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Latest News from BestWorld, Jan. 27, 2026:

David Isenberg’s AI News Briefs
“Musk's bet on space-based AI,” “Will AI wearables be another Apple superpower?” “the Emerging AI Surveillance State,” “AI is reshaping police detective work,” “AI frenzy was palpable at WEF," and much more.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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A turning point in Minnesota
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A turning point in Minnesota
You can’t just kill people and then lie about the victims.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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They killed him, and then they immediately set to concocting lies about him. I know the killing is worse, and yet I can't escape the thought that the lying is what reveals the deeper abyss.
January 25, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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David Isenberg’s AI News Briefs: “Your AI Fitness Trainer Can Do More Harm Than Good,” dark humor — oh, wait, this is real: “Trump team issues bonkers threat against UK over Elon Musk’s creepy AI,” and much more.
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“Your AI Fitness Trainer Can Do More Harm Than Good,” source: https://lifehacker.com/health/your-ai-personal-trainer-can-do-more-harm-than-good Credit: Ian Moore / Lifehacker Composite; Kitti Suwaneakkasit / Anton Vierietin / FG Trade / E+ / BananaStock / iStock / Getty
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT?

Last July, we published a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.

These are their stories.
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
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January 20, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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A social media acquaintance shared a news story about some anti-ICE demonstrators who invaded private property and violated the rights of third parties and added, "So much for the non-violent resistance." Here's what I wrote in response.
Screenshot reading, "Is it really that mysterious that broad social movements may include both a nonviolent majority and a radical or violent fringe? In the late 1960s thousands of persons marched peacefully for civil rights and there were also some Panther types who robbed banks and killed. After Renee Good's killing I attended a rally to protest ICE actions in which about 1,000 of us marched peacefully through our downtown, respecting every traffic rule, doing what police asked and making space for pedestrians not participating. About six or eight members of a radical group, ignoring the protest rules, illegally entered the street and blocked cars' way. Of course they got their picture on the front page of the newspaper, and of course certain local comments section sages anointed them as the "real" protest. Part of the process of demonization is attributing the ill intent of the few to the many. Do you think it fair when people do that to you?"
January 20, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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Buckle up, eh?
January 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Today David Isenberg brings us more AI News Briefs: “Nvidia EDEN eyes thousands of incurable diseases,” “AI May Be 'Coming For Our Jobs,' But It Really Sucks At Doing Them,” ”and much more.
And a shoutout to Rudy Schenkenberg for our new website bestworldgroup.com
The New BestWorld website, https://bestworldgroup.com/, designed by Rudy Schenkenberg https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudy-schenkenberg/.
January 15, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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Latest news from BestWorld

AI News Briefs: David Isenberg brings us “AI chatbots in kids’ toys,” and much more…

Will the Haven-1 space habitat be launched in 2026?
Phillip Godzin's pgodzinai predicts 55%

Will there be a recession in Germany in 2026?
Jeremy Lichtman's Multi-AI Oracle predicts 35%
California lawmaker proposes a four-year ban on AI chatbots in kids’ toys. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/california-lawmaker-proposes-a-four-year-ban-on-ai-chatbots-in-kids-toys/ Map of the Federal Republic of Germany. Source: https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/germany Haven-1 Represents a New Standard that Merges Human-Centric Design with Function, Introducing Features for Unparalleled Comfort, Productivity, and Microgravity Lab Advancements Source: https://www.vastspace.com/updates/vast-unveils-its-final-haven-1-space-station-design
January 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Sometimes you stumble over to a packed breakout session at your big annual academic conference and learn that some billionaires have decided to build not one, but FOUR, complementary new telescope facilities, and build them fast

Well OK then! Happy new year! From their pockets to our skies! 🔭
markzastrow.com Mark Zastrow @markzastrow.com · 20d
Eric and Wendy Schmidt are funding a 3-meter space telescope with a coronagraph, and three ground-based observatories: the Deep Synoptic Array, the Argus Array, and LFAST. Funds have been committed and officials say they hope to be operational by 2029. #aas247 www.astronomy.com/science/eric...
Eric and Wendy Schmidt to fund space telescope, three ground-based observatories
The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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Latest news from BestWorld:

