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A brief history of AI executives calling for regulation (Vox)
Congress is under pressure to act on AI—here's what that could look like (National Public Radio)
The Coming AI Waste Wave (Basel Action Network)
Forget doomsday: The AI hacking crisis is already here (Axios)
The Defense Department has seen a tenfold increase in vulnerabilities susceptible to “zero-day” hacks (Washington Post)
In Rural Illinois, Residents Protest a First-of-its-kind Agreement To Power Data Centers (Daily Yonder)
OpenAI flags new concerning AI behavior, to track model misalignment regularly (National Public Radio)
Who Investigates AI’s Cyber Attacks? (Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator)
An M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ Universities Are in a Bind. (New York Times)
The Quiet Way A.I. Is Hitting the Work Force (New York Times)
As A.I. Chaos Grows, NY State Assemblyman Alex Bores Has a Plan to Force the Issue in 2028 (New York Times)
A new Gallup poll found that a majority of teachers “strongly” or “somewhat” support screen time limits in school (New York Times)
Inside the White House Tussle to Sway President Trump on AI (Wall Street Journal)
Elon Musk Trains His Political Chaos Machine on the U.K. (Wall Street Journal)
Jacob Coxon, the Anonymous Math Geek Who Quit Anthropic and Became the Face of AI Safety (Wall Street Journal)

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