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The Final Shift

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Lead Story · The Guardian Technology

China bogeyman looms large over American firms’ AI doomsday scenario

Silicon Valley China hawks, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei among them, fear the country surpassing US’s AI lead as much as superintelligence destroying humanity When reporters asked Donald Trump this week if he supported calls to slow down the development of artificial intelligence out of growing fears for cybersecurity, public safety and the fate of humanity, he said no. His argument: China. “We’re leading China in AI,” Trump said. “We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I

Sep 19, 2026

Politico Technology

Gottheimer unveils 2 bipartisan AI safety bills

The powerful member of the House Democratic Commission on AI intends to introduce new pieces of legislation designed to address risks posed by artificial intelligence models.

Sep 18, 2026

TechCrunch AI

TechCrunch AI

World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets

Everyone in the world-models space is sitting on a pile of cash and a ton of buzz, but good luck getting anyone — from the founders to their own data suppliers — to tell you what they're actually buil

Sep 18, 2026

The Guardian Technology

Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate

Though Europe has measures that address how consumers might encounter AI, technology will impact them if the worst scenarios bear Europe’s dilemma over AI was rendered in stark terms this week. The he

Sep 18, 2026

MIT Technology Review

MIT Technology Review

Could AI really kill us all? Your questions, answered.

On Wednesday, MIT Technology Review hosted a live Roundtables event for subscribers that asked the question everyone’s asking right now: Could AI really kill us all? But attendees had so many more que

Sep 18, 2026

Semafor Technology

Tech leaders clash over AI safety regulation

Palantir’s boss told CNBC that leading AI firms may need to be nationalized, while Huawei’s chair called for Chinese labs to accelerate their development.

Sep 18, 2026

Rest of World

The case for a robot tax to redistribute wealth

In an excerpt from his book, “Innovate for Impact: A Roadmap to Sustainable Technology Beyond AI,” Alessandro Crimi explains that a tax on automation is more effective than retraining labor.

Sep 18, 2026

TechCrunch AI

TechCrunch AI

Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate

The new institute aims to surface differing views between Google, Google DeepMind, and the broader global research community around AGI. "They will not always agree, and they will likely change their

Sep 17, 2026

Politico Technology

AI titans invited to Trump-Xi dinner

The executives' attendance signals artificial intelligence could be a key talking point during negotiations next week.

Sep 17, 2026

TechCrunch AI

TechCrunch AI

The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI

As companies hand off longer and more complex tasks to AI agents, they are running into an oversight problem: Agents can act faster, longer, and at greater volume than humans can realistically review.

Sep 17, 2026