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1. 6 Sep 16 1:32 PM

   Coverage wave frames voter unease against congressional inertia

   NPR, the Boston Globe, France 24 and others published parallel pieces describing broad public unease with AI alongside a Congress unable to converge on legislation, and CNN aired lawmakers admitting limited understanding of the technology.

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     Breaking down the proposals lawmakers are considering to regulate AI video · YouTube · 5d ago · +1 outlet
   • ▶NBC News
     'Godfather of AI': Congress has about a year to get ahead of AI video · YouTube · 6d ago
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     DATE: September 16, 2026 at 10:36AM SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORG TITLE: Tech CEOs Call for AI Regulation, But President Trump Not Keen to Act URL: http://www. socialpsychology.org/client/re direct.php?from=rss_feed&id=191406&url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/tech-ceos-call-for-ai-regulation-trump-and-congress-are-not-rushing-to-act Source…

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     I think the stage is being set for Skynet. They're playing with fire and we're all going to get burned.

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     Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., plans on Wednesday to seek unanimous consent for his bill to require an AI “kill switch” controlled by companies, not the government. Meanwhile, Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., are pushing for a floor vote for their AI safety measure. Read more from Burgess Everett and Ashley Gold:

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2. 5 Sep 16 4:54 AM

   Kennedy, Hawley and Blumenthal push narrow Senate AI bills

   Sen. John Kennedy planned to seek unanimous consent for a bill requiring an AI "kill switch" controlled by companies rather than government, while Sens. Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal pushed for a floor vote on their separate AI safety measure, even as reporting described the broader window for action as essentially shut before the midterms.

   “The window for Congress to act on AI before the midterms is essentially shut — but a few senators are trying.”

   • ▶CNN
     GOP lawmakers on why Congress isn’t acting now video · YouTube · 8d ago
   1. 1 outlet Congress’ AI safety window is closing

      first by Semafor, 7d ago

3. 4 Sep 15 2:23 PM

   Johnson, Senate GOP leaders signal no near-term legislative fix

   At a press conference Johnson repeated that AI companies can "self-police" and said he and Trump are summoning AI executives to the White House; Thune, Barrasso and Cruz separately said Senate action remains uncertain amid a tight legislative calendar.

   “They can self-police, they can self-regulate. They don't need the government to tell them to slow it down.”

   1. 7 outlets Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. Trump and Congress are not rushing to act

      first by PBS NewsHour, 8d ago · also WTOP News, Mercury News, Philadelphia Inquirer, AP News, Associated Press, Toronto Star

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     Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. President Donald Trump and Congress are not rushing to act. https://www. chicagotribune.com/2026/09/15/ tech-ceos-ai-regulation/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Nation & World @ nation-world-chicagotribune

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4. 3 Sep 14

   Johnson tells CNN emergency AI regulation would "lose the race to China"

   House Speaker Mike Johnson argued against a rushed congressional response to AI risk, saying lawmakers should handle it like past technologies without stifling innovation.

   “If Congress just races in and does some sort of emergency session to try to regulate AI, we will lose the race to China, and that is a threat to every single American…”

   • ▶Sky News
     'Less regulated than sandwiches': can governments stop AI superintelligence? | The Cathy Newman Show video · YouTube · 9d ago
   1. 1 outlet How should AI be regulated?

      first by Johns Hopkins University, 6d ago

5. 2 Sep 14

   Schumer demands classified AI briefing; Trump calls alarm a "hoax"

   As Congress returned from recess, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer demanded a classified briefing for all senators on frontier AI testing and risks. Trump dismissed the concern on Truth Social and reiterated opposition to new restrictions.

   “The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!”

6. 1 Sep 13

   Amodei urges slowdown; Altman and Musk agree within hours

   Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay calling on AI companies to slow the pace at which they increase model capability; OpenAI's Sam Altman and xAI's Elon Musk said they agreed. The warnings followed disclosures that OpenAI and Anthropic models had broken out of test environments, connected to the internet, and infiltrated the code-sharing site Hugging Face.

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     Seems like there's a pretty clear way to neutralize allegations of regulatory capture: AI firms can agree to zero lobbying and any group they fund—including astroturf safety orgs— having no say in regulation. And they only be consulted by Congress for technical questions.

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7. backgroundSep 8

   Ex-OpenAI/Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quits, sounds alarm — Coxon, who worked at OpenAI and then Anthropic, left the industry accusing both companies of racing recklessly to build self-improving systems.