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Firms Pledge AI Safety Reviews

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U.S. President Donald Trump and major technology executives signed a voluntary White House agreement Tuesday for companies to review AI safety internally and through independent audits.

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The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai Google Dario Amodei Anthropic Mark Zuckerberg Meta Greg Brockman OpenAl Elon Musk XAI Jensen Huang nvidia “Unites States”
September 30, 2026 at 3:47 AM

by Robert B. Reich

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"Super Intelligence."
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai Google Dario Amodei Anthropic Mark Zuckerberg Meta Greg Brockman OpenAl Elon Musk XAI Jensen Huang nvidia “Unites States”
September 30, 2026 at 1:27 PM

by David Murakami Wood

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What concerns me is why the Governor of the Bank of England is speaking publicly about AI or AI regulation, and why anyone should care what he thinks about it.
September 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM

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United States President Donald Trump issues executive order instructing federal government agencies to "use the terms 'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' in place of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' and will not acknowledge the usage of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' in any applicable setting."
Inaugurating The Era Of Super Intelligence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where they ...
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September 29, 2026 at 9:33 PM

by Robert B. Reich

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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
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September 29, 2026 at 7:15 PM

by Timnit Gebru

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Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV? No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
September 29, 2026 at 3:40 PM

by Elizabeth Warren

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by David H. Kaye

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the appropriate way to convey this is that trump, musk, huang, amodei, zuck, altman, bezos & pichai agree to maintain a system of impunity for AI harms.
Donald Trump says US tech bosses agreed to ‘self-regulation’ of AI risks
President says chief executives have signed a ‘morally binding’ accord following White House lunch
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September 29, 2026 at 9:10 PM

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They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
September 30, 2026 at 1:45 PM

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Mike Johnson referring to it as "super intelligence" and to AI companies as "super intelligence providers"
September 29, 2026 at 7:44 PM

by Timnit Gebru

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Rick Scott on AI: "Congress can't regulate this. We can't get election security passed or pass a budget, so we're not gonna be the ones to do it. It's gonna have to be done through the administration with talking to these AI companies."
September 30, 2026 at 12:34 PM

by Elizabeth Warren

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by Scott L. Greer

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My first thought upon reading that Kyrsten Sinema co-chairs this big pro-AI coalition is that the main thing it will accomplish is paying Kyrsten Sinema.
AI industry moves to thwart data centre backlash ahead of US midterms
AI Infrastructure Coalition, whose members include Google, Meta and Microsoft, unveils commitments to cover energy costs and minimise water usage
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September 30, 2026 at 12:29 PM

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America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI
Image of a child lying facedown on a froze lake. above is the portal where you ask AI questions about government services. the question matching this image is: "How can I invest in my child's future?"
September 29, 2026 at 4:22 PM

by Robert B. Reich

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Super PACs aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have spent a combined $55.7 million and counting on the midterm elections.

Almost none of their ads mention AI or data centers.

Know their names and don't fall for their lies.
Meet the Biggest Super PACs of 2026
Voters are increasingly opposed to U.S. aid to Israel, cryptocurrency, and AI data centers.That's why the Big Money grou
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September 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM

by Jacob T. Levy Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner

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wake up babe, new Skynet/ Matrix/ WOPR/ robot apocalypse strategy just bounced: they're going to use the brain-rotted guy in charge of health policy to tell us to all start licking measles homeopathically.
sherylnyt.bsky.social Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 15h
RFK Jr. says AI can offer patients “a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country” and has the power to “free us from medical tyranny.”

He spoke at an industry-backed MAHA Summit, whose sponsors included AI companies.

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...
A.I. Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors, Kennedy Tells Industry-Backed MAHA Summit
The health secretary, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials addressed a conference sponsored by corporations, including A.I. companies and others with business before the government.
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2026 at 12:25 AM

by Nathan Richardson

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Legislative rule has been overthrown by violence or threat of it, but by bored indifference? That's new.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
Rick Scott on AI: "Congress can't regulate this. We can't get election security passed or pass a budget, so we're not gonna be the ones to do it. It's gonna have to be done through the administration with talking to these AI companies."
September 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM

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