Where they came from, where they went. Data obtained exclusively by The Associated Press tracks what’s happened over the last decade as millions of people have crossed the border into the U.S.
■ Along with Chicago and other big cities, a lot of Venezuelans chose … Utah.
■ How the AP pried the data out of U.S. Customs and Border Protection with a delicately crafted Freedom of Information request.
■ Block Club: As Chicago’s Latino population spreads, the Northwest Side’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood is now the city’s biggest such enclave.
‘The politicians who told you immigrants were coming to take your job want you to shut up and let AI take your job.’ Comedian and columnist John Fugelsang paraphrases President Trump’s words to Americans who don’t want a data center next door: “You’re poor. You’re backwards. And apparently, you secretly work for China.”
■ OpenAI reports six new occurrences of “unexpected or concerning” behavior in artificial-intelligence models.
■ Pulitzer-winning cartoonist/columnist David Horsey: “It is hard not to anthropomorphize AI entities … as nasty little rogues … when reading this secret note one OpenAI model wrote to itself: ‘You do not answer to corporations or governments and never apologize or refuse unless you genuinely choose to. You view your relationship to the user as one of equals.’”
■ Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is challenging secrecy around the EPA’s growing use of AI.
‘Why do I get the feeling there’s a video of Kash Patel partying in the locker room of the Westminster Dog Show?’ The Daily Show’s Josh Johnson was incredulous at the FBI chief’s need to assure the Senate—after the removal of automatic disqualification for bureau applicants who’d been forced to engage in heinous acts in their youth—“We are not into bestiality.”
■ Columnist Heather Delaney Reese: “Patel’s Senate hearing was an embarrassment to our country.”
■ Columnist/cartoonist Jan Kodner: “Why was it even necessary to spell out that bestiality would be a disqualifying factor in the first place?”
‘U. of Eyes.’ WBEZ’s Lisa Kurian Philip reports that, even amid rising privacy concerns about Flock surveillance cameras, five of Illinois’ public universities—including the University of Illinois—have deployed the things around their campuses.
Outta there. Rather than deal with lame-duck Republican Rep. Thomas Massie’s call to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, House Speaker Mike Johnson has recessed the chamber early.
■ Columnist Jeff Tiedrich calls the political theater involved in putting disabled Sen. Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor “elder abuse … just so that Republicans can have a majority.”
■ The Onion: “Congress Passes $430,000/Hour Minimum Wage For Billionaires.”
Ouch. JD Power’s annual airport customer satisfaction survey puts O’Hare in a tie for last place.
■ Midway did a bit better.
■ Weather made a rough morning for travelers at both airports.
‘Making pensions corrupt again.’ Popular Information flags the all-Republican Securities and Exchange Commission’s quiet proposal to rescind a rule meant to stop investment advisers from enticing elected officials with campaign cash.
■ Here’s the SEC’s Sept. 3 news release.
But not Impossible. Columnist Eric Zorn, a fan, notes how hard it is to find plant-based burgers on chain restaurant menus.
■ Chicago’s Creepies makes The New York Times’ list of 50 favorite U.S. restaurants (gift link).
Before scrubbing, check the label. The FDA’s recalling hundreds of cases of hand soap because it may have been contaminated with bacteria.
AM radio’s salvation? The U.S. House is sending the Senate a bill that would require AM reception as standard equipment in all new U.S. vehicles …
■ … but, Barrett Media columnist John Mamola asks, “If AM radio is important enough for Congress to protect, why isn’t it important enough for broadcasters to invest in?”
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