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THE TRUTH ABOUT: The manhattan project - The Untold Story

The AI boom is now consuming more money than Apollo, the ISS, and the Manhattan Project combined — and it’s still accelerating in 2026

AI investment has exploded beyond the scale of history’s biggest scientific megaprojects — and the world is only beginning to grasp what’s being built.

TechRadar

What ‘warfare versus welfare’ gets wrong about real-life economics

Lord Robertson’s claim that the UK cannot defend itself with an “ever-expanding” welfare budget has resonated loudly, given his previous positions as a Nato secretary-general and UK defence secretary. Following up on the UK’s 2025 strategic defence review, which he led, Robertson warned that low investment is leaving UK security…

The Conversation

Trump administration touts Genesis Mission to try and win the AI race—White House compares scope of its initiative to the Manhattan Project

On the heels of its AI Action Plan announced earlier this year, the US government is now

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From bombs to glass: Hanford site can now transform nuclear waste

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state produced plutonium for most of America's nuclear arsenal through the end of the Cold War

The Independent UK

OpenAI ChatGPT-5 launch live updates — all the latest news and biggest upgrades

OpenAI has been hinting at the release of GPT-5 for months now, and today could finally be the day we see it arrive

Tom’s Guide

ChatGPT-5 Scared Its Own CEO: Features, Release Date, and Everything You Need to Know About New Model

Released on 7 August, the newest model promises faster responses, expert-level knowledge, and safer, more reliable interactions.

International Business Times UK

GPT 5 Leaks on GitHub Ahead of Launch — Altman Compares Its Creation to the Manhattan Project, Says He Felt 'Useless'

A leaked post on GitHub hints at OpenAI's powerful new GPT-5 model, as CEO Sam Altman compares its development to the Manhattan Project and admits it left him feeling 'useless'.

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Sam Altman is afraid of OpenAI's GPT-5 creation — "The Manhattan Project feels very fast, like there are no adults in the room"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman indicated that GPT-5 "feels very fast" while comparing its development to the Manhattan Project while highlighting his fears and concerns over the company's development.

Windows Central

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says GPT-5 actually scares him — 'what have we done?'

The CEO of OpenAI said he was testing GPT-5 recently and its speed scared him, likening it to the Manhattan Project.

Tom’s Guide

OpenAI's CEO says he's scared of GPT-5

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman says GPT-5 is so powerful that it shocked even its creators.

TechRadar

Nagasaki cathedral blesses a bell that replaces one destroyed by the US atomic bomb

Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the second U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Japan: a reproduction of its lost bell restored by a group of Americans

The Independent UK

Reconciliation law offers radiation compensation to more people - Roll Call

GOP budget bill expands coverage to more people in the Southwest and those near uranium sites connected with the Manhattan Project.

Roll Call

Particle physics: Facts about the elementary particles that make up our universe

Discover the fascinating world of particle physics — the most fundamental building blocks of the universe and the forces that connect them.

LiveScience

Eisenhower Warned Us About the 'Scientific Elite'

The Trump administration's plans to slash science funding could end up liberating researchers from the corrupting influence Dwight Eisenhower warned about.

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt sounds alarm over a ‘Manhattan Project’ for superintelligent AI

Eric Schmidt, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, and Center for AI Safety Director Dan Hendrycks are warning that treating the global AI arms race like the Manhattan Project could have dangerous consequences.

PC Gamer

Late Microsoft co-founder's treasure hoard of artefacts to be auctioned, includes a letter Einstein sent to Roosevelt that ultimately led to the Manhattan Project

As per Allen's wishes, all proceeds will go to philanthropy.

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Rare Oppenheimer Report And Letter Up For Auction

Explore rare artifacts linked to J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project in a high-profile auction post-Oscars.

The Walrus

Unearthing a Nuclear Scandal

One figure is connected to the Manhattan Project, the Soviet arms race, and a radioactive property just outside Toronto

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Total Film's 2023 in review: Christopher Nolan and more talk Oppenheimer

As 2023 comes to an end, we look back at Total Film's feature on Oppenheimer

Tom’s Guide

5 best movies to stream this weekend on Netflix, Max, Prime Video and more (Nov. 25-26)

Not sure what to watch this weekend? Oppenheimer, Evil Dead Rise, Good Burger 2 and more great movie night hits arrive on streaming.

The Guardian - UK

The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut review – genius and madness in the shadow of the atomic bomb

The Chilean author’s assured fictionalised portrait of the visionary Hungarian scientist who contributed to the Manhattan Project and laid the foundations of modern computing is darkly intelligent and feverishly propulsive

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s history is linked to America’s nuclear dilemma

A few years back, I decided to hike Red Gate Woods out in Chicago’s southwest suburbs...Cut into the trail-facing side of the marker were words stating that the radioactive remains of CP-1 — Chicago Pile-1, the reactor that had been built beneath Stagg Field at the University of Chicago and…

The Guardian - US

‘What people accused Oppenheimer of doing’: the untold story of spy Ted Hall

In Steve James’s documentary, A Compassionate Spy, a lesser-known figure from the Manhattan Project is given the spotlight

Chicago Sun-Times

‘A Compassionate Spy’: Why a U.S. scientist thought leaks to the Soviets would save the world

Doc profiles Ted Hall, a Manhattan Project physicist (and sometime Chicagoan) who shared atomic bomb secrets, then spent a lifetime dodging the feds.

Salon

Oppenheimer's hero was also problematic

The pioneering physicist saved Jews from Nazis but contributed to building weapons of mass destruction

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