OpenAI IPO will not happen in 2026 amid AI safety fears, Sam Altman says

OpenAI’s decision comes after dire warnings about rapidly progressing technology and lawmakers’ calls for new rules

OpenAI will not go public in 2026, Sam Altman said in a Fortune interview published on Saturday, citing safety concerns over artificial intelligence.

“I actually think that, given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public, and we don’t feel pressure on that,” Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, told Fortune.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/12/openai-delays-ipo-sam-altman-ai-safety-concerns

Leaders of Russia, India and China Gather for BRICS Summit #wanitaxigo

California petition worker arrested for allegedly paying people to forge voter signs

Prosecutors say James Brass orchestrated scheme to pay people on LA’s Skid Row to duplicate registered voters’ signatures

A California ballot petition worker has been arrested and charged with identity fraud for allegedly paying people on Los Angeles’ Skid Row to forge the signatures of registered voters.

Prosecutors say James Brass, 47, orchestrated the scheme with the help of two signature collectors, 49-year-old Courtney Price and 33-year-old Jateisha Herron.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/11/california-petition-worker-arrested-identity-fraud

Colombia to Start Aerial Spraying of Coca Crops Despite Health Worries #wanitaxigo

North Carolina state trooper charged with murder of police captain

Nekime Matu Oxendine accused of first-degree murder of Adam Bean, shot and killed in apparent domestic dispute

A North Carolina state highway patrol trooper has been charged with the murder of the captain of a county sheriff’s office.

Cumberland county Capt Adam Bean was shot and killed on 27 March at a home in the town of Hope Mills. A grand jury on Tuesday indicted Nekime Matu Oxendine, 44, with first-degree murder in Bean’s death, and a judge ordered him held without bond pending the outcome of the case.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/11/north-carolina-state-trooper-police-captain

US supreme court again rejects Missouri maps drawn to boost Republicans in midterms

Latest decision appears to set the stage for the state to use its old electoral maps this year

The US supreme court again rejected a push backed by Donald Trump to overhaul Missouri’s congressional maps in an effort to hand Republicans an edge in November’s midterm elections.

Its latest ruling, after days of confusion, comes less than two months before the pivotal midterm elections in which control of the narrowly divided US House of Representatives could be determined by a handful of seats.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/missouri-redistricting-map-supreme-court-rejection

Missouri’s Trump-backed voting maps approved by federal panel challenged in supreme court

Opponents requested an emergency filing as state’s elections plunged into uncertainty over redrawn districts

Opponents of congressional redistricting in Missouri appealed to the US supreme court on Wednesday after a federal panel let stand a ruling allowing the state to use a new map backed by Donald Trump in November’s midterms.

The map’s challengers, including a group ‌opposed to the Republican-drawn map called ​People Not Politicians, made the request in an emergency ⁠filing, moving swiftly ​after Stephen Clark, a St ​Louis-based chief ​US district ​judge, ‌ ​issued his ​decision on Tuesday.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/09/missouri-redistricting-map-appeal