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Today, "On the Net Today" launches an interactive special on one of the most talked-about topics of recent weeks: the risks that artificial intelligence poses to humanity, and where the industry's key players stand. Explore the interactive in our first story and let us know what you think!

As always, welcome to a new edition of "On the Net Today", the newsletter where every Friday we share a selection of useful and interesting resources to help you get the most out of the internet and make the best use of your browsing time.

Here are the topics we’ve prepared for today:

A lot has been said and written in recent days about the risks that rapid advances in artificial intelligence pose to the future of humanity. That's why, in the newsletters "Hoy en internet", "On the Net Today" and "Tendenci@s", we set out to take an in-depth look at where the key players in the AI world stand, and to explain it as clearly as possible.

To do this, we created an interactive special, with the help of ChatGPT, that shows where these key figures (fourteen people and one institution) stand on four key questions: how worried they are about a possible loss of control over AI, what kind of regulation they support, whether they think the development of the most advanced models should be slowed down, and who should check that those models are safe.

The debate about the risks of artificial intelligence is often framed, sometimes rather simplistically, as a clash between those who want to speed up its development and those who think it should be slowed down. But when you look closely at what the people who build, research and regulate AI actually say, the picture is far more complex.

Four questions, not a single ranking

The main conclusion we reached after analyzing the statements and positions of AI's key figures is that no single axis can sort the players in this debate into one camp or the other. Positions on risk, regulation, pace of development and external oversight don't always go together.

You can reject a coordinated slowdown of AI and, at the same time, accept that independent third parties should assess the safety of models. With different nuances, that's the case for Jensen Huang (Nvidia), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta) and Clément Delangue (Hugging Face). Zuckerberg, for example, has spoken out against slowing down US models, but in favor of independent governance and oversight mechanisms.

Others argue that progress in capabilities should go hand in hand with stronger safety guarantees. That's the case of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: the goal is not to stop progress, but to match its pace to the safeguards required by risks he considers serious. In fact, an essay of his sparked many of the statements made in recent days.

Andrew Ng (DeepLearning.AI) holds a very different position on regulation. He has repeatedly warned against regulation that stifles innovation, although he accepts proportionate measures for specific risks, such as those related to cybersecurity.

Governments and institutions add further nuance. California is developing independent verification and auditing mechanisms for AI systems; the European Union requires systemic risks of certain general-purpose models to be assessed and mitigated; and the Spanish government recently unveiled IA360, which combines promoting AI adoption with governance and safety measures.

The four axes

These are the four axes we used in the interactive to analyze where AI's key players stand:

Analyzing their statements, articles, speeches, interviews and documents shows that the same people can be very close on one question and very far apart on another. That's exactly what we wanted to make visible with the interactive.

14 key figures and one institution

These are the players featured in the interactive:

The aim was not to create an exhaustive list. The idea was to bring together especially relevant and diverse voices from among those who develop AI, research it or help regulate it.

How the interactive works

When you open it, the first axis is already selected, showing where each player stands on it. When you switch axes, the players move according to their documented positions. Click on any of them to open a full profile with their position on all four axes, the explanation and strength of evidence for each one, a key quote where available, and the sources used.

When we couldn't find enough evidence to place someone on an axis, their position is marked “Not established.” That doesn't mean they are neutral, have no opinion or oppose something. It simply means that, at least for now, we haven't found enough evidence to attribute a position to them.

We also assessed the strength of the evidence axis by axis, based on the quality, clarity, recency and consistency of the sources.

The information is current as of September 24, 2026. It is therefore a snapshot of a debate in motion: positions change, and the interactive may be updated when relevant statements or decisions emerge.

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This week, The New York Times is publishing a major special feature ranking the 100 best TV series of the century so far.

Over five days, the Times has been revealing 20 titles a day, starting with number 100. This Friday it will complete the ranking with the top 20 shows.

You can view the full interactive through this free link, courtesy of "On the Net Today".

To choose the best shows, the paper asked more than 500 actors, writers, producers and other television professionals for their views. Each picked 10 series that premiered since January 1, 2000.

Here you can see the votes of a selection of voters. Readers can also cast their own votes for their favorite shows.

Each show comes with a short description and practical information on where to watch it, and users can save it to their "Watch List".

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The winners of two international photography competitions were recently announced, giving us the chance to enjoy stunning images in two specific fields: astronomy and the world of birds.

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 announced its winners on September 17, and Royal Museums Greenwich has put together a lovely online experience for exploring the selected images. The competition received almost 4,000 photographs from 769 entrants, and public voting for the People's Choice award is still open.

Meanwhile, Bird Photographer of the Year 2026 has just announced this year's winners, from more than 24,000 images submitted. The standout photographs can be viewed on the competition's website.

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That's all for today. See you in a week!