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Anthropic flags existential AI threat

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Anthropic reportedly warned prospective investors that advanced AI could pose existential risks to humanity as the company prepares for a public offering.

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Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
September 29, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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After heavy lobbying and huge donations from Big Tech, Trump killed a proposed Biden-era rule requiring AI companies to disclose their riskiest experiments to federal officials.

Everything is for sale.

This is worth a read: https://www.levernews.com/ai-regulation-was-coming-then-trump-killed-it/
AI Regulation Was Coming. Then Trump Killed It.
After a flood of tech industry cash, President Donald Trump killed a requirement that AI giants disclose their riskiest
www.levernews.com
September 29, 2026 at 7:15 PM

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*the growing number of incidents here AI agents do what they were built to do.
"Three House Democrats leading their party on artificial intelligence policy are demanding five tech CEOs hand over information about 'the growing number of incidents' where rogue AI agents are committing cyberattacks." www.politico.com/live-updates...
Democrats demand leaders of top AI labs hand over incident reports of β€˜rogue agents’
House Democrats could have subpoena authority to require transmission of the information in the next Congress.
www.politico.com
September 29, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Linda McMahon: "AI is definitely a tool used correctly. I've seen it in action. I have visited the Alpha School in Austin, Texas, where they use AI for the first two hours every single morning. The students have their headsets on, they are watching their computers ... it is incredibly effective"
September 29, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" [especially to the dim-witted]
-- Arthur C Clarke [modification by me]
Trump says he will officially rename AI to "super intelligence"
September 29, 2026 at 6:57 PM

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Honestly at this point, I’m not sure whether to be more worried about AI’s potential to extinguish humanity or AI companies’ potential to collapse the world economy.
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Anthropic says its AI models could pose a "catastrophic or existential risk to humanity" and can "resist shutdown," according to an initial public offering prospectus obtained by Reuters. https://cnn.it/4AEWi4u
September 29, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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"Three House Democrats leading their party on artificial intelligence policy are demanding five tech CEOs hand over information about 'the growing number of incidents' where rogue AI agents are committing cyberattacks." www.politico.com/live-updates...
Democrats demand leaders of top AI labs hand over incident reports of β€˜rogue agents’
House Democrats could have subpoena authority to require transmission of the information in the next Congress.
www.politico.com
September 29, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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This is pure useless bullshit designed to bolster #Trump & the Republicans in the midterm #elections. #AI
#BREAKING Trump says tech bosses sign 'morally binding' accord on AI regulation
September 29, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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I unapologetically use AI for all the TPS report audit culture nonsense
September 29, 2026 at 2:11 PM

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Webinar: "Understanding How AI Impacts Worker Health and Safety," on Wed, October 7, 2026, 12-1 PT.
A discussion of AI in the workplace looking at recent laws, worker experiences and a conceptual framework for safety professionals. By UC Berkeley LOHP and COEH. www.coeh.berkeley.edu/26WEB1007
September 29, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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This is a critical next step: A global citizens' assembly on AI.

https://www.noemamag.com/let-the-people-decide-the-pace-of-frontier-ai/
September 29, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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