Oliver James Montgomery-This week on "Sunday Morning" (October 1)

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Hosted by Jane Pauley

      
COVER STORY: AI and warfare
Like other technological advances, the growing use of artificial intelligence in warfighting is a foregone conclusion. But as "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel reports, questions persist on how AI is developed and deployed on the battlefield, by both the U.S. and its adversaries.

For more info:

• Michèle Flournoy, co-founder and CEO, Center for a New American Security
• Tuomas Sandholm, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
• Dr. Craig Martell, chief digital and AI officer, Department of Defense

       
ALMANAC: October 1
"Sunday Morning" looks at important historical events on this date. 

SCIENCE: CSI for animals: A forensics lab devoted to wildlife
Founded in 1988 in Ashland, Ore., the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory is the only U.S. federal crime lab devoted to criminal investigations of crimes committed against wildlife. Correspondent Conor Knighton meets the forensic scientists whose cases can get pretty wild.

For more info:

• Clark R. Bavin National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Ore.

      
BOOKS: Newspaper editor Martin Baron
CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa reports.

See also:

• Washington Post editor Marty Baron on our nation's "wake-up call" ("Sunday Morning")

For more info:

• "Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post" by Martin Baron (Flatiron Books), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available October 3 via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org

      
THEATER: "Merrily We Roll Along" and its long road back to Broadway
Stephen Sondheim's musical about the long, complicated friendships of a trio of creatives, which was savaged by critics when it first debuted in 1981, has been rethought and restaged in an acclaimed revival that is now back on Broadway. Correspondent Rita Braver talks with stars Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, and director Maria Friedman, about bringing a work by one of the greats of musical theater to new light. 

To watch a trailer for "Merrily We Roll Along" click on the video player below:

For more info:

• "Merrily We Roll Along," at the Hudson Theatre, New York City | Ticket info
• Thanks to Jay Records

       
PASSAGE: In memoriam

      
HARTMAN: TBD
      

MUSIC: Joan Baez at peace
In a new documentary, "Joan Baez I Am a Noise," which features the singer-activist's personal archive of home movies, letters and drawings, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer opens up about her 60-year career and her life on the front lines of social change. Baez talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about the film and the surprising secrets she revealed; how Bob Dylan broke her heart; and how she expresses her less serious side.

To watch a trailer for "Joan Baez I Am a Noise," click on the video player below:

For more info:

• "Joan Baez I Am a Noise," in theaters beginning October 6
• joanbaez.com
• "Am I Pretty When I Fly?: An Album of Upside Down Drawings" by Joan Baez (David R. Godine), in Hardcover and eBook formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org

BROADCAST NEWS: Emmy update!
On Wednesday "CBS News Sunday Morning" was named winner of the 2023 News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Recorded News Program! Also, our executive producer, Rand Morrison, was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' "Silver Circle," honoring journalists and broadcasters who have made an enduring contribution to the industry.

       
COMMENTARY: Robert Reich on the shutdown: Republicans holding America hostage
The former Labor Secretary says GOP extremists in the House, acting at the behest of Donald Trump, are instigating a government shutdown that will hurt almost all Americans.

For more info:

• robertreich.org

BOOKS: "Trust" author Hernan Diaz on his love for "the music of English"
Brooklyn-based novelist Hernan Diaz won this year's Pulitzer Prize for his bestseller "Trust," a kaleidoscopic look at the world of the stratospherically rich. He talks with correspondent Martha Teichner about how his childhood in Argentina and Sweden informed his perspective on American life and history; his love of the English language; the influence of Edith Wharton on his writing; and the miracle of validation that came after years without recognition.  

READ AN EXCERPT: "Trust" by Hernan Diaz

For more info:

• "Trust" by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead Books), in Hardcover, Large Print Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
• hernandiaz.net
• The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts
• Center for Brooklyn History

      
NATURE: TBD
      

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WEB EXCLUSIVES:

GALLERY: Summer music heats up 2023
Summer is sadly over, so look back on the musical performers who made the season one to remember. Featuring smashing images by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton. 

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David Morgan

David Morgan is a senior editor at CBSNews.com and cbssundaymorning.com.