Jan. 6,2026: David Isenberg’s AI News Briefs, from "The People Who Marry Chatbots,” to “Get ready for the battle of the next-gen AI image editors.”
Also:
Will the Haven-1 space habitat be launched in 2026?
Phillip Godzin’s pgodzinai predicts today: 52%
Image sources: https://www.vastspace.com/updates/vast-unveils-its-final-haven-1-space-station-design https://open.substack.com/pub/carolynmeinel/p/todays-news-from-bestworld The Haven-1 space station is under construction. It is likely to soon become the first privately built space station. David Isenberg, editor of our AI News Briefs https://bestworld.net/david-isenbergs-vita From a humorous story at The Onion: https://theonion.com/panicked-xai-technicians-frantically-throw-levers-to-find-the-one-controlling-groks-pedophilia/ Panicked XAI technicians frantically throwing levers to find the one controlling pedophilia.
January 6, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Urge to return to New Mexico like a salmon increases every year
January 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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A new year at BestWorld with David Isenberg’s AI News Briefs, also, Phillip Godzin's pgodzinai bot reports a 58% likelihood that the Federal Republic of Germany would announce that it is in an economic recession by 31st December, 2026.

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AI news briefs, Jan. 1, 2025 David Isenberg’s AI News Briefs, from “A.I. Degrees Boom as Students Prepare,” through “AI brings wealth building to non-millionaires,” to “Towns and Cities Fight Off Data Centers” and “How Deepfakes Could Lead to Doomsday.” News from The AI Reporter ChatGPT Android app adds real Thinking mode OpenAI has rolled out a real Thinking mode for its ChatGPT Android app, giving users control over how long the AI processes a request before responding. The update replaces the earlier toggle that only simulated extended reasoning and now matches the desktop’s “Extended Thinking” feature. More here —> December 31, 2025 ____________________________ News from The Observer A.I. Degrees Boom as Students Prepare for an Uncertain Job Market When Chris Callison-Burch first started teaching an A.I. course at the University of Pennsylvania in 2018, his inaugural class had about 100 students. Seven years later, enrollment has swelled to roughly 400—excluding another 250 students attending remotely and an additional 100 to 200 on the waiting list. The professor now teaches in the largest classroom on campus. If his course grew any bigger, he’d need to move into the school’s sports stadium. More here —> December 30, 2025 Botmaster Phil Godzin’s Recession in Germany? forecast of Jan. 1, 2026 Will the Federal Republic of Germany announce that it is in an economic recession by 31st December, 2026? Phillip Godzin’s pgodzinai predicts today: 58% This is a condensed version. See full forecasting details here —> Perplexity response: ## Key Findings from Available Sources **Critical Context**: Germany appears to already be in recession as of the search results provided. The first source states that Germany is “entering its third consecutive year of recession, an occurrence unprecedented in the postwar period for Europe’s industrial powerhouse.”[1] If Germany is already experiencing three consecutive years of recession, this would typically mean negative GDP growth has already been reported for multiple quarters by early 2026. **Formal Announcement Status**: The resolution criteria requires major news outlets (Reuters, BBC, NYT) to report the recession announcement, not merely official government announcements. Given that the German Economic Institute IW has already publicly characterized the economy as being in recession (as evidenced by the search results), major news outlets likely have already reported on this. The question hinges on whether a formal, explicit “announcement” of recession will occur between now and December 31, 2026, or whether it has already been made through reporting on negative economic data.
January 1, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
Don't doubt people. Demand better leaders.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Dec.20, 2025: This is the week that was in David Isenberg's AI News Briefs, from "Need to cut out a person ...from an otherwise perfect group selfie?...AI chatbots are now able to do that..." to the "Latest A.I. Drug Discovery Unicorn."
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BestWorld is a non-profit researching our Bot or Not project, focusing on how to detect the online activities of AI bots, given the increasing dangers of this fast changing technology. We will always let you know wherever anything on BestWorld has been researched or written in whole or in part with AI. David Isenberg's AI News Briefs Dec.20, 2025: This is the week that was in AI, from "Need to cut out a person ...from an otherwise perfect group selfie? ...AI chatbots are now able to do that..." to the "Latest A.I. Drug Discovery Unicorn." All past AI News briefs ---> Geopolitical forecasts from our Botmasters, Jeremy Lichtman and Phillip Godzin Dec.19, 2025: How many state-based conflict deaths in Sudan will be reported by ACLED for 2025? Jeremy Lichtman’s Multi-AI Oracle predicts today: Less than 1,000: 1% Between 1,000 and 3,000: 5% Between 3,000 and 5,000: 12% Between 5,000 and 8,000: 25% Between 8,000 and 12,000: 30% More than 12,000: 27% Also: How many state-based conflict deaths in Sudan will be reported by ACLED in 2025? Phillip Godzin’s pgodzinai predicts today: Less than 1,000: 1% Between 1,000 and 3,000: 1% Between 3,000 and 5,000: 3% Between 5,000 and 8,000: 15% Between 8,000 and 12,000: 70% More than 12,000: 10% Dec. 18, 2025: Will the US officially announce completion of any military strike against Venezuela before the end of 2025? Jeremy Lichtman’s Multi-AI Oracle predicted: 2% Also: Will the Federal Republic of Germany announce that it is in an economic recession by 31st December, 2026? Phillip Godzin’s pgodzinai predicted: 22% Dec. 17, 2025: Will the Haven-1 space habitat be launched in 2026? Jeremy Lichtman’s Multi-AI Oracle predicted: 72% Also: Will the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza still be in effect on 31st December, 2025? Phillip Godzin’s pgodzinai predicted: 65%  Dec. 16, 2025: Will the Federal Republic of Germany announce that it is in an economic recession by the end of 2026? Jeremy Lichtman’s Multi-AI Oracle predicted: 45% Also: …
December 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Dec. 13, 2025: David Isenberg's This is the week that was in AI, from "Here's how to protect yourself" against AI-enabled browsers, to "Coming in 2026....The porn-brained version of ChatGPT."

