👤 Ashley Gold

2026-09-28 · Semafor · Politics

AI panic clouds more Washington meetings

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2026-10-23 · Semafor · Technology

SpaceX-Tesla merger could face antitrust scrutiny

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2026-09-18 · Semafor · Politics

AI titans to attend Xi White House dinner

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2026-10-21 · Semafor · Politics

Meta tops Big Tech lobbying as AI labs talk antitrust

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2026-10-20 · Semafor · Politics

Mamdani takes on AI chatbot ‘doom loops’ in New York

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2026-10-19 · Semafor · Politics

The national intelligence chief steering AI

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2026-09-11 · Semafor

🔮 The source said Cantwell, Anthropic, and safety groups are “refusing to play ball” and unwilling to create a bipartisan product to have federal power over AI models “while ensuring continued innovation and due process in the courts.” assertive

2026-09-15 · Semafor

🔮 AI safety advocates, Democrats, and some Republicans will keep pushing on the issue to draw helpful contrasts in the midterm elections. assertive

2026-09-15 · Semafor

🔮 It’s unclear which other lawmakers will sign on. assertive

2026-09-15 · Semafor

🔮 Across the Capitol, OpenAI remains most supportive of bipartisan Senate Commerce Committee talks that could advance this week, despite skepticism from Anthropic, Democrats, and AI safety groups, who say those negotiations risk letting the industry self-police. mixed

2026-09-15 · Semafor

🔮 Congress isn’t back to Washington yet, but some lawmakers were jolted awake by a round of dire AI warnings from a resigning Anthropic researcher who said “people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” assertive

2026-09-15 · Semafor

🔮 The letter’s authors, including conservative-leaning groups like Americans for Prosperity and the R Street Institute along with pro-consumer groups like Free Press and Public Citizen, write that “a lack of accountability over the governance of a technology that is becoming more critical to our nation would be inconsistent with democratic values and likely lead to a loss of public trust.” assertive

2026-09-17 · Semafor

🔮 Specifically, the package would have included a proposal from Sens. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., granting AI companies a limited antitrust exemption for sharing intelligence with one another and coordinating defenses against Chinese spying and distilling of AI models, and addressing other risks to advanced systems such as cybersecurity incidents. assertive

2026-09-17 · Semafor

🔮 Using the term as an insult may not prove an effective long-term message for the government, especially since Trump is increasingly alone in his stance that AI companies can figure out how to regulate themselves. “It would be a mistake to pigeonhole the emerging pro-human movement,” said Michael Kleinman, head of US policy for the Future of Life Institute (which, he said, is not an effective altruist organization). assertive

2026-09-18 · Semafor

🔮 OpenAI’s Sam Altman will attend the Sept. 24 state dinner that President Donald Trump is hosting for Xi, Semafor has confirmed, and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Apple’s Tim Cook are reportedly attending, too. There are also discussions about an adjacent White House meeting with AI CEOs next week, which House Majority Leader Mike Johnson referenced, but a representative for the speaker declined to provide further details. assertive

2026-09-22 · Semafor

🔮 There’s little reason to believe the new adviser will change the narrative. assertive

2026-09-24 · Semafor

🔮 He warned that AI-enabled attacks could potentially target hospitals, electric grids, and other infrastructure. mixed

2026-09-25 · Semafor

🔮 Without official support from the US, however, any such agreement will be difficult to execute. mixed

2026-09-28 · Semafor

🔮 That same day, an event dubbed “America’s Golden Age” will feature the president, more tech and AI executives and Trump Cabinet members as they unveil a new government website. assertive

2026-10-07 · Semafor

🔮 The Scoop A coalition of nearly 40 labor, progressive, faith, and AI safety groups is laying out demands for AI legislation in Congress, warning lawmakers that any bill that crosses their red lines will face “active, mobilized opposition,” according to a letter shared first with Semafor. assertive

2026-10-08 · Semafor

🔮 The simple fact that there is an existing investigation will impact a company’s stock price and operations.” assertive

2026-10-13 · Semafor

🔮 Frontier AI labs largely do this sort of disclosure and incident reporting already, and Trump’s task force has not laid out exactly what will count as an “incident” that must be reported going forward. assertive

2026-10-16 · Semafor

🔮 “Throughout its work, the [task force] will engage with frontier model developers and other SI companies, consumer protection groups, and civil liberties advocates, industry stakeholders, and federal and state law enforcement agencies to inform and implement its efforts,” a White House official said in a statement. assertive

2026-10-19 · Semafor

🔮 “If [Clayton] can get agencies approaching AI from very different directions to keep sharing information, coordinating decisions and agreeing on responsibilities … his influence will last well beyond any one appointment,” the lobbyist said. assertive

2026-10-20 · Semafor

🔮 New York City could be the first place in the country where consumers are protected from a “doom loop” of AI-powered customer service chatbots, per a rule proposed today by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration. assertive

2026-10-21 · Semafor

🔮 Anthropic’s lobbying form lists the Collaboration on Adversarial Threats and Security Risks Act, a bill that would allow labs to coordinate with each other on security risks, as a point of focus for the company on Capitol Hill. mixed

2026-10-23 · Semafor

🔮 Could the Tesla-SpaceX merger that Elon Musk floated this week pose antitrust problems? mixed