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Leading artificial intelligence companies do not know how to keep AI systems from pursuing objectives their developers did not assign, whistleblower Jacob Coxon, a former OpenAI and Anthropic employee, warned Monday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

The advance could help geologists, paleontologists and archaeologists assign more reliable dates to events in Earth's past.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Extreme fraternity and sorority pledging often hinges on a harsh power dynamic: Aspiring members must complete whatever tasks the recruitment leaders assign them—and are punished if they refuse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

One proposal to promote evaluator independence would be for regulators to assign auditors from a licensed pool instead of having the labs hire their own auditors directly.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

“I’ll assign someone else to him next week.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

This method assigns average calorie values to each gram of fat, carbohydrates, and protein, then uses those values to calculate the total available energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Federal Communications Commission assigns and oversees licenses for radio and television broadcast frequencies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

With the U.S. leading in research, technology and branding, it assigns production of sophisticated components to its skilled workers and sends intermediate goods to Mexico or Canada for finishing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

“What we object to is a review that misstates the plan’s contents and reaches beyond the issues the Education Code assigns to the county, all while threatening escalation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

At the end of the session, Namitha assigns Princeton problems for their next meeting.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

In a sum-of-the-parts analysis of SpaceX in August, Deutsche Bank analysts assigned a base case enterprise-value multiple of five times revenue for the company’s AI business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

One Polymarket betting market has assigned a roughly 10% chance that the AI bubble will burst before New Year’s Day, according to the latest numbers available on the platform.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Trading cards and other collectibles are verified and assigned condition grades by PSA, which establishes their value and protects them by assigning serial numbers and certification information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

In the summer of 2024, Kate Fifield, a prosecutor in the Justice Department’s anti-corruption section, had been assigned to join the case.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

He also assigned scores to each of them according to some made-up scoring pattern.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

You can grieve the loss of your childhood home without assigning blame.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Trading cards and other collectibles are verified and assigned condition grades by PSA, which establishes their value and protects them by assigning serial numbers and certification information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

James Blunt immediately took control, assigning players various different roles.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

“My guess is the market is assigning this a low probability, but the consequences are large enough that it deserves some premium.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

He’d declared September Community Spirit Month, decided everyone at school would be involved and started assigning all the projects he’d cooked up over the summer.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx