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Obama tells Democrats to make AI oversight a top priorityStory spreads across outlets and social platforms
4 Sep 13 2:00 PM · 10d ago · 13 articles · 12 posts · 16 comments · 6 sources · development 4 of 5
NYT's scoop is picked up widely by Politico, Guardian, TechCrunch, CNBC, Reuters-linked wires, and reposted across Bluesky, Mastodon and Reddit, with framing emphasizing Obama's contrast with Trump's approach to AI.
“This is something that is moving very fast in private hands, and if we don't get on top of it, I think can be dangerous.”
Barack Obama, Former U.S. President · bluesky ↗
Barack Obama Former U.S. President
Hakeem Jeffries House Minority Leader
Donald Trump U.S. President
Sam Altman OpenAI CEO
Dario Amodei Anthropic CEO
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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 8 claims were published in its stretch
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2 outlets Obama calls for Dems to focus on AI
first by Politico, 10d ago · also New Republic
1 more headline
- The Real Reason Obama's Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving New Republic · 8d ago
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first by Boston Globe, 9d ago · also Philadelphia Inquirer
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first by CNBC, 10d ago · also Channel News Asia
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first by theguardian.com, 10d ago · also Guardian
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first by SuaraGarut.ID, 9d ago
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first by Washington Examiner, 9d ago
What people said 22 voices · best of 24 · verbatim
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With Trump unleashing insane tirades against regulating AI, Obama just urged Dems to adopt a comprehensive position on it, warning that failure to act now will be "dangerous." Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/ (new piece)
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A large majority of big tech donates to the democrats. I strongly suspect most sitting politicians will hesitate to shoot that golden goose. # politics # AI https://www. cnbc.com/2026/09/13/obama-voic es-caution-on-ai-urges-democrats-to-tackle-it-nyt-says.html
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is just a “text generation machine” and nothing more. That is literally and figuratively exactly what it is. Its a linear algebra machine that produces output, with some filtering, of some text based on model weights. Whenever you produce literally billions of parameters to said function it can appear to have some level of intelligence. Even now…
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Barack Obama is urging Democrats — including 2028 presidential candidates and congressional leaders — to more aggressively focus on a comprehensive AI agenda. "This is something that is moving very fast in private hands, and if we don't get on top of it, I think can be dangerous,” he warned.
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Trump's🚨a villain who's putting us all in extreme danger, so put him at the center of this story. Dems can HL how he's🚨actively using DOJ & EPA to help AI data cens steamroll comms, & vow: a Dem maj will stop it. Obama's a prv warning:🚨They badly need to grab hold of the debate over # AI : “I'd strongly urge that the Dems put together a fw for…
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Obama has indeed taken a position similar to what the established AI companies are championing, even if not stated in this article. Research on actual in-the-wild use is important. Despite all the hysteria about how dangerous AI can be (e.g. hacking, generating malware), very little has seriously manifested despite the capabilities being around…
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Former President Barack Obama warned during a recent private fund-raising event that A.I. technology could be “dangerous” if not properly managed, as he implored Democrats to aggressively develop political and governing agendas to prioritize the issue in the coming years.
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On a related topic: "Obama warned during a recent private fund-raising event that AI technology could be “dangerous” if not properly managed, as he implored Democrats to aggressively develop political and governing agendas to prioritize the issue in the coming years. This is something that is moving very fast in private hands, and if we don’t get…
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What Democrats need to do is make that the secret behind the scenes pillar Republicans are going to go absolutely nuts if they think Democrats are coming for them it scares me the most to think what Trump is going to do in 28 when he realizes his last term is coming up a candidate needs to run on affordability Ai and all that other stuff and when…
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PRESIDENT OBAMA making it CLEAR the dems need to have a clear & strong AI policy in place ✅️ OBAMA leading even when he's not PRESIDENT ✅️ throwing a punch when SCHUMER's own daughter is now a lobbyist for OPENAI 🤮 i really, really miss PRESIDENT OBAMA 🙏🏻 #blues
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https://www. europesays.com/us/1062117/ Obama says Democrats should have a ‘very clear plan’ on AI policy # ai # ArtificialIntelligence # Technology # UnitedStates # UnitedStates # US
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Well I wouldn’t exactly give AI regulation the same importance as abortion rights but it’s certainly a prominent issue for the current age, likely only to grow worse if you leave it alone too long.
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It would be so nice if the USA actually had smart people in charge. I'm sure you all miss that very much.
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-looks up her work history and education history - You are probably right but also she doesn't seem underqualified either for what that position would call for
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Jeffries is too busy having secret meetings with Kushner about "affordability", although he didn't specify if he referred to in the US or Israel.
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This is true, in that case people will have to fight them in courts. Also the plan I was talking about is only a stop gap until regulations can be made.
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ISNT IT SAD THAT OBAMA HAS TO TELL JEFFERIES WHAT HE SHOULD FOCUS ON. LOL
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I've asked you multiple times now what you'd advocate for but you've yet to answer me – it sounds like you're still saying we should do nothing at all.
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After the elections. I agree it's something that needs a close examination, but getting the right people in government should be the focus at this time. Then health and finances for the citizens. AI and data centers can be delt with while taking care of us.
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I desagree. The center of Dems should be wealth distribuition and fight against corruption. That's what would change the US
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Why is anyone still listening to Obama? The guy started the reign of Trump that has been going for 10 years and counting.
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Jeffries will first consult with Jared before doing anything. Reaching across the aisle as he likes to say.
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