AI & Mental Health: OpenAI’s “pre-deployment simulation” approach is being pitched as a way to better shape generative AI for mental-health advice, using audited responses from real-world chat logs. Science & Origins: New modeling work argues repeated asteroid impacts may have created early Earth hydrothermal systems—hot water pathways that could help life get started. Publishing & Reading Life: Libraries are rolling out summer programming, from after-school literacy and hands-on building sessions to community book events and local reading challenges. Books & Culture: A new children’s poetry collection, I Dreamt I Was, invites young readers into animal imagination through playful “I dreamt I was” poems. Anime & Adaptations: Yen Press is bringing English manga adaptations of Kamitsuki Rainy’s Witch and Hound, while Neuromancer gets a fresh Apple TV teaser. Security & Tech Risks: Researchers describe a browser-only ransomware proof-of-concept that abuses the File System Access API—an urgent reminder that “no downloads” doesn’t mean “no danger.”