NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 records about the toxic air near Ground Zero. An Anthropic researcher warns AI could wipe out humanity. And the TSA is testing a program that lets people without tickets accompany travelers to the gate.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
25 years after 9-1-1, New York City is releasing records
(00:08):
first responders have been fighting decades to see what they
reveal coming up.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
As we mark 25 years, it is time for this
painful chapter to end.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
And another AI researcher is sounding the alarm about where
this technology could be headed.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
And this warning is hard to ignore. One year away.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Some people think even six months, like it's plausible within
six months, the models pose risk of taking over the world,
the AIs.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
And remember, when you could walk someone all the way
to their airport gate, well, that could be coming back.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
It's Friday, September 11th.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
From the Black Effect Podcast Network, I'm Mimi Brown, and
here are the day's biggest stories. Stay with me. For
nearly 25 years, New Yorkers, Ground Zero workers, advocates, and
elected officials have been demanding one thing from City Hall,
the truth about what they knew about the air quality
(01:05):
in downtown Manhattan after the 9-11 attacks.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Earlier this week, New York City.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Mayor Zoran Mondani released the first 170,000 pages of long-guarded
city documents through a new online portal, records dating all
the way back to the Rudy Giuliani administration. Mondani was
joined at City Hall by 911 responders, advocates, and Jon Stewart,
who has spent years fighting for health benefits for the
(01:31):
very people who ran into Ground Zero.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Here's more from Mayor Mondani.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
As we mark 25 years, it is time for this
painful chapter again. City Hall has made a more than
$ 34 million commitment to create a new public portal providing
information about our city's response to the horrific attack. This
will be a vast resource with hundreds of thousands of
pages of documents from numerous city agencies, including sought-after records
(02:00):
like the Harding Memo, the 68 DEP boxes discovered a
few years ago, and information about Seven World Trade Center.
These are documents that show what the city knew about
the toxic air around Ground Zero, when they knew it,
and how they acted to limit liability. The 170,000 pages
posted today are only the first release.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Now here's the toll.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Nearly 6,000 people have died of 911-related illnesses since the attack.
Many are still suffering from chronic illnesses today. And those
68 boxes that the mayor referenced at the press conference
were found in a city office last year. Advocacy groups
have been filing Freedom of Information Act requests on those
for years. And the timing matters. Today marks 25 years
(02:47):
since the September 11th attacks. For workers who rushed into
Ground Zero, the paper trail is finally public, even if
it took a quarter century. And an AI researcher who
spent the last three years working at two of the
biggest AI companies in the world has quit because he
(03:09):
says the companies building this technology are moving too fast.
His name is Jacob Coxton. He worked at both OpenAI
and Anthropic. And when he left Anthropic this week, he
said neither company is acting responsibly. His biggest concern is
something called superintelligence. Basically, AI becomes smarter than humans and
can keep making itself smarter. Coxon said these companies are
(03:33):
racing to build it without knowing whether they'll be able
to control it. He spoke with NBC Nightly News about
why this scares him.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
Potentially one year away from now, the models start getting
very dangerous.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
One year away?
Speaker 4 (03:46):
We have to be very careful.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
One year away.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
Some people think even six months. It's plausible within six
months the models pose risk of taking over the world,
the AIs. They're not panicking about current AIs, but we
are discussing what is the world going to look like
in two years? This is endgame. These are crucial high-stakes
decisions being made by people in a private company. People
are scared, as they should be.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
And Coxon is not the only person inside Anthropic sounding
the alarm. One day after he resigned, another Anthropic scientist
said he believes there is more than a 10% chance
AI could, quote, kill all humans within the next decade.
He says Anthropic is trying, but right now they still
don't have a plan for how to safely control super
(04:32):
intelligent AI. And concerns are growing across the industry. OpenAI's
chief scientist has called this a moment that requires extreme caution.
More than 1,300 AI workers signed an open letter this
summer calling on the government to help slow down the race.
And Congress is now considering a bipartisan AI Killswitch Act,
which would give the government authority to shut down AI
(04:53):
models considered a threat to the public. So when Coxon
says the companies building AI are gambling with our lives,
he's not the only person working inside the industry raising
the alarm. And finally today, the TSA is doing something
almost nobody thought they would do again. They are bringing
(05:16):
back gateside goodbyes. The Transportation Security Administration has launched a
new pilot program called TSA Gateside. It allows approved people
without airline tickets to pass through security and walk all
the way down to the departure gate, currently at 13 U.S.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Airports.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
For anyone old enough to remember before September 11, 2001,
this is how it used to be. People used to
walk their families right to the gate, meet them the
second they got off the plane, but that all ended
after 9-11.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
And now some of that is coming back. So here's
how it would work.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
The program is free, but you can't just walk in.
You have to have TSA PreCheck or another trusted traveler
status with a known traveler number. You apply online between
one and three days before your visit. If approved, you
bring a valid ID, go through a pre-check security lane,
and you get to access it for one full day.
(06:11):
You can leave and re-enter. Kids can be included on
a parent's application. Some of the airports included in the
program include LAX, San Diego, Arkansas, Will Rogers in Oklahoma City, Nebraska,
Salt Lake City International. CSA says more airports will be added.
The obvious upside, parents can walk nervous young travelers all
(06:32):
the way to the gate, adult children can spend more
time with elderly parents, and couples can stretch that airport
goodbye past the security checkpoint. Friends can actually sit down
together during a long layover. But now, a heads up
for regular pre-check flyers. If more people are using those lanes,
expect longer pre-check lines. A TSA is treating this rollout
(06:54):
as a test. If it works, expect gateside goodbyes to
come back and a lot more airports. Just in time
for the holidays. That's your front page. I'm Mimi Brown.
