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If you spend your days hunched over your desk and phone, your shoulders are probably curling forward by now, and you may find yourself constantly trying to straighten your back to improve your posture. One habit you can try is hanging from a bar. Yes, like the monkey bars you grew up with, but right-side up. Physiotherapist Daniel Vadnal says that starting small—with 3 sets of 30 second intervals—can already give your shoulders and upper body some much-needed release. That doesn’t mean 30 seconds on a bar will permanently correct your posture or treat back or shoulder pain. But hanging moves your upper body into a position it might not visit very often, which may help explain why people often step down feeling looser, according to TIME reporter Angela Haupt. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gfCMZ-kh

From E. coli and Salmonella to a record Cyclospora outbreak, this summer it seems like everything is being recalled. A string of foodborne illness outbreaks has made it harder to know what’s safe to put in your grocery cart—and left shoppers wondering whether this summer has been particularly bad. Here’s what the data tells us about the safety of America’s food supply, in one minute.

“When a company says they are trying to help humanity, it’s just counter to the facts.” Actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt has emerged as one of the most notable figures in AI discourse, and is now set to direct an AI thriller feature film for Netflix. His aim as a storyteller is to help viewers understand the stakes of widespread adoption of the technology. A private company, he notes, is incentivized to maximize shareholder value. “The rest is marketing.” In December 2025, he also founded the Creators Coalition on AI alongside others including Natasha Lyonne and Daniel Kwan. It aims to become Hollywood's voice at the table, calling for fair compensation, job protections and deepfake guardrails. The coalition’s signatories include A-listers like Ben Affleck, Aaron Sorkin, Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, and Octavia Spencer. Gordon-Levitt is on the TIME100 AI, the list of leaders shaping the development of AI in 2026. See the full list: https://lnkd.in/gaJKnwRy

“If we can make AI make better chips, then those chips can power the next generation of AI models.” Presented by Cognizant. Startup ‘Ricursive Intelligence,’ founded by Azalia Mirhoseini and Anna Goldie, has been building AI tools to do just that: to speed up the chip design process. The company’s name is a nod to “recursive self-improvement,” the idea that AI could one day bootstrap itself without human involvement. If they’re successful, Goldie and Mirhoseini could revolutionize the way the chip industry works. At the moment, AI companies mostly optimize their models for certain chips. But in a future where chip design happens far faster, it could work the other way around: chips optimized for specific models. The founders are on the TIME100 AI, the list of people shaping the development of AI in 2026. See the full list: https://lnkd.in/gaJKnwRy

Meet just a few of the 100 people to know in AI (sponsored by Cognizant). TIME100 AI pulls together the people pushing AI innovation forward, pushing back against AI proliferation, and the leaders, icons, and trailblazers ushering in a new era of artificial intelligence. See the full list here: https://lnkd.in/gaJKnwRy

As secretary-general of the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union, Doreen Bogdan-Martin has long held that artificial intelligence can be a force for good; a global equalizer. But she’s convinced it won’t happen by accident. (Presented by Cognizant.) Rich countries have adopted AI at twice the rate of poorer ones, she says. 2.2 billion people—a quarter of the globe—lack internet access altogether. Bogdan-Martin is focused on closing that gap. She is one of the leaders on this year’s TIME100 AI list of people shaping the development of AI. Read about Bogdan-Martin’s work and see the full list here: https://lnkd.in/gaJKnwRy

TIME selected the 100 most influential people in AI today. The people on this year’s TIME100 AI list aren’t just pushing forward the boundaries of AI. Some think they can use AI to solve disease—entirely. Others are pulling together communities to fight back against data centers and what some see as creative theft. See who made the list here: https://lnkd.in/gaJKnwRy

Over 150 people have been killed and hundreds more are missing after devastating flash floods swept through the Himalayan region along the Nepal-Tibet border, officials from both countries confirmed Wednesday. The majority of the flooding has occurred along the Trishuli and Bhotekoshi rivers in the north of the country. Nepal’s Tourism Board said that 403 people were missing as a result of the flooding, including 341 foreign nationals and 62 Nepali citizens. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g4994VuS

If you're looking forward to crisp air and orange leaves, here's one more reason to be jazzed for fall: there are some very exciting movies coming out. TIME's film critic Stephanie Zacharek takes us through three she's eagerly anticipating.

Over the course of the past year, OpenAI has faced a series of challenges: key leadership and research departures, rogue AI agents attacking other companies, lawsuits from Apple and Elon Musk, and increased competition in the AI race from its rival, Anthropic. “We clearly had some missteps as a company,” says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. “Both in terms of product direction and specifically on pretraining in research, we fell behind where we wanted to be.” The company, which is preparing for an upcoming IPO, remains in an enviable position. ChatGPT is one of the most popular AI products in the world, though it is no longer the cornerstone of the company’s future. OpenAI has refocused its priorities, investing heavily into computing and winding down multiple projects including the video-generation app Sora. Altman concedes the company had spread itself too thin. Even amid growing backlash against AI progress, OpenAI is positioning itself to be among the world’s most consequential companies for years to come. As co-founder and president Greg Brockman puts it, “We are looking at transforming the entire economy.” TIME got unparalleled access inside OpenAI in August, spending dozens of hours talking to more than 20 of its leaders, employees, investors, and customers. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g2Ax8TkN