Sen. Bernie Sanders warned that current AI systems are the least capable forms they will become and urged global negotiations — including a planned meeting between Trump and Xi — to pursue a pause on advanced AI and a ban on AI superintelligence.

Mayors and local leaders deserve real control, in the form of regional public ownership. They do not deserve to be given crumbling companies without the ability to make them work for local people.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to advance plans for increased public oversight of critical services, emphasizing the need to reverse decades of privatization and centralization. Speaking at his first parliamentary session since assuming office, Burnham criticized post-1980s policies that led to economic privatisation, citing the water sector as a 'leaking monument' to this approach. He proposed expanding devolution powers to more regions in England, aiming to replicate Manchester's growth model through localized decision-making. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused Burnham of advocating for 'more government control', arguing his policies would increase taxes and bureaucracy. Burnham defended his stance, highlighting the need for public ownership in sectors like water and energy, while acknowledging challenges such as Cornwall's reluctance to form devolution deals without an elected mayor. The speech also touched on welfare reforms, housing affordability, and renewable energy transitions, with Burnham pledging a 'pragmatic approach' to balancing economic growth with environmental goals.

Preserve Wythe presented a 275-response survey showing 246 in favor of zoning; multiple speakers urged the board to adopt zoning to prevent data centers from consuming farmland and resources and to increase transparency.

Yousef Ravi, a Washtenaw County commissioner and former state representative, announced a run for mayor of Ann Arbor, emphasizing housing affordability, opposition to large developer tax breaks, and keeping public services and land under public control.

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There is an appetite in this country for policy that will change lives. What is more fundamental than the water we use and bills we pay, asks Labour MP Clive Lewis