This podcast was brought to you by the Black Effect
Podcast Network.
25 years after 9-1-1, New York City is releasing records
(00:08):
first responders have been fighting decades to see what they
reveal coming up.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
As we mark 25 years, it is time for this
painful chapter to end.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
And another AI researcher is sounding the alarm about where
this technology could be headed.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
And this warning is hard to ignore. One year away.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Some people think even six months, like it's plausible within
six months, the models pose risk of taking over the world,
the AIs.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
And remember, when you could walk someone all the way
to their airport gate, well, that could be coming back.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
It's Friday, September 11th.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
From the Black Effect Podcast Network, I'm Mimi Brown, and
here are the day's biggest stories. Stay with me. For
nearly 25 years, New Yorkers, Ground Zero workers, advocates, and
elected officials have been demanding one thing from City Hall,
the truth about what they knew about the air quality
(01:05):
in downtown Manhattan after the 9-11 attacks.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Earlier this week, New York City.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Mayor Zoran Mondani released the first 170,000 pages of long-guarded
city documents through a new online portal, records dating all
the way back to the Rudy Giuliani administration. Mondani was
joined at City Hall by 911 responders, advocates, and Jon Stewart,
who has spent years fighting for health benefits for the
(01:31):
very people who ran into Ground Zero.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Here's more from Mayor Mondani.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
As we mark 25 years, it is time for this
painful chapter again. City Hall has made a more than
$ 34 million commitment to create a new public portal providing
information about our city's response to the horrific attack. This
will be a vast resource with hundreds of thousands of
pages of documents from numerous city agencies, including sought-after records
(02:00):
like the Harding Memo, the 68 DEP boxes discovered a
few years ago, and information about Seven World Trade Center.
These are documents that show what the city knew about
the toxic air around Ground Zero, when they knew it,
and how they acted to limit liability. The 170,000 pages
posted today are only the first release.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Now here's the toll.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Nearly 6,000 people have died of 911-related illnesses since the attack.
Many are still suffering from chronic illnesses today. And those
68 boxes that the mayor referenced at the press conference
were found in a city office last year. Advocacy groups
have been filing Freedom of Information Act requests on those
for years. And the timing matters. Today marks 25 years
(02:47):
since the September 11th attacks. For workers who rushed into
Ground Zero, the paper trail is finally public, even if
it took a quarter century. And an AI researcher who
spent the last three years working at two of the
biggest AI companies in the world has quit because he
(03:09):
says the companies building this technology are moving too fast.
His name is Jacob Coxton. He worked at both OpenAI
and Anthropic. And when he left Anthropic this week, he
said neither company is acting responsibly. His biggest concern is
something called superintelligence. Basically, AI becomes smarter than humans and
can keep making itself smarter. Coxon said these companies are
(03:33):
racing to build it without knowing whether they'll be able
to control it. He spoke with NBC Nightly News about
why this scares him.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
Potentially one year away from now, the models start getting
very dangerous.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
One year away?
Speaker 4 (03:46):
We have to be very careful.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
One year away.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
Some people think even six months. It's plausible within six
months the models pose risk of taking over the world,
the AIs. They're not panicking about current AIs, but we
are discussing what is the world going to look like
in two years? This is endgame. These are crucial high-stakes
decisions being made by people in a private company. People
are scared, as they should be.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
And Coxon is not the only person inside Anthropic sounding
the alarm. One day after he resigned, another Anthropic scientist
said he believes there is more than a 10% chance
AI could, quote, kill all humans within the next decade.
He says Anthropic is trying, but right now they still
don't have a plan for how to safely control super
(04:32):
intelligent AI. And concerns are growing across the industry. OpenAI's
chief scientist has called this a moment that requires extreme caution.
More than 1,300 AI workers signed an open letter this
summer calling on the government to help slow down the race.
And Congress is now considering a bipartisan AI Killswitch Act,
which would give the government authority to shut down AI
(04:53):
models considered a threat to the public. So when Coxon
says the companies building AI are gambling with our lives,
he's not the only person working inside the industry raising
the alarm. And finally today, the TSA is doing something
almost nobody thought they would do again. They are bringing
(05:16):
back gateside goodbyes. The Transportation Security Administration has launched a
new pilot program called TSA Gateside. It allows approved people
without airline tickets to pass through security and walk all
the way down to the departure gate, currently at 13 U.S.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Airports.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
For anyone old enough to remember before September 11, 2001,
this is how it used to be. People used to
walk their families right to the gate, meet them the
second they got off the plane, but that all ended
after 9-11.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
And now some of that is coming back. So here's
how it would work.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
The program is free, but you can't just walk in.
You have to have TSA PreCheck or another trusted traveler
status with a known traveler number. You apply online between
one and three days before your visit. If approved, you
bring a valid ID, go through a pre-check security lane,
and you get to access it for one full day.
(06:11):
You can leave and re-enter. Kids can be included on
a parent's application. Some of the airports included in the
program include LAX, San Diego, Arkansas, Will Rogers in Oklahoma City, Nebraska,
Salt Lake City International. CSA says more airports will be added.
The obvious upside, parents can walk nervous young travelers all
(06:32):
the way to the gate, adult children can spend more
time with elderly parents, and couples can stretch that airport
goodbye past the security checkpoint. Friends can actually sit down
together during a long layover. But now, a heads up
for regular pre-check flyers. If more people are using those lanes,
expect longer pre-check lines. A TSA is treating this rollout
(06:54):
as a test. If it works, expect gateside goodbyes to
come back and a lot more airports. Just in time
for the holidays. That's your front page. I'm Mimi Brown.
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Podcast Network.
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