R&R: What I’m reading

My weekly recommendations.

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Let’s dig in!

Some news you may have missed…

SOMETHING TO WATCH — “President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday agreed that any decision to use nuclear weapons should be controlled by humans, not by artificial intelligence,” NPR reports. It’s the first time China has made such a commitment.