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Wednesday, 16 September 2026

AI being used by ‘bad guys’ is ‘no surprise’: Bryan Stern

CSET Georgetown 1 month ago 32 ● 2 sources

Bryan Stern said using AI by “bad guys” is not surprising, and CSET experts are also discussing how adversaries apply AI across military, intelligence, cyber, and information operations. CBS News published CSET’s Sam Bresnick’s expert insight on this topic. The change is that the focus shifts from surprise to understanding how AI-enabled capabilities could affect security domains and U.S. competitiveness.

Trump Goes Full Hoax on AI Existential Risk

Zvi (Don't Worry About the Vase) 1 month ago 8 ● 125 sources

Trump publicly dismissed AI existential-risk warnings as a hoax and argued that the U.S. has enough “guardrails” via a strong president and existing power over AI companies. The article points to Trump also saying this on Monday. As a result, the debate shifts from AI risk “pacing the frontier” toward accusations and counterattacks focused on motives, including Jensen Huang’s role and whether warnings are credible.

Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over AI Slowdown

The New York Times 1 month ago 2 ● 125 sources

Mark Zuckerberg posted on social media taking aim at Anthropic in the debate over alleged AI development slowdown. The most concrete detail is that he made the claim in a social media post. The focus of the discussion shifts toward Anthropic as part of the argument against pausing AI development industrywide.

Playing both sides of the U.S.-China AI “Cold War”

Rest of World 1 month ago 24 ● 9 sources

Saudi Arabia launched Humain-m3, an Arabic-language AI model built on technology from China’s MiniMax while Humain also contracts with U.S. firms for computing capacity. In August, Brazil announced about $444 million in AI investment split between infrastructure developed with China’s Huawei and a separate supercomputer expected to use Nvidia. As a result, countries increasingly mix U.S. and Chinese components across the AI stack, complicating U.S.-China competition and making Washington’s push to force single-supplier choices harder.

Fortune Tech: GM’s CarPlay backtrack, crypto framework fails, AI’s four-day workweek

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GM introduced a new native infotainment user interface and will integrate Apple CarPlay and Android Auto again across its vehicles. The Senate voted 10 times against the Clarity Act, leaving crypto regulation without a comprehensive framework. Sen. Bernie Sanders reintroduced the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act, proposing a shift from 40 to 32 hours for covered nonexempt employees in response to AI-driven productivity claims.

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