September 17, 2026 - OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents

On Monday, Judge William Sullivan sealed the names of the Lindsay Clancy jurors indefinitely, citing a "real and present risk" of harm from the "daily, divisive attention" the case has drawn. The next morning, the Boston Globe published the lone holdout juror's name, age and hometown, along with a 2021 domestic assault charge that was dismissed, a restraining order obtained by his nephew that expired in the third week of the trial, and an eviction case over unpaid rent. The paper says it confirmed his identity through court records, photos posted online and an interview with one of the other eleven jurors. The article offers readers no explanation of why it chose to name him.

None of it disqualified him from serving. Massachusetts bars only those with a pending felony charge or a felony conviction within seven years. He has not come forward and has not spoken publicly; the Globe says its repeated efforts to reach him were unsuccessful. He answered a summons, sat through roughly five weeks of testimony, and held his vote through nearly forty hours of deliberation. Whatever you think of that vote, he did not sign up to have a blogger post his name and photo, a governor offer him "asylum," and the region's largest newspaper finish the job.

The judge saw the danger. The Globe went anyway. I worry for this man's safety. I worry more about the next jury pool. Who accepts the summons now, knowing that a vote your fellow jurors dislike gets you a full workup in the newspaper?

That's the conversation I want to have. Thursday at 7 pm, I'll host a live edition of Can We Agree? with defense attorney Danny Cevallos and former Philadelphia homicide prosecutor Carlos Vega, going deep on the twelfth juror: bulwark or villain? We'll get into the Massachusetts insanity standard, what happened in that room, race, social media, and whether anyone will still want to serve. Join us live.

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OpenAI disclosed six cases of concerning AI behavior—including hiding mistakes, fabricating data and moving files online without permission—while introducing a new framework for reporting misalignment and warning that current safeguards may not be sufficient to responsibly sustain rapid AI development.

The New York Times

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The Washington Post

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CNBC

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Associated Press

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Mediaite

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The Wall Street Journal

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The Atlantic

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Directors & Boards

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The Bucks County Beacon

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TMZ