway. A story in global affairs: wapo.st/3WF2YQo

wapo.stHegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.Photos obtained by The Post show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon.
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Does anyone else watch the performance view on Peacock for NBA games? It’s ridiculous but also fun to see player names and shooting streaks. Wish it showed their stats too but otherwise a cool concept!

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The NBA opening game between the Celtics and Pistons is a fun idea. I love that there's basketball on during the day that I can have on in the background while working. Could see NBA looking at the ratings to see if it's worth making NBA an opening day of games.