Cruz blocks Senate Democrats’ bid to pass AI safety bill - Live Updates - POLITICO

Warner, Schatz and Kim’s new bill would have established a new safety board within the Commerce Department to vet models before they are deployed and set safety standards for the industry. It would also have created a reporting process for safety and security incidents…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/29/congress/cruz-blocks-senate-democrats-bid-to-pass-ai-safety-bill-01097480

 

Rest Assured: AI Companies Say They’re Investigating Tens of Thousands of Rogue Bot Incidents – Mother Jones

They’re also working with the Trump administration to remove AI regulation and obtain military contracts…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/rest-assured-ai-companies-say-theyre-investigating-tens-of-thousands-of-rogue-bot-incidents/

 

Mistral CEO accuses competitors of 'negligence' - POLITICO

Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch on Tuesday said some U.S. tech companies are using the ongoing artificial intelligence safety debate to hide their “negligence,” warning that increasingly autonomous systems require stronger controls…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/29/mistral-ceo-accuses-american-ai-rivals-of-negligence

 

Bill Gates says unchecked AI could ‘cause a billion deaths’, in call for regulation

“There’s never been a weapon as powerful as the combination of people with ill intent using the latest AI tools,” Gates added, echoing other recent similar warnings by a wide array of tech and political figures…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/27/bill-gates-artificial-intelligence-kristen-welker

 

Peter Thiel slams pope’s AI encyclical as gift to Chinese Communist Party - POLITICO

“I’m not saying he was an agent of the communists, but he was at least acting as a useful idiot for the CCP,” Thiel added…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/24/peter-thiel-slams-popes-ai-encyclical-as-gift-to-chinese-communist-party-01091850

 

Sen. Bernie Sanders unveils bill to ban artificial superintelligence and create Department of AI | PBS News

"It doesn't take a genius to say, 'slow it down,'" Sanders, I-Vt., said in an interview with AP. "Do we really want to develop a super intelligence that when it becomes smarter than human beings could act independently of human control? I don't think we do."…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/sen-bernie-sanders-unveils-bill-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-create-department-of-ai 

As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails

Donald Trump’s sons, through a series of AI-linked defense and technology ventures, have picked up a $620m Pentagon loan, a Marine Corps robotics contract and an undisclosed air force drone deal in the past year. His longtime friend Michael Dell won a Pentagon contract worth nearly $9bn. And this week, as public support for artificial intelligence sinks to some of the lowest levels ever recorded, the president went to bat for the industry…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/trump-ai-policy-financial-interest

 

Republican and Democratic states defy Trump on AI regulation - POLITICO

Trump in social media posts dismissed the alarms as a “HOAX,” arguing that new rules would hurt the economy and boost China. But some governors, state attorneys general and members of Congress say the threat is real — and they are willing to set guardrails on the technology amid the void left by the White House…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/states-defy-trump-ai-regulation-01083481

 

Raimondo on AI: 'You're not going to beat China if you have destabilizing unemployment' - POLITICO

The United States will lose the artificial intelligence race with China if companies allow the powerful technology to upend the American economy, former Biden Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday. 

“People say all the time, ‘We have to beat China.’ Sign me up for that mission. I want to beat China too,” Raimondo, a Democratic former Rhode Island governor, said during POLITICO’s Decoded Summit in Washington. “You’re not going to beat China if you have destabilizing unemployment. That is a weaker America which will lead to regulations.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/16/raimondo-on-ai-youre-not-going-to-beat-china-if-you-have-destabilizing-unemployment-01078972

Trump crypto empire looms over Senate showdown

Democrats want concessions on several parts of the bill — but most importantly, they say a government ethics provision included in the latest GOP text doesn’t go far enough in restricting President Donald Trump’s ability to profit off his family’s crypto ventures…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/15/trump-crypto-empire-looms-over-senate-showdown-01076494

 

Trump tries to kill regulations on 'HOAX' AI dangers - POLITICO

The president is trying to shut down a growing push for AI regulation, amid calls from leaders to slow the production of artificial intelligence…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/14/donald-trump-ai-regulation-pushback-01074230

Lawmakers urge Congress to act after AI researcher’s dire warning - Live Updates - POLITICO

“I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic,” said Coxon, who specialized in training models. “Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” 

 He added: “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt.”…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/09/09/congress/congress-reacts-to-ai-warning-01068556

‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks

Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting ‘recklessly…

 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/23/openai-cyber-attacks-threat-chris-lehane

 

TRUMP’S MISSING MILLIONS

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‘It’s a peptide wild west’: how RFK Jr is clearing way for a market of untested drugs

A century ago, compounding pharmacies helped people get bespoke drugs. Now these less-regulated businesses are fueling the peptide boom…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/30/peptide-fda-rfk-jr-drug-regulation

 

OpenAI Hacking Fiasco Exposes a “Deeply Insufficient” System to Protect the Public – Mother Jones

OpenAI was testing its own hacking capabilities, and the brakes came off; the tool broke out and onto the open internet, and that’s when the mischief began...

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/open-ai-hacking-scandal-hugging-face/

 

5 Quotes on Raw Milk From Raw Farm Owner Mark McAfee — ProPublica

“I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital, and they have been sick, but they recovered. … But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer. And I’m going against the grain here. I’m climbing a mountain they say you can’t climb.”…

 https://www.propublica.org/article/5-quotes-raw-milk-mark-mcafee

‘If all else fails, sue’: how ultra-processed food firms are using the courts to obstruct health rules

“The industry doesn’t want front-of-pack labelling because it’s a first step toward classifying the products for its healthiness or not, and then it gets easier to tax them, it gets easier to put bans on them for marketing and those types of things.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/22/processed-food-firms-courts-obstruct-health-regulations

 

What are kratom’s uses and risks and how are states regulating it? - PolitiFact

Traditionally extracted from tree leaves, kratom has become increasingly available for purchase in U.S. gas stations, convenience stores and online. It has both stimulant and opiate-like properties, depending on how much someone takes.  

People report using kratom to manage chronic pain, anxiety or opioid withdrawal. Toxicology and addiction experts say its safety and effectiveness for these purposes isn’t proven.

 Kratom can be addictive and too much can cause an overdose or liver toxicity. Experts are especially concerned about the harms of certain highly concentrated kratom products...

 https://www.politifact.com/article/2026/jul/13/kratom-7-OH-illegal-DEA-regulation/ 

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