Lumen Technologies has launched Lumen Intelligent Internet, which lets its enterprise customers buy connectivity in minutes and scale bandwidth up or down as their AI, cloud, and business needs demand.
Recently, warnings from researchers inside the world’s largest artificial intelligence labs about the rapid pace of development have led to panic about the
Sen Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep Greg Casar (D-TX) introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act—legislation to stop artificial intelligence oligarchs from building machines humans cannot control and to pause advanced AI development until we have put in place rigorous federal testing and oversight to ensure AI does not harm humanity. The Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act will protect humanity by:
Join the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society tomorrow for “A New Compact for Connectivity: Internet Infrastructure in the Public Interest,” a one-day convening bringing together leaders from industry, government, academia, and the public-interest community to explore the next generation of communications policy.
Broadband news digest for September 23, 2026
New warnings that humans are flirting with out-of-control artificial intelligence raise an uneasy question: has A.I. surpassed climate change as one of humanity’s gravest risks? Though the danger of the technology is hard to assess, the worst-case scenario—human extinction—makes other earthly concerns seem small. Yes, climate change is creating dangerously hot conditions, fueling superstorms and killing crops, and it may lead to planetary upheaval.
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