Summit likely leaves AI unresolved
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Commentators cautioned against exaggerated AI doomsday claims while noting U.S. and China rivalry and the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting would likely leave AI regulation unresolved.
"Any [US-China] A.I. talks will be complicated by the fact that neither country is likely to agree to anything that restrains their own competitive ability, Mr. Mehta said."
Trump and Xi to Discuss A.I. Risks and Competition at US-China Summit (Gift Article)
Artificial intelligence is on the agenda when leaders from the United States and China meet this week. But with little consensus on a path forward, expectations are limited.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"Any [US-China] A.I. talks will be complicated by the fact that neither country is likely to agree to anything that restrains their own competitive ability, Mr. Mehta said."
Keep your expectations low for this week’s visit of XI to the United States when it comes to AI regulation.
But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.
Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.
Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
September 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Keep your expectations low for this week’s visit of XI to the United States when it comes to AI regulation.
But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.
Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.
Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
(Also, what exactly *is* the supposed mechanism for an AI apocalypse? Is it that they hack into the nuclear launch codes, or something? I can tell you what are the many varied mechanisms by which climate change, and its intersections with society, will produce injury, but…)
September 22, 2026 at 3:42 PM
(Also, what exactly *is* the supposed mechanism for an AI apocalypse? Is it that they hack into the nuclear launch codes, or something? I can tell you what are the many varied mechanisms by which climate change, and its intersections with society, will produce injury, but…)
Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Markus W. Gehring
Trump: "The very same people who said we'll all be dead in 12 years because of global warming -- a name since reborn to climate change because the planet was cooling, not warming -- these are the same people that are now saying AI is going to kill us all, that robots are going to attack us."
September 22, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Trump: "The very same people who said we'll all be dead in 12 years because of global warming -- a name since reborn to climate change because the planet was cooling, not warming -- these are the same people that are now saying AI is going to kill us all, that robots are going to attack us."
www.programmablemutter.com/p/machine-go... what it says on the package
Machine god metaphors eat your brain
There are other ways of thinking about AI
www.programmablemutter.com
September 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
www.programmablemutter.com/p/machine-go... what it says on the package
Some US special ops "intelligence" analyst used a crappy chatbot (likely produced by Palantir, given how they luuuuuuuv that crappy company) that nearly started a war with China by hallucinating shit:
edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
edition.cnn.com
September 22, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Some US special ops "intelligence" analyst used a crappy chatbot (likely produced by Palantir, given how they luuuuuuuv that crappy company) that nearly started a war with China by hallucinating shit:
edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
by Janet Murray
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... Excellent technical and ideological demystification of the sloppy development processes that encourage cheating and hacking by AI agents .
Dreaming Against the Machine
Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Weekly · What might a good future look like?
Explore ideas about how to envision better, realistic, equitable futures with astrophysicist and journalist Dr. Adam B...
podcasts.apple.com
September 22, 2026 at 2:19 PM
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... Excellent technical and ideological demystification of the sloppy development processes that encourage cheating and hacking by AI agents .
The issue with AI was never that the average wage of the employed might go down. On the contrary, as productivity increases some of that increase will be captured by the employed labor.
September 22, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The issue with AI was never that the average wage of the employed might go down. On the contrary, as productivity increases some of that increase will be captured by the employed labor.
by Andrew Yool
Hasn't someone done the obvious thing yet and taught the #AI 🤖 to play noughts and crosses, followed up with some iterative rounds of Global Thermonuclear War? I mean it worked for Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy.
#WarGames
#WarGames
AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.
arstechnica.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Reposted by Hilary J. Allen
From @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me on what we should take from the 2026 summer of AI hype:
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
www.technologyreview.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM
From @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me on what we should take from the 2026 summer of AI hype:
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
I've started seeing an anti-AI "Fintech expert" showing up regularly in my LinkedIn feed, usually shared by anti-AI people. The posts sounded like slop, so I checked, and yep, you guessed it.
One of the things about people who don't use AI is that they have no idea what AI sounds like.
One of the things about people who don't use AI is that they have no idea what AI sounds like.
September 22, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I've started seeing an anti-AI "Fintech expert" showing up regularly in my LinkedIn feed, usually shared by anti-AI people. The posts sounded like slop, so I checked, and yep, you guessed it.
One of the things about people who don't use AI is that they have no idea what AI sounds like.
One of the things about people who don't use AI is that they have no idea what AI sounds like.
101 antitrust initiatives on generative AI by antitrust agencies, Feb 2023 to July 2026.
➝ 2023: United States 7, Europe 7.
➝ 2026 (ongoing): Europe 15, United States 1.
Every enforcement action in the database since November 2025 is European.
➝ 2023: United States 7, Europe 7.
➝ 2026 (ongoing): Europe 15, United States 1.
