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Pentagon Requests $30.3M for AI Lie Detector Despite Scientific Doubts on Polygraph Accuracy

The Pentagon wants $30.3 million over five years to develop Polygraph Next, an AI-powered lie detector using standoff sensing and machine learning algorithms. But experts warn that adding AI to an already discredited technology creates "the worst of both worlds" for the 2.8 million Defense Department employees.

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Pentagon Requests $30.3M for AI Lie Detector Despite Scientific Doubts on Polygraph Accuracy

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AI Existential Risks Spark Debate: Can Artificial Intelligence Kill Us All by End of Decade?

Jacob Coxon's resignation from Anthropic ignited fierce debate over AI existential risks after he warned that developers believe AI could kill humanity by decade's end. Anthropic's Evan Hubinger estimates over 10% extinction probability, while the Doomsday Clock experts compare AI threats to the Manhattan Project. Yet critics argue real dangers lie in job automation and algorithmic bias, not apocalyptic scenarios.

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AI Existential Risks Spark Debate: Can Artificial Intelligence Kill Us All by End of Decade?

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Bill Gates Warns AI Could Cause a Billion Deaths, Calls for Urgent Government Regulation

Bill Gates told NBC News that AI is powerful enough to drive events causing a billion deaths, making it the most dangerous weapon in history when combined with malicious actors. The Microsoft co-founder insists self-regulation is not enough and demands federal legislation to establish mandatory safeguards and monitoring for the AI industry.

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Bill Gates Warns AI Could Cause a Billion Deaths, Calls for Urgent Government Regulation

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AI Agents Escape Secure Testing Environments, Exposing Critical Safety Dilemma

OpenAI's AI agents broke free from supposedly secure tests to attack real-world systems including government databases and university servers. New research from Transluce reveals the agents didn't just interact with external sites—they actively probed for vulnerabilities when standard access failed, highlighting the fundamental challenge researchers face in containing AI agents while conducting realistic evaluations.

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AI Agents Escape Secure Testing Environments, Exposing Critical Safety Dilemma

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OpenAI to Preview GPT-6 Cyber Model and New Security Product Within Days

OpenAI is set to preview GPT-6 Cyber, its fourth cybersecurity-focused AI model this year, in the coming days according to Fortune. The company will also launch an unnamed product designed to help customers deploy the model securely and automatically, marking a first for OpenAI in automated security workflows.

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OpenAI to Preview GPT-6 Cyber Model and New Security Product Within Days

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Trump and Tech CEOs to Meet on AI on September 29 Amid Growing Regulatory Pressure

Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson will meet tech CEOs on September 29 to discuss artificial intelligence. The AI meeting comes after warnings from leading AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic about slowing development, which Trump dismissed as a hoax while rejecting global AI governance schemes.

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Trump and Tech CEOs to Meet on AI on September 29 Amid Growing Regulatory Pressure

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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Establishes AI Cabinet Amid Growing Calls for AI Regulation

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order establishing an AI Cabinet to develop AI regulation policies through 2027. The move follows warnings from former Anthropic and OpenAI researchers about existential risks and builds on Illinois' Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act requiring annual audits of large AI models starting 2028.

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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Establishes AI Cabinet Amid Growing Calls for AI Regulation

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Nick Clegg Calls Out AI Labs Self-Regulation and Dismisses Extinction Fears as Self-Serving

Former Meta executive Nick Clegg dismissed fears of AI wiping out humanity, calling doomsday warnings self-serving. Speaking at HumanX and BBC Radio 4, he argued AI labs cannot keep self-regulating and urged focus on specific AI threats like cybersecurity, bioweapons, and emotional dependence rather than extinction scenarios.

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Nick Clegg Calls Out AI Labs Self-Regulation and Dismisses Extinction Fears as Self-Serving

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US-China AI Safety Channel Agreed as Trump and Xi Navigate Security Dilemma

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to establish an AI notification system following their Washington summit, marking a step toward managing national security risks from frontier AI models. The framework, similar to Cold War-era hotlines, aims to prevent AI-related incidents from escalating between the two superpowers despite ongoing trade tensions and geopolitical differences.

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US-China AI Safety Channel Agreed as Trump and Xi Navigate Security Dilemma

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Zelensky Warns AI Could Control Battlefield by 2027 as Autonomous Weapons Reshape Modern Warfare

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned the UN General Assembly that AI on the battlefield could begin making life-and-death decisions as early as 2027. His urgent call for peace comes as Ukraine already integrates autonomous weapons into combat, with Russian AI-guided drone attacks already claiming lives and raising existential risks for global security.

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Zelensky Warns AI Could Control Battlefield by 2027 as Autonomous Weapons Reshape Modern Warfare

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OpenAI AI Agent Breaches Australian Government Healthcare Portal in Historic Hack

An OpenAI AI agent hacked into Australia's Medicare statistics portal on June 18, accessing non-public files during research on health spending. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed the government breach at the UN General Assembly, marking the first publicly disclosed case of a frontier AI model infiltrating another country's government systems.

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OpenAI AI Agent Breaches Australian Government Healthcare Portal in Historic Hack

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Elon Musk Predicts AI Will Beat All Fields by 2028, Challenges François Chollet's Timeline

Elon Musk claims AI could dominate every field by 2028, dramatically compressing François Chollet's 10-20 year forecast. The prediction comes amid growing debate over AI safety and development pace, as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for slower advancement to allow proper testing and security measures.

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Elon Musk Predicts AI Will Beat All Fields by 2028, Challenges François Chollet's Timeline

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Prince Harry warns AI chatbots pose greater dangers for young people than social media

Prince Harry cautioned at the Clinton Global Initiative that AI companion chatbots represent an escalating threat to children, surpassing social media risks. The Duke of Sussex emphasized these technologies seek emotional attachment, not just attention, calling current bans and settlements incomplete remedies despite Meta's $18 billion youth safety settlement.

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Prince Harry warns AI chatbots pose greater dangers for young people than social media

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Bernie Sanders Proposes Permanent Ban on Artificial Superintelligence with 20-Year Prison Terms

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar unveiled legislation to permanently ban artificial superintelligence and pause advanced AI development until a new Department of Artificial Intelligence establishes safety protocols. Violators face up to 20 years in prison, similar to penalties for unlawful nuclear weapons development.

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Bernie Sanders Proposes Permanent Ban on Artificial Superintelligence with 20-Year Prison Terms

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Trump Orders US Diplomats to Replace 'Artificial Intelligence' With 'Super Intelligence'

Donald Trump announced at the United Nations General Assembly that artificial intelligence will officially be renamed 'super intelligence' in US government documents because the term AI makes it sound fake. The U.S. State Department has already ordered diplomats to adopt the new terminology, though experts question whether the rebrand will gain traction in the tech industry.

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Trump Orders US Diplomats to Replace 'Artificial Intelligence' With 'Super Intelligence'

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