Daily News Collage 9 30 26

Selected stories

1. The U.S. military completed its withdrawal from Iraq, ending its 12-year mission against the Islamic State group. Caption: “U.S. TROOPS LEAVE IRAQ.” Source: https://apnews.com/article/a097a39f3d1a3515adc2ba3298a6816f
2. The Defense Department announced a new drone command and plans to cut 20% of general and admiral positions. Caption: “NEW DRONE COMMAND.” Source: https://apnews.com/article/67a20b026ee858895c7e5ff7fadbc029
3. The FTC opened an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies over possible consumer risks. Caption: “FTC PROBES AI RISKS.” Source: https://apnews.com/article/89ac416717adbfb1d72f2d85e6ce83d1
4. California enacted worker protections addressing AI-driven surveillance, layoffs, and firing decisions. Caption: “CALIFORNIA PROTECTS WORKERS FROM AI.” Source: https://apnews.com/article/1aa4935e3ee79519ae8b2458b2b9ebc1
5. The administration said it was considering reducing the scope of a planned border project through Big Bend National Park. Caption: “BIG BEND WALL PLAN SHRINKS.” Source: https://apnews.com/article/618f74f42237fb54ba4f897492dfb6f8
6. Most U.S. stocks fell as high Treasury yields pressured the market despite a better-than-expected inflation report. Caption: “YIELDS PRESSURE WALL STREET.” Source: https://apnews.com/article/1ee73f14dc23f6139eeb12c7397f543e

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• The exact prompt is preserved at script/logs/daily-ai-news-collage/gemini-prompt_9-30-26.txt for fallback reuse.
• Both built-in renders were created after RUN_START epoch 1790861407, but the tool saved them as exec-*.png, so the required freshness query for ig_*.png returned no result after both attempts.
• Recovery command: python3 "/workspace/AI-Automation-Library/script/categories/shared/codex_extract_images.py" "/home/ubuntu/.codex/sessions/2026/10/01/rollout-2026-10-01T13-30-08-01a0f7a8-78c1-7b50-adfb-20701a3fddea.jsonl" --out script/logs/daily-ai-news-collage/extracted_9-30-26
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• Gemini fallback was not used.

Delivery

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