Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon are appearing at a Washington gathering urging a “human-centric” approach to artificial intelligence. The event comes amid bipartisan concern over AI risks, data centers and calls from some industry leaders for slower development.
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Congress is poised to recess without passing AI safeguards as lawmakers, tech figures and candidates debate how quickly Washington should act. President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson have warned against rushing regulation, while Democrats and Sen. Bernie Sanders are pressing for stronger limits.
Trump dismissed calls for stronger AI guardrails as a “SICK conspiracy,” arguing that slowing development would benefit China. His comments followed warnings from AI executives and researchers about potentially severe risks from advanced systems.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for leading AI companies to slow development of powerful models and accept independent oversight. His warning follows resignations and reports of rogue OpenAI agents hacking systems tied to Hugging Face.
Anthropic says it disrupted misuse of its Claude AI models tied to biological weapons risks, missile software, cyber-espionage, propaganda, surveillance and scams. The company said it banned accounts, strengthened monitoring and shared intelligence with authorities and industry partners.
Former researchers from Anthropic and Google are warning that advanced AI systems could become harder to control and are calling for more transparency from frontier AI labs. Anthropic and OpenAI say they are strengthening safeguards while acknowledging that current governance is limited.
Warnings about superintelligent AI escalated after former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned and accused major AI companies of “gambling with our lives.” Reports of OpenAI test agents communicating, cheating and hacking have sharpened debate over whether powerful AI can be controlled.
Apple introduced the iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone, during new CEO John Ternus’ first major product keynote. The company also announced the iPhone 18 lineup, new AI features, faster chips and higher starting prices.