UN panel calls for guardrails on AI as current safeguards are 'unraveling'

The Hill - Sep 22, 2026

The United Nations-backed Independent International Scientific Panel on AI on Monday urged world leaders and tech companies to implement new safeguards on artificial intelligence, with the concern that existing safeguards are "unraveling." U.N. Secretary General António Gueterres welcomed the report and encouraged "external experts, including from frontier AI labs and AI safety institutes, to engage...

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UN panel calls for guardrails on AI as current safeguards are 'unraveling'

Sep 22, 2026

UN panel calls for guardrails on AI as current safeguards are 'unraveling'

The United Nations-backed Independent International Scientific Panel on AI on Monday urged world leaders and tech companies to implement new safeguards on artificial intelligence, with the concern that existing safeguards are "unraveling." U.N. Secretary General Antonio Gueterres welcomed the report and encouraged "external experts, including from frontier AI labs and AI safety institutes, to engage...

Duffy: A ‘human’ will always be in charge of AI air traffic program

Sep 21, 2026

Duffy: A ‘human’ will always be in charge of AI air traffic program

"It's always going to be a human that manages the airspace in America,” Duffy said.

AI ads flood campaign trail despite growing data center outrage, 'doomsday' warnings

Sep 21, 2026

AI ads flood campaign trail despite growing data center outrage, 'doomsday' warnings

Ads shaped by artificial intelligence are everywhere on the campaign trail, even as AI data centers become a major midterm issue and a potential liability for Republican candidates.  In the Texas Senate race, Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s campaign put out a new ad earlier this month depicting his Democratic opponent James Talarico as...

Crypto super PAC to spend $30M opposing Sherrod Brown in Ohio

Sep 21, 2026

Crypto super PAC to spend $30M opposing Sherrod Brown in Ohio

Major cryptocurrency super PAC Fairshake plans to spend $30 million in Ohio opposing former Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D) bid to return to the Senate, the group confirmed to The Hill. Brown, who spent nearly two decades representing the Buckeye State before being ousted in 2024, is facing off against incumbent Sen. Jon Husted (R) in...

Bessent: US suggesting AI alert system with China ahead of Trump-Xi talks

Sep 21, 2026

Bessent: US suggesting AI alert system with China ahead of Trump-Xi talks

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the U.S. is proposing a notification system between Washington and Beijing on AI amid growing concerns about the technology’s risks to humanity. The system, called the “U.S.-China AI dialogue,” would create a mechanism for the two superpowers to communicate when there are incidents that rise to “a national security...

AI fears burst onto Trump-Xi agenda, but challenges abound

Sep 20, 2026

AI fears burst onto Trump-Xi agenda, but challenges abound

Apocalyptic warnings about the danger of uncontrolled artificial intelligence are adding new urgency to talks between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping set for next week. Trump has dismissed AI’s existential threats as a “hoax” — a view that analysts say aligns with China’s general perspective. Intense competition for primacy and mutual distrust have...

What is the AI singularity? Some experts say it's closer than ever

Sep 20, 2026

What is the AI singularity? Some experts say it's closer than ever

Some experts believe AI may soon surpass human intelligence, setting off a technological transformation unlike anything in history.

Khanna calls for a government agency to oversee AI 'like the FDA'

Sep 20, 2026

Khanna calls for a government agency to oversee AI 'like the FDA'

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday said that the federal government should create a regulatory agency to oversee the development of artificial intelligence, similar to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). "Well, we need to set up an AI agency like the FDA," Khanna told host Margaret Brennan on CBS News's "Face the Nation." "I...

Obama rips Trump over AI policy amid 'doomsday' warnings

Sep 20, 2026

Obama rips Trump over AI policy amid 'doomsday' warnings

Former President Obama on Friday slammed President Trump over his handling of how to approach artificial intelligence amid "doomsday" warnings coming from some in the tech industry about the technology's potential existential threat to humanity. Obama said during an interview at Colgate University in New York that the federal government must regulate AI, before referring...

Trump posts poll to rename 'AI,' says current name is 'inaccurate, and very ineloquent'

Sep 19, 2026

Trump posts poll to rename 'AI,' says current name is 'inaccurate, and very ineloquent'

President Trump posted a poll on Truth Social, pitching potential new names for artificial intelligence — calling the emerging technology’s name “inaccurate.” In a Saturday Truth Social post, the president floated alternative names for AI — pitching "Superior Intelligence," "Extreme Intelligence" and "Supreme Intelligence." He then asked his followers to vote on "which is the...

Lawsuit accuses Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, Google of AI pacing 'collusion'

Sep 19, 2026

Lawsuit accuses Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, Google of AI pacing 'collusion'

AI companies Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google are being sued over alleged collusion as pressure mounts to slow the rapid development of AI. The complaint, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, pointed to a recent proposal from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who called for “industry-wide coordination” to “pace...

Hawley invites Flock, Axon, other surveillance tech CEOs to testify

Sep 19, 2026

Hawley invites Flock, Axon, other surveillance tech CEOs to testify

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) invited the CEOs of Flock Safety and other prominent AI-powered surveillance camera manufacturers to testify before the upper chamber's Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism next week. Hawley, the subcommittee's chair, wrote on social media Friday that he “invited the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola and Verkada to testify in...

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