Every enforcement action in the database since November 2025 is European.
A Database of Antitrust Initiatives Targeting Generative AI - Network Law Review
Antitrust agencies are increasingly interested in generative AI. This can be good news. As Sandy Pentland and I wrote last year (here), the competitive dynamics in this space can be supported by a careful antitrust agenda. While the AI Act should be improved if the EU wants innovation to flourish (see this article), enforcement actions […]
www.networklawreview.org
September 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
101 antitrust initiatives on generative AI by antitrust agencies, Feb 2023 to July 2026.
➝ 2023: United States 7, Europe 7.
➝ 2026 (ongoing): Europe 15, United States 1.
Every enforcement action in the database since November 2025 is European.
➝ 2023: United States 7, Europe 7.
➝ 2026 (ongoing): Europe 15, United States 1.
Every enforcement action in the database since November 2025 is European.
Reposted by Steve Peers
Use of AI to plan violent criminal activities will soon be commonplace. Here's another example: British Columbia sued OpenAI, saying a mass shooting at a school in BC could have been prevented if the company had warned local law enforcement that the shooter had used ChatGPT to plan the massacre.
British Columbia sues OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge school shooting
British Columbia sued OpenAI in California on Monday, saying a mass shooting at a school in the province could have been prevented if the company had warned local law enforcement that the shooter ha...
www.reuters.com
September 22, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Use of AI to plan violent criminal activities will soon be commonplace. Here's another example: British Columbia sued OpenAI, saying a mass shooting at a school in BC could have been prevented if the company had warned local law enforcement that the shooter had used ChatGPT to plan the massacre.
With $7 trillion on the line, AI safety may always take a backseat to market domination www.axios.com/2026/09/22/a...
With $7 trillion on the line, AI safety may always take a backseat to market domination
Why slowing down AI scaling may be impossible.
www.axios.com
September 22, 2026 at 10:43 AM
With $7 trillion on the line, AI safety may always take a backseat to market domination www.axios.com/2026/09/22/a...
An apocalyptic worldview – blending racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling – circulated inside the elite, founder-linked networks shaping Silicon Valley (and the AI industry) today.
@nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
@nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
How Epstein Channelled Race Science and 'Climate Culling' Into Silicon Valley’s AI Elite
The Epstein files expose how racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling circulated inside Big Tech circles
bylinetimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 9:49 AM
An apocalyptic worldview – blending racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling – circulated inside the elite, founder-linked networks shaping Silicon Valley (and the AI industry) today.
@nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
@nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
by Peter Cook
In 2017, I wrote that AI needed international standards, as borders were irrelevant where technology was concerned. I was ignored and now it seems that we are engaged in a race to the bottom with Trump.
See Brain Based Enterprises: AI and humanity.
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Peter...
See Brain Based Enterprises: AI and humanity.
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Peter...
Peter Cook: books, biography, latest update
Follow Peter Cook and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Peter Cook Author Page.
www.amazon.co.uk
September 22, 2026 at 9:06 AM
In 2017, I wrote that AI needed international standards, as borders were irrelevant where technology was concerned. I was ignored and now it seems that we are engaged in a race to the bottom with Trump.
See Brain Based Enterprises: AI and humanity.
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Peter...
See Brain Based Enterprises: AI and humanity.
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Peter...
by Robin Geiß
🌐 What can cyberspace teach us about AI in the military domain?
UNIDIR’s new publication examines how lessons from ICT security norms could inform discussions on military AI, from transparency and incident response to capacity-building.
🔗 Learn more: unidir.org/Cyber-to-AI
UNIDIR’s new publication examines how lessons from ICT security norms could inform discussions on military AI, from transparency and incident response to capacity-building.
🔗 Learn more: unidir.org/Cyber-to-AI
September 22, 2026 at 8:46 AM
🌐 What can cyberspace teach us about AI in the military domain?
UNIDIR’s new publication examines how lessons from ICT security norms could inform discussions on military AI, from transparency and incident response to capacity-building.
🔗 Learn more: unidir.org/Cyber-to-AI
UNIDIR’s new publication examines how lessons from ICT security norms could inform discussions on military AI, from transparency and incident response to capacity-building.
🔗 Learn more: unidir.org/Cyber-to-AI
Reposted by Lesley A. Hall
Watching doctors on the BBC saying how dangerous & harmful AI is proving by giving vulnerable people false medical advice. They say it's bad, but AI is here & we must adapt to it. It's as if governments, laws, & regulations don't exist - we've been convinced by tech-bros to be helpless.
September 22, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Watching doctors on the BBC saying how dangerous & harmful AI is proving by giving vulnerable people false medical advice. They say it's bad, but AI is here & we must adapt to it. It's as if governments, laws, & regulations don't exist - we've been convinced by tech-bros to be helpless.