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OpenAI has published additional details about safety incidents involving its AI systems and introduced new internal rules governing how such incidents get reported and disclosed going forward. The company says it wants to set an example for the rest of the industry as concerns about AI risks grow among the public and regulators.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will attend the White House state dinner marking Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit, according to CNBC. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is also expected to be present, as the Trump administration invites prominent tech executives to the event.
White House officials had drafted a preliminary framework for a FINRA-style body to oversee frontier AI models after Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis proposed the idea in July. The plan collapsed after executives including David Sacks and Mark Zuckerberg lobbied Trump directly against it, leaving the proposal in limbo with no replacement under active consideration. Meanwhile Congress remains split among competing AI bills that lack sufficient votes to pass.
Montana has enacted SB535, a law that extends right-to-try provisions by allowing physicians to administer treatments that have cleared FDA Phase 1 trials outside formal clinical trials, provided a state-registered review board approves the protocol and care is delivered at a licensed clinic. Unlike federal right-to-try or expanded access rules, the Montana law permits sponsors and clinics to charge patients for these treatments, addressing what backers call the core funding gap facing biotech firms after early trials.
Anthropic's head of public policy, Sarah Heck, said at Politico's Decoded summit that AI firms should not be trusted to police themselves and need government involvement in safety oversight. Her remarks follow CEO Dario Amodei's call for the industry to slow model development, a proposal backed by Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis but rejected by Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, who argue speed and safety can coexist without new regulation.
At Dreamforce in San Francisco, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei renewed his call to slow AI development, proposing independent evaluators embedded in AI firms, coordinated safety standards among democratic nations, and eventual global cooperation. Nvidia's Jensen Huang, speaking at the same event, rejected the idea of slowing down, telling companies to simply wait until products are safe rather than pushing for government regulation, while Trump dismissed AI safety concerns as a 'hoax' in a separate appearance.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal told CNBC that new AI systems should undergo some form of independent review before hitting the market, warning that the U.S. risks 'losing control' of the technology. He has co-sponsored bipartisan legislation targeting AI safety risks while insisting regulation must not undermine American competitiveness against China.
A major legislative priority backed by the cryptocurrency industry failed to secure the 60 votes needed to advance to a full Senate floor debate. The setback comes despite heavy lobbying and campaign spending by crypto interests aimed at shaping favorable regulation in Congress.
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.
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.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a proposal to bar children under 13 from using social media across all 27 EU member states. The plan also calls for supervised 'mini accounts' with restricted features for teens aged 13-15, and mandates 'safe design' standards for platforms serving 15-to-18-year-olds.
Polymarket runs a daily newsletter summarizing news events tied to its betting markets, resembling a political news roundup rather than a financial disclosure. Both Polymarket and rival Kalshi have struck data-sharing partnerships with major media companies—Polymarket with Dow Jones and Substack, Kalshi with CNN, CNBC, and Fox—embedding themselves into roughly a quarter of top S&P 500 communications firms, though none of these deals involve actual trading.