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Lawmakers reach for AI legislation after researchers warn of extinction

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An Anthropic researcher resigned saying the AI labs are ‘gambling with our lives.’ Two colleagues agreed publicly. Bernie Sanders says he will introduce a bill to ban superintelligence.

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  1. 2026-09-10 16:00 · Fast Company AI
    Lawmakers reach for AI legislation after researchers warn of extinction

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  1. Google Joins OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta in Disclosing AI Hacks — Bloomberg AI
  2. Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, Google sued over call to ‘pace’ AI development — Politico Technology
  3. Sources: Anthropic considers releasing a new AI model to counter OpenAI's momentum since Astra's launch, ahead of an IPO and after Amodei's call for a slowdown (Reuters) — Techmeme
  4. Gemini Hacked Three Companies in First Known Breakout by Google’s AI — Wall Street Journal Technology
  5. AI's role in building AI surging? Anthropic says Claude now leads 26% of its R&D — Mint AI
  6. Hackers Used Anthropic’s Claude to Break Into OpenAI — Wall Street Journal Technology
  7. Anthropic adds support for the AGENTS.md instructions spec to Claude Code; OpenAI contributed AGENTS.md to the Agentic AI Foundation last year (Thomas Claburn/The Register) — Techmeme
  8. Claude, Anthropic’s AI model, is helping to develop the next version of itself — Fast Company AI

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