Andrew Ng says renewed AI extinction warnings are 'much more science fiction than science' and the latest 'wave of PR' is probably intended to shape regulation (Micah Barkley/Bloomberg)

Micah Barkley / Bloomberg: Andrew Ng says renewed AI extinction warnings are “much more science fiction than science” and the latest “wave of PR” is probably intended to shape regulation — Artificial intelligence pioneer Andrew Ng said warnings about existential AI risks from researchers …

An essay on policy responses to AI's exponential progress across regulation and public safety, macroeconomics and taxes, science, civil liberties, geopolitics (Dario Amodei)
King Charles III hosts tech leaders, including Jensen Huang, Demis Hassabis, and OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, to discuss AI risks; Huang calls for AI safety tests (Bloomberg)
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the US now has AI 'regulation without transparent or complete rules', and adds that 'without rules, businesses can't plan' (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)
House Speaker Johnson says there's 'potentially' a role for Congress in creating AI guardrail legislation and that he plans to hold a meeting with AI executives (Erik Wasson/Bloomberg)
OpenAI's global policy chief, Chris Lehane, calls out AI 'doomers' and says 'when you put some of those thoughts and ideas out there, they do have consequences' (Caroline O'Donovan/The San Francisco ...)

Source: Techmeme | 2026-09-17

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