Gates funds global AI access
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Bill Gates announced a $1 billion initiative to expand AI access for poor communities worldwide, saying AI systems must learn local languages and customs to avoid widening inequality.
Reposted by Suresh Venkatasubramanian
Good. This bill contained provisions that would've endangered our rights for the sake of AI experimentation.
As tech leaders warn of AI's risks, Congress must not remove the few protections we have to hold companies accountable.
As tech leaders warn of AI's risks, Congress must not remove the few protections we have to hold companies accountable.
‘The bill is dead’: Crypto legislation collapses on Senate floor
Democrats said the legislation didn’t do enough to crack down on President Donald Trump’s potential conflicts of interest.
www.politico.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Good. This bill contained provisions that would've endangered our rights for the sake of AI experimentation.
As tech leaders warn of AI's risks, Congress must not remove the few protections we have to hold companies accountable.
As tech leaders warn of AI's risks, Congress must not remove the few protections we have to hold companies accountable.
Why would Trump be so opposed to regulating AI — even in the face of growing public concern, even with midterm elections just around the corner?
Like everything with him, follow the money.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-trump-loves-ai
Like everything with him, follow the money.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-trump-loves-ai
Why Trump Loves AI
Follow the money
robertreich.substack.com
September 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Why would Trump be so opposed to regulating AI — even in the face of growing public concern, even with midterm elections just around the corner?
Like everything with him, follow the money.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-trump-loves-ai
Like everything with him, follow the money.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-trump-loves-ai
Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner, Bessma Momani, Laurent Dubois
This is a subhed for the ages in the WSJ this morning:
“Talk of heading off artificial intelligence’s potential role in destroying humanity hurt some stocks and helped others”
“Talk of heading off artificial intelligence’s potential role in destroying humanity hurt some stocks and helped others”
September 15, 2026 at 11:48 AM
This is a subhed for the ages in the WSJ this morning:
“Talk of heading off artificial intelligence’s potential role in destroying humanity hurt some stocks and helped others”
“Talk of heading off artificial intelligence’s potential role in destroying humanity hurt some stocks and helped others”
@aflcio.org president
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Today in DC, hundreds of leaders gathered for the @futureoflife.org summit to talk about AI and the threat it poses to our workers, planet and future. Our unions are out in full force.
Here’s what I hear from workers about AI — and what I see as the best path forward:
Here’s what I hear from workers about AI — and what I see as the best path forward:
September 16, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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Thought-provoking article about the emerging cyber security challenges cutting across digital, physical and operational environments ...
www.csoonline.com/article/4221...
www.csoonline.com/article/4221...
AI is exposing a security structure built for yesterday’s threats
AI-driven threats are blurring cyber and physical security, making integrated, cross-functional defense essential for resilience.
www.csoonline.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Thought-provoking article about the emerging cyber security challenges cutting across digital, physical and operational environments ...
www.csoonline.com/article/4221...
www.csoonline.com/article/4221...
Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I. Inequality www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/t...
Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I. Inequality
Bill Gates, the foundation’s chairman, has been vocal about the dangers of artificial intelligence. The donation will be invested in A.I. projects to bridge social inequalities.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I. Inequality www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/t...
Reposted by Fabián Muniesa
@timnitgebru.blacksky.app gives a history lesson on AI "existential risk" talk and explains how we don't have to accept Big Tech's utopia or apocalyptic visions for the future:
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
Watch Gebru: AI Security & Safety Is About Human Control - Bloomberg
Timnit Gebru DAIR Institute Founder & Executive Director, discusses her early warnings about artificial intelligence risks and her departure from Google’s ethical AI team in 2020. She discusses whethe...
www.bloomberg.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:22 PM
@timnitgebru.blacksky.app gives a history lesson on AI "existential risk" talk and explains how we don't have to accept Big Tech's utopia or apocalyptic visions for the future:
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
by Paul Fisher
I’m pretty sure they are crazy too but not in the “future AI god will torture us way” but more the “my army of AI slaves will replace you punny humans way”. My view is they play up the risk stuff in a more insincere reason to motivate people funding them to give them more cash.
September 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I’m pretty sure they are crazy too but not in the “future AI god will torture us way” but more the “my army of AI slaves will replace you punny humans way”. My view is they play up the risk stuff in a more insincere reason to motivate people funding them to give them more cash.
