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Donald Trump warns AI regulation could give China a competitive edge

President Trump has warned that regulating artificial intelligence in the United States could disadvantage the country competitively against China. The comment frames domestic AI oversight as a national security and economic risk rather than a consumer or rights protection.

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The Record · Sep 15, 2026 · International

Manhattan DA takes down 12 AI deepfake porn sites

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg held a press conference on Monday touting the takedown of the sites, which hosted AI-generated videos of more than 1,200 people. The sites allowed users to use the faces and bodies of real people to create illegal pornography.

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Norway police investigate Telenor over suspected crimes against humanity in Myanmar

Norway police investigate Telenor over suspected crimes against humanity in Myanmar Reuters

The Guardian — Tech · Sep 15, 2026 · International

‘I created my mom and talk to her’: AI ghosts and deathslop are changing the way we mourn

The rise of AI-generated tributes and bots for ‘talking’ to the dead has experts concerned more people will grieve in isolation Tributes rolled in after the death of Dolly Parton last month. Jack White performed Jolene at a London gig. Kesha sang Old Flames (Can’t Hold a Candle to You), a single her mother wrote for the country music titan. Even Pitbull stopped his Madison Square Garden show to memorialize Parton and all the other “powerful women” in the crowd. But one of the strangest – and most viral – eulogies did not come from a celebrity. It did not even come from a person. Run Jolene, a…

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AI regulation stalls in Congress as House votes on data center costs

Congress has not advanced meaningful AI regulation, while the House has turned its attention to legislation focused on the costs associated with data centers. The two tracks reflect a legislature more focused on AI infrastructure economics than on rules governing how AI systems are built or used.

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Obama Calls For Federal AI Regulation

Former President Barack Obama has publicly called for federal regulation of artificial intelligence. No further details on the venue, scope, or specific proposals were provided in available reporting.

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EY survey finds that autonomous AI implementation outpaces oversight, yielding an AI governance gap

A new EY survey found that organizations are deploying autonomous AI systems faster than they are building governance structures to oversee them, creating a gap between what AI can do and what controls exist to manage it.

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DataBreaches.net · Sep 15, 2026 · International

Revolut’s paperwork breach shows why insurers are rethinking what counts as a ‘cyber attack’

Matthew Sellers reports: Revolut wasn’t hacked in the usual sense. No one broke into its servers or slipped malware past its defences. Someone asked for customer data, from what looked like a genuine government email address, and Revolut handed it over. That email is now behind one of the stranger data incidents to hit a... Source

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Kevin Hassett: Pres. Trump 'wholeheartedly rejects' government takeover of AI regulation

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett stated that President Trump firmly opposes federal government control over AI regulation, signaling the administration's preference for a lighter-touch or industry-led approach to governing artificial intelligence.

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DataBreaches.net · Sep 15, 2026 · International

Ransomware group claims attack on Missouri’s Cedar County Memorial Hospital after IT outage

DysruptionHub reports: Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Missouri, shut down its IT networks Aug. 14 after a disruption left its electronic health record, patient portal and internet access unavailable. The outage also disrupted diagnostic imaging. Hospital systems could not transmit images to radiologists, so the emergency department partially diverted trauma and critical... Source

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DataBreaches.net · Sep 15, 2026 · International

Hackers demand 10,000 Bitcoin from Revolut following data breach

Dev Kundaliya reports: Revolut recently disclosed a security incident in which an unauthorised third party obtained sensitive customer information by sending fraudulent requests from the email domain of a legitimate government agency. People claiming responsibility for the incident have posted samples of the allegedly stolen information across several Telegram groups and the material appears to... Source

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DataBreaches.net · Sep 15, 2026 · International

Student photos, bank details stolen by hackers after St James Anglican School in Perth hit by cyber attack

St James Anglican School in Perth suffered a cyber attack in which hackers gained unauthorized access to its systems and stole personal information belonging to students and their families, including photographs and bank details. The school said it moved to contain the breach after discovering it.

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Trump's AI adviser pushes back on tech leaders' warnings and calls for AI regulation

The Trump administration's AI adviser has pushed back against warnings from technology industry leaders who have called for AI regulation, signaling a policy tension between the White House and some prominent voices in the tech sector.

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Schneier on Security · Sep 15, 2026 · International

25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough

This essay was written with Cindy Cohn, and originally appeared in Lawfare. One of the many legacies of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 is the government-wide shift from targeted surveillance—such as individual wiretaps or pen register/trap and trace orders—to mass surveillance techniques—such as tapping into the internet backbone or mass collection of telephone or internet metadata. The legal and technical architecture of modern mass surveillance, initially framed as a necessary defense against terrorist threats, has grown far beyond that justification and national security in general. Mas…

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Toledo City Council weighs AI policy to protect residents’ data

Toledo City Council is considering an AI policy aimed at protecting the personal data of city residents. The proposal signals growing local government attention to how artificial intelligence tools handle public information.

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AI regulation: Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl says we should build 'safe products'

Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl has weighed in on AI regulation, stating that companies should focus on building safe products. The remarks reflect ongoing debate among tech and business leaders about how to approach AI safety and oversight.

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Hidden AI in the Contact Center: What the EU AI Act Means for CX Leaders

The EU AI Act has direct implications for customer experience operations that rely on AI tools, including systems that may not be visible or obvious to the people interacting with them. Contact centers using automated or AI-assisted processes will need to account for the law's requirements around transparency and risk classification.

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GOP leaders throw cold water on AI regulation despite apocalyptic industry warnings

Republican congressional leaders are resisting calls for federal AI regulation, even as some in the AI industry warn of serious risks from unregulated development. The position signals that comprehensive federal AI oversight faces significant political headwinds in the current Congress.

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Politico — Tech · Sep 15, 2026 · International

Casar to call for US to lead AI diplomacy

The Texas Democrat has warned about the dangers of AI and will speak Tuesday at a ‘pro-human’ AI event alongside Jacob Coxon, Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon.

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The Guardian — Tech · Sep 15, 2026 · International

Louise Haigh: UK must heed warnings from AI experts

UK First Secretary Louise Haigh is set to tell a union conference that the government must take AI safety warnings seriously while also pursuing the technology's economic benefits. Her remarks follow a letter from three Anthropic researchers warning that AI poses an existential threat within the decade, prompting Labour lawmakers to push for stronger international regulatory cooperation.

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Trump rejects AI regulation, calls safety warnings a hoax

President Trump has rejected calls for AI regulation and dismissed safety warnings about the technology as a hoax. The position signals a federal posture that favors open AI development with little government oversight.

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New York Times — Tech · Sep 15, 2026 · International

Alex Bores Wants Democrats to Make AI Safety a 2028 Election Issue

Alex Bores, who lost a congressional primary contest that revolved around A.I. regulation, is trying to position himself at the center of the conversation for the next presidential election.

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NPR — Tech · Sep 15, 2026 · International

Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon to share a stage to promote curbs on AI

The poles of U.S. politics are coming together over AI. Sanders and Bannon will appear at the "Pro-Human Assembly" in Washington, D.C., to convince Congress to work faster to curb the impact of AI.

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NPR — Tech · Sep 15, 2026 · International

Anthropic co-founder says slowing AI is a 'collective action problem'

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark has publicly discussed the risks of artificial intelligence, describing the challenge of slowing AI development as a collective action problem — one where no single company can afford to pause unless others do too.

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