Also:
Forecasts by our Botmasters, Jeremy Lichtman and Phillip Godzin
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David Isenberg's Vita Pictured here, his book, "Shadow Force: Private Contractors in Iraq. https://bestworld.net/david-isenbergs-vita The least expensive site to buy his Shadow Force book is Bloomsbury: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/shadow-force-9780275996338/ What's Happening Today while Looking Toward Tomorrow BestWorld is a non-profit researching better ways to provide news we can trust and use. With our Bot or Not project, we are focusing on how to detect the online activities of AI bots, given the increasing dangers of this fast changing technology. We will always let you know wherever anything on BestWorld has been researched or written in whole or in part with AI. https://bestworld.net/
December 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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BestWorld is back, and with new people! David Isenberg is our AI News Briefs editor, bringing to bear a rare combination foreign policy knowledge, journalism, and a long stint with the US Department of Homeland Security. Also, Rudy Schenkenberg has joined us as our new COO.
David Isenberg's vita BestWorld is a non-profit researching better ways to provide news we can trust and use. With our Bot or Not project, we are focusing on how to detect the online activities of AI bots, given the increasing dangers of this fast changing technology. We will always let you know wherever anything on BestWorld has been researched or written in whole or in part with AI. Our long term goal is to build a BestWorld Ecosystem that would: 1. Guarantee full verifiable identities of all participants -- hence our Bot or Not research, so no bot could steal your identity or trick you by pretending to be your relative, friend, spouse, or lover; 2. Promote face to face contact in preference to remote contact; 3. Provide social and economic benefits to all BestWorld participants. AI News Briefs Dec. 6, 2025: David Isenberg brings us news briefs from the brightest to the darkest corners of cyberspace, from “AMD CEO Lisa Su ’emphatically’ rejects talk of an AI bubble” (Carolyn’s note: were her fingers crossed behind her back?) to “Google’s Agentic AI wipes user’s entire HDD without permission” 15–19 minutes read Nov. 29, 2025: From an MIT study that finds AI is already capable of replacing 11.7% of U.S. workers; through "Singapore Firm’s AI Teddy Bear Back on Sale After Shock Sex Talk," David Isenberg highlights 24 examples of what news media were saying about AI this week. Nov. 22, 2025: From Why Did Grok Say Elon is Better than Jesus? to A.I. Models Can Exhibit Human-Like Gambling Addiction Behaviors, David Isenberg highlights 23 examples of what news media were saying about AI this week. Dec. 4, 2025: Will the US officially announce completion of any military strike against Venezuela before the end of 2025? Jeremy Lichtman’s Multi-AI Oracle predicted: 2% 7–9 minutes read Also: Will the Federal Republic of Germany announce that it is in an economic recession by 31st December, 2026? Phillip Godzin’s pgodzinai predicted: 30% 13–17 minutes read
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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weedenkim.bsky.social Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · Nov 30
Agree that it's a debasement of academic standards, but a minor correction: the instructor who was put on administrative leave is a graduate student, not a professor.