This is a good guide to where various figures in Silicon Valley and in politics stand on AI.
How A.I. Risks Are Splitting Silicon Valley and Washington (Gift Article)
What began as a philosophical question — how dangerous might artificial intelligence become? — has hardened into increasingly entrenched rival camps.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:47 PM
This is a good guide to where various figures in Silicon Valley and in politics stand on AI.
What an AI slowdown would mean www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
What an AI slowdown would mean
Would restraining the growth of artificial intelligence's dangers require a U.S.-China pact? Or a change to antitrust law? Or just a willingness in Silicon Valley to choose humanity over profits?
www.politico.com
September 15, 2026 at 10:38 PM
What an AI slowdown would mean www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
1. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news... So Matt Levine had a newsletter yesterday where he suggested that AI labs could "publish papers about how important it is to slow down" to coordinate an effective cartel. I have a Modest Proposal that goes one better.
AI Labs Want Someone to Stop Them
AI and antitrust, lockups and indexes, annuities, Montessori and sudden wealth syndrome.
www.bloomberg.com
September 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
1. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news... So Matt Levine had a newsletter yesterday where he suggested that AI labs could "publish papers about how important it is to slow down" to coordinate an effective cartel. I have a Modest Proposal that goes one better.
AI is really going to kill us, it's inevitable now.
September 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
AI is really going to kill us, it's inevitable now.
by John Holbein
I say all of this not because I believe AI has no costs for higher education. It certainly does!
But it also has some benefits.
But it also has some benefits.
September 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I say all of this not because I believe AI has no costs for higher education. It certainly does!
But it also has some benefits.
But it also has some benefits.
by John Holbein
There’s a lot of doom & gloom around how AI is affecting higher education.
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
September 15, 2026 at 9:36 PM
There’s a lot of doom & gloom around how AI is affecting higher education.
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
To a certain extent, I get it. AI is making some things harder.
But I’ve found that AI has in some ways greatly enhanced my teaching.
For one, it’s opened up applied activities that weren’t possible before.
One example: 🧵
AI is really going to kill us, it's inevitable now.
September 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
AI is really going to kill us, it's inevitable now.
Reposted by Simon Lester, Manisha Sinha
With Trump unleashing insane tirades against regulating AI, Obama just urged Dems to adopt a comprehensive position on it, warning that failure to act now will be "dangerous."
Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving
Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.
newrepublic.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:18 AM
With Trump unleashing insane tirades against regulating AI, Obama just urged Dems to adopt a comprehensive position on it, warning that failure to act now will be "dangerous."
Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
Reposted by Adrian Daub, Suzanne Conklin Akbari
The Gates Foundation has pledged to spend at least $1 billion over the next two years to expand global access to A.I. and help “narrow gaps between the richest and poorest rather than widening them.”
Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I. Inequality
Bill Gates, the foundation’s chairman, has been vocal about the dangers of artificial intelligence. The donation will be invested in A.I. projects to bridge social inequalities.
nyti.ms
September 15, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The Gates Foundation has pledged to spend at least $1 billion over the next two years to expand global access to A.I. and help “narrow gaps between the richest and poorest rather than widening them.”
Reposted by Jack Stilgoe
In thisa piece for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social I express the wish for a better level of public discourse around AI that doesn't leave us hanging on every word of the alleged tech gurus.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
Apocalyptic AI fantasies are a stupid, annoying distraction from its real problems
The people who work in AI are not gurus and most of their predictions have been wrong. Working in the industry makes them less reliable commentators, not more
www.thenewworld.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 7:35 AM
In thisa piece for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social I express the wish for a better level of public discourse around AI that doesn't leave us hanging on every word of the alleged tech gurus.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
Reposted by Aaron Sojourner
Today in DC, hundreds of leaders gathered for the @futureoflife.org summit to talk about AI and the threat it poses to our workers, planet and future. Our unions are out in full force.
Here’s what I hear from workers about AI — and what I see as the best path forward:
Here’s what I hear from workers about AI — and what I see as the best path forward:
September 16, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Today in DC, hundreds of leaders gathered for the @futureoflife.org summit to talk about AI and the threat it poses to our workers, planet and future. Our unions are out in full force.
Here’s what I hear from workers about AI — and what I see as the best path forward:
Here’s what I hear from workers about AI — and what I see as the best path forward: