Emil Michael, the Department of Defense's chief technology officer, said Wednesday he hopes the Trump administration will not pursue nationalization or partial ownership stakes in artificial intelligence companies. He made the remarks on CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street,' contrasting AI policy with the administration's recent equity moves in firms like Intel and U.S. Steel. Michael also voiced skepticism toward tightening regulatory oversight of AI companies.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-16
A growing number of AI researchers and policy experts argue that instead of fixating on hypothetical existential risks, attention should turn to establishing conventional safety regulations for AI systems—similar to those governing airplanes, elevators and restaurants. They contend that near-term harms like bias, misinformation and misuse are already occurring and need practical oversight now.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-16
Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Satya Nadella, and Elon Musk recently joined together in urging that AI development be slowed and regulated before humans lose control. Commentary notes this isn't new: thinkers from Samuel Butler in the 1800s to Alan Turing in 1951 and Bill Joy in 2000 have similarly warned about machines outpacing and endangering humanity.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-16
Speaking at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said AI is simply hardware and software built by humans, not some uncontrollable alien intelligence, and therefore doesn't require new laws to manage its risks. He argued that market forces alone will push companies to self-regulate, urging firms to pause releases if they're unsure about a product's safety rather than waiting for legal mandates.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-16
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said artificial intelligence does not require new laws or government oversight, arguing instead that decisions on releasing AI products should rest with the executives running AI companies. His comments came at a Salesforce conference in San Francisco, amid mounting warnings from other industry figures about AI's potential dangers to humanity.
bbc.co.uk
· 2026-09-15
Steve Bannon, the former Trump strategist, and Senator Bernie Sanders have publicly aligned on an unlikely issue: both warn that unchecked artificial intelligence development could pose catastrophic dangers to society. Despite their sharply opposing politics, the two are calling on Washington to move quickly to impose regulatory limits on AI systems.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-15
A New York Times/Siena University poll of 1,503 likely voters conducted in early September found 61 percent opposed building data centers for AI, with only 14 percent strongly supportive. Opposition skewed heavily among Harris voters and non-voters, while 2024 Trump voters were nearly evenly split between support and opposition. Environmental and water-use concerns topped the list of reasons for opposition, followed by community impact and general distrust of AI.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-15
Former President Barack Obama said he does not view artificial intelligence with alarmist pessimism, positioning himself between AI optimists and doomsayers. He aligned with a cohort of liberal politicians who advocate cautious oversight of AI development rather than either unchecked growth or outright fear-driven restriction.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-15
At the All-in Summit in Los Angeles, Elon Musk suggested that leading AI developers—including his own xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and several major Chinese firms—allow competitors to run safety evaluations, or a 'test harness,' on each other's models before public release. The idea follows a weekend of warnings from AI executives including Anthropic's Dario Amodei about the risks of unchecked model development, with Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman backing calls for a slowdown.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-15
President Trump used Truth Social to reject growing calls from AI executives for stronger oversight of the technology, singling out Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for criticism after Amodei urged a coordinated industry slowdown, independent audits, and international safety standards. Trump argued that the only safeguard AI needs is a competent president, and characterized nationwide protests against AI data centers as a coordinated effort to undermine American tech companies.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-15
Following a weekend of AI executives calling for slower development and stronger oversight, President Trump publicly rejected the idea of new guardrails, saying only a capable president is needed to control AI. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had proposed embedding independent evaluators and setting cross-government safety standards after two safety researchers resigned citing existential risk concerns, a position echoed by OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-15
In a new opinion piece, Cohere co-founder Aidan Gomez argues that a small group of dominant Silicon Valley AI companies should not be allowed to single-handedly write the safety standards and competition rules governing artificial intelligence worldwide. He acknowledges AI carries real risks, citing Cohere's own work deploying systems in banks, telecoms and defense ministries, but insists the real debate is about who gets a seat at the table in shaping oversight, not whether oversight is needed.
cohere.com
· 2026-09-14
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