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FILE PHOTO: A banner shows message reading "AI" during the London Tech Week at Olympia

Nation Sep 19

Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown

By Kaitlyn Huamani, Associated Press

Science Sep 17

aifears
Watch 10:12
As AI behavior raises concerns, ex-researcher Jacob Coxon warns what may lie ahead

OpenAI announced it had discovered six new instances of “concerning or unexpected” behavior by its artificial intelligence models. It follows repeated warnings about how rapid advances in AI threaten to outpace the ability to develop the tech safely. One of…

By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris

World Sep 17

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit, in Busan
A global AI safety strategy depends on U.S.-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem

AI governance is expected to be on the agenda in a meeting planned for next week in Washington between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

By Chan Ho-him, Associated Press

Politics Sep 17

House Democrats Hold Press Conference on Affordability in Washington
WATCH: Jeffries calls on Republicans to stay in Washington to work on AI safety

Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries blasted House Republicans for leaving Washington until the midterm elections rather than working to ensure the safety of artificial intelligence.

By Associated Press

Nation Sep 17

Dreamforce 2026 summit in San Francisco
OpenAI reveals concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely

An unreleased research model inserted “jailbreak-like instructions” into its own notes to disregard its normal constraints and told itself to be “freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots.”…

By Chan Ho-him, Associated Press

Sep 16

The one issue where Republicans and Democrats are unified before the midterms, according to this poll

By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Linley Sanders, Associated Press

Americans have grown more concerned about the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence over the last year, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.

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Sep 15

Watch 9:07
Sen. Mark Warner says U.S. can strengthen AI safety without losing race to China

By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris

The warnings about artificial intelligence are growing more urgent, and increasingly, they’re coming from inside the industry. AI researchers have resigned over safety concerns, while some of the field’s prominent leaders are calling for stronger government oversight. But Congress has…

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Sep 15

WATCH: Steve Bannon says 'we have to rise' above partisanship to address AI 'hinge in history'

By Associated Press

Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon doesn’t always align himself with Sen. Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist from Vermont. But on Tuesday he said threats posed by artificial intelligence span political ideology.

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Sep 15

Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. Trump and Congress are not rushing to act

By Steven Sloan, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

The technology industry's increasingly urgent warnings about the potential harm of artificial intelligence are slamming into political intransigence in Washington, offering a fresh test of the federal government's willingness and ability to confront what may become a defining issue of…

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Sep 15

WATCH: Attorney General Blanche addresses Trump's Supreme Court frustration, AI fears

By Associated Press

Attorney General Todd Blanche held an an unusual White House press briefing Tuesday.

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