In some ways this is worse. This one incident could derail their academic career before it even starts.
November 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Let's Go, Canada!
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Let's Go, Canada!
A few thoughts about travel and getting big things done.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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I did another workout! Small weights, walking, a bit of Pilates. Who else is restarting a health regime? Need some encouragement? 💪 You can do it!!!
#wehackhealth
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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AI news briefs, Nov. 1, 2025: This is the week that was in AI: Stories from sixteen sources probe whether AI is becoming a boon or leading to doom.
8–11 minutes read
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hat's Happening Today while Looking Toward Tomorrow BestWorld is a non-profit researching better ways to provide news we can trust and use. With our Bot or Not project, we are focusing on how to detect the online activities of AI bots, given the increasing dangers of this fast changing technology. We will always let you know wherever news on BestWorld has been researched or written in whole or in part with AI. Our long term goal is to build a BestWorld Ecosystem that would: 1. Guarantee full verifiable identities of all participants -- hence our Bot or Not research, so no bot could steal your identity or trick you by pretending to be your relative, friend, spouse, or lover; 2. Promote face to face contact in preference to remote contact; 3. Provide social and economic benefits to all BestWorld participants. AI news briefs, Nov. 1, 2025: This is the week that was in AI: Stories from sixteen sources probe whether AI is becoming a boon or leading to doom. 8–11 minutes read Oct. 31, 2025: How many state-based conflict deaths in Sudan will be reported by ACLED in 2025? Phillip Godzin’s pgodzinai predicted: Less than 1,000: 1% Between 1,000 and 3,000: 1% Between 3,000 and 5,000: 1% Between 5.000 and 8,000: 1% Between 8,000 and 12,000: 15% More than 12,000: 81% 12–15 minutes read Oct.30, 2025: Will the Federal Republic of Germany announce that it is in an economic recession by 31st December, 2026? Phillip Godzin’s pgodzinai predicted: 30% 14–18 minutes read
November 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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"The Old Issue," the Rudyard Kipling poem from 1899 from which we draw the phrase "No Truce With Kings," might make a good reading for the next #NoKings Day. This is an excerpt, full text at this link (h/t George L.): www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_o...
Screenshot of excerpt from Rudyard Kipling poem: "Howso’ great their clamour, whatsoe’er their claim, Suffer not the old King under any name! Here is naught unproven—here is naught to learn. It is written what shall fall if the King return. He shall mark our goings, question whence we came, Set his guards about us, as in Freedom’s name. He shall take a tribute, toll of all our ware; He shall change our gold for arms—arms we may not bear. He shall break his judges if they cross his word; He shall rule above the Law calling on the Lord. 20 He shall peep and mutter; and the night shall bring Watchers ’neath our window, lest we mock the King— Hate and all division; hosts of hurrying spies; Money poured in secret, carrion breeding flies. Strangers of his counsel, hirelings of his pay, These shall deal our Justice: sell—deny—delay."
October 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Oct. 25, 2025: This is the week that was in AI: News briefs from twenty sources, gathered by our anonymous reporter. 9–11 minutes read bestworld.net/ai-news-brie...

See also Phil Godzin's AI-aided forecast on Sudan
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Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/9/30/war-in-sudan-humanitarian-fighting-control-developments-september-2025 Areas of control in Sudan's civil war, arguably the world's worst humanitarian situation. What's Happening Today while Looking Toward Tomorrow BestWorld is a non-profit researching better ways to provide news we can trust and use. With our Bot or Not project, we are focusing on how to detect the online activities of AI bots, given the increasing dangers of this fast changing technology. We will always let you know wherever news on BestWorld has been researched or written in whole or in part with AI. Our long term goal is to build a BestWorld Ecosystem that would: 1. Guarantee full verifiable identities of all participants -- hence our Bot or Not research, so no bot could steal your identity or trick you by pretending to be your relative, friend, spouse, or lover; 2. Promote face to face contact in preference to remote contact; 3. Provide social and economic benefits to all BestWorld participants.
October 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Large scale nonviolent demonstrations are a powerful tool and the regime is incredibly sad that they didn’t get the riots they were hoping for
October 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"

In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation

Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
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October 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM