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Another AI Safety Kerfuffle, Markiplier’s Stake in GoPro, SpaceX Getting Into Turbines | Diet TBPN
With John Coogan, Jordi Hays, Tyler · Sunday, September 6, 2026
John Coogan and Jordi Hays discuss the controversy around OpenAI experimenting with looped transformers and 'neuralese' versus chain-of-thought safety monitoring. They also break down Markiplier's investment in GoPro ahead of its acquisition by Starman Optical, a romance scam powered by Google AI Overviews, SpaceX's move into power turbine manufacturing, and Maersk adopting Norsepower rotor sails for container ships.
Key takeaways
- Federal prosecutors indicted 35-year-old De'Jon Love for allegedly stealing $1.3 million from 26 women through romance and investment scams. Read more →
- Mark Fischbach (Markiplier) accumulated an estimated 8% stake in GoPro for $10M to $12M after testing their hardware on the set of his indie film Iron Lung. Read more →
- Amir Efrati at The Information reported that OpenAI has experimented with looped transformers that compute across raw latent vectors (neuralese) instead of English tokens to cut inference costs. Read more →
- Elon Musk confirmed SpaceX is building a foundry in Bastrop, Texas, to cast single-crystal nickel superalloy blades and vanes for natural gas power turbines. Read more →
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