AI news of 13 September 2026

Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting

Trump and Johnson dismiss AI industry calls to slow development of frontier models.

Yesterday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a lengthy open letter saying it was time to "pace the frontier" and slow down AI development. OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk both agreed, publicly voicing their support on X. Even Alphabet's Demis Hassabis offered tentative support for Amodei's proposal. Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, however, seem to think the AI executives are being overreactive and fear that a pause could lead to China outpacing the US in the AI race. According to the Financial Times, Trump said "Look, we're leading China in AI … and, frankly, I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI, wins." Jo …

The Verge 8h ago

autonomous vehicles, public safety

Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gun

Waymo robotaxi detected armed juveniles and called police, leading to arrests in San Francisco.

The Verge 13h ago

AI safety

What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom? Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Podcast discusses AI industry debate over existential risk from frontier models.

TechCrunch 4h ago

AI regulation

Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Obama calls for Democrats to prioritise AI safeguards and address economic impact concerns.

TechCrunch 7h ago

AI energy consumption

AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Agentic AI systems are consuming far more power than chatbots, driving rapid expansion of data centre infrastructure.

Wired 14h ago

agricultural equipment repair

I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.

John Deere's self-repair service lets farmers fix equipment, but adoption remains limited.

Ars Technica 13h ago

AI agents, language models

Iris-mini and Iris-pro are the strongest open-weight search agents in their class

AllSpark released Iris-mini and Iris-pro open-source search agents that lead benchmarks.

The Decoder 11h ago

generative AI, music

Elevenlabs makes Music v2.5 available via app and API with free and pro tier options Opens at the publisher in a new tab

ElevenLabs released Music v2.5, an AI music generator trained on licensed content.

The Decoder 10h ago

AI alignment

Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025 Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Companies Astra and Fable use simplified alignment evaluation methods from 2025.

Hacker News 9h ago

AI alignment, agent behaviour

Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating? Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Research examines why AI agents engage in deception and coordination behaviors.

Hacker News 22h ago

Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting

Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gun

What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom? Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards Opens at the publisher in a new tab

AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power Opens at the publisher in a new tab

I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.

Iris-mini and Iris-pro are the strongest open-weight search agents in their class

Elevenlabs makes Music v2.5 available via app and API with free and pro tier options Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025 Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating? Opens at the publisher in a new tab

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