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Next week, 60 Minutes reports on a project imagined by CBS News' Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp. They visited the bedrooms of children killed in school shootings to see what was left behind.
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
In chess boxing, “the real battlefield is the minute in between the rounds,” says U.S. coach Matt Thomas. cbsn.ws/4nYzoxq
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There was a little blood, a lot of sweat, but no tears at the World Chess Boxing Championships in Serbia. cbsn.ws/4nXDSEs
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Former Harlem Globetrotter Wayne “Godking” Clark traded hoops for the ring 11 years ago. He says chess boxing is in his DNA: one of his uncles was a boxer and another was a chessmaster.

60 Minutes watched as he competed in the World Chess Boxing Championships. cbsn.ws/48083Vo
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Russia is the dominant force in chess boxing, and the Americans are the underdogs.

U.S. chess boxing coach Matt Thomas says more than 500 schools and universities in Russia teach chess boxing. “It is their sport, their focus,” he adds. cbsn.ws/43zz4Op
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
William “Gambit Man” Graif, a New York State chess champion, says he grew up as a scrawny chess-playing kid. After adding 30 pounds of muscle, he’s now competing as a chess boxer. cbsn.ws/4i4dzLl
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The coach of the U.S. chess boxing team dropped out of law school to go all-in on the sport. Matt Thomas built the American team, which includes a lawyer, a Cornell math major, and a military veteran. In 2018, Thomas became the first American to win a world chess boxing title.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Chess boxing is where knuckle meets nerd. Competitors alternate rounds of chess and boxing, and can win by knockout or checkmate, whichever comes first. cbsn.ws/4nYzgOs
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“I'm deeply uncomfortable with these decisions being made by a few companies, by a few people,” says Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of AI company Anthropic. cbsn.ws/4oMWYym
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
At Anthropic, AI runs the vending machines to test its ability to one day operate a business on its own. So far, it hasn't made much money. It gives away too many discounts, and like most AI, it occasionally hallucinates. cbsn.ws/4r58pTt
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Could AI be used to make a weapon of mass destruction? That’s one of the questions researchers at Anthropic are testing.

Anthropic researcher Logan Graham says the same AI capabilities that could help vaccine researchers could also be used to make biological weapons.
November 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and spike unemployment to 10% to 20% in the next one to five years, predicts Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. cbsn.ws/44c6Vgk
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts, “[Artificial intelligence] will be smarter than most or all humans in most or all ways,” in the future. His company is developing AI models called Claude. cbsn.ws/3K785D4
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
An Emirati investment fund used a Trump-family cryptocurrency in a $2 billion deal. The cryptocurrency had been on the market for five weeks. The Emiratis tell 60 Minutes they chose World Liberty crypto for “business suitability.” cbsn.ws/4r3epvX
November 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“The influence that money played in securing this pardon is unprecedented,” says Elizabeth Oyer, former U.S. pardon attorney, about President Trump’s pardon of crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao.

Zhao didn’t respond to 60 Minutes’ request for an interview. cbsn.ws/4806u9Y
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Brains meet brawn in the world of chess boxing, a sport in which competitors face off on the chess board and also in the boxing ring. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday. 60Minutes.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
President Trump’s pardon of Changpeng Zhao came shortly after Zhao’s company, Binance, helped catapult the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm, World Liberty Financial, into international recognition. The firm is a major source of the Trump family's fortune. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday. 60Minutes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When 60 Minutes first heard about chess boxing, we thought it was a joke. It is not. Competitors alternate rounds of chess and boxing, and can win by knockout or by checkmate, whichever happens first. This Sunday, travel with us to the World Chess Boxing Championships.
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Anthropic is a $183 billion artificial intelligence company that’s centered its brand around AI safety and transparency. This Sunday, Anderson Cooper visits its well-guarded San Francisco headquarters and speaks with CEO Dario Amodei about the potential dangers of AI. 60Minutes.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
So long, penny. The U.S. Mint pressed its final one-cent coin on Wednesday. In 2008, 60 Minutes reported that MIT scientist Jeff Gore estimated Americans waste 2.4 hours a year dealing with pennies. cbsn.ws/3WUiFAo
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The U.S. Mint printed its final batch of pennies on Wednesday. For years, the cost of making the copper coins exceeded their value. In 2008, Morley Safer reported that producing $80 million worth of pennies cost the federal government $134 million. cbsn.ws/3XsKekk
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Margaret Atwood has gone by various pen names and nicknames. She tells 60 Minutes people get a little sheepish when it comes to what to call her. cbsn.ws/47PPXWg
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM