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Super Intelligence: Trump’s Bold AI Rename and Real Risk

September 22, 2026
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President Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September 2026 that the United States will call artificial intelligence “super intelligence” from now on, and the White House published the line with the word hereinafter attached. The same sentence rejects any “globalist scheme of control” over these systems. This article sets out the exact wording, the capability ladder the rename flattens, which documents a presidential rename can and cannot reach, and why the rejection of pooled international assessment is the part with measurable consequences.

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iPhone Owners Can Now Submit Claims in Apple’s $250 Million Siri AI Settlement

September 21, 2026
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Apple’s $250 million settlement over the Siri features it demonstrated in June 2024 and did not ship until September 2026 is now accepting claims. Roughly 37 million US iPhone owners are eligible on seven models bought between 10 June 2024 and 29 March 2025, with a presumptive payment of $25 per device and a $95 ceiling. This guide covers the eligibility rules, the serial number requirement, the arithmetic that decides where in that range the payment lands, the court timetable through the 24 February 2027 final approval hearing, what Apple did and did not concede, and the questions the settlement leaves open — including everyone outside the United States.

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Here’s How an AI Slowdown Could Actually Be Enforced

September 18, 2026
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AI leaders now back a pause, but who checks that nobody sneaks ahead? We compare the enforcement tools in WIRED’s reporting and the new Pacing the Frontier research agenda: inspections, compute reporting, cloud monitoring, cryptographic chip records, off switches and a treaty with China, with the weakness of each.

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Is the AI Safety Debate About Safety or Control?

September 18, 2026
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When the biggest AI labs ask to slow down and write shared rules, are they protecting the public or their lead? We set out the four camps in the AI safety debate, from Amodei, Altman and Musk to Zuckerberg, Huang, David Sacks and Cohere’s Aidan Gomez, the evidence on each side, and a five-question test that separates safety measures from power grabs.

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A Brief History of AI Executives Calling for Regulation

September 17, 2026
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In the week of 14 September 2026, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Satya Nadella and Elon Musk all agreed in public that frontier AI development should slow down. It is not the first time. The Verge’s Sean Hollister assembled the record on 16 September 2026, and it runs from Elon Musk’s July 2017 warning to US governors through Congressional testimony, a 22-word extinction statement, four nonbinding White House and summit agreements, and two California bills. Fifteen dated entries produced exactly one enforceable American statute: SB 53, signed in September 2025. This article walks the whole timeline, marks each entry binding or not, sets out where Anthropic, OpenAI, Musk and Meta actually split on specific measures, and explains what a business should do in a market where the safety rules are still mostly voluntary.

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A Global AI Safety Strategy Depends on US-China Cooperation. They Each See the Other as the Problem

September 17, 2026
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An Associated Press report published on 17 September 2026 sets out the central problem in global AI safety: the two countries whose cooperation any workable regime depends on each treat the other as the thing to be guarded against. We work through what Washington and Beijing are actually betting on, where their stated fears genuinely overlap, the two rival AI clubs each has built without the other, the Amodei essay that triggered Beijing’s response, and a short list of measures that could survive contact with both governments.

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New California Law Mandates AI Performer Disclosure in Ads

September 17, 2026
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Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1050 on 16 September 2026 at SAG-AFTRA’s Los Angeles headquarters, making California the second state to require a disclosure when an advertisement prominently features an AI-generated performer. We work through the statutory text of new Business and Professions Code section 17610, the three-pronged prominence test, the prescribed disclosure wording, the five construction carve-outs, the court-ordered takedown duty it places on broadcasters and platforms, and the eight ways it diverges from New York’s law.

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OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Have Been in Talks on AI Safety for Weeks

September 15, 2026
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OpenAI policy chief Chris Lehane confirmed on 15 September 2026 that OpenAI has worked with Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety for several weeks, and said the firms need no antitrust waiver to coordinate. We trace the working group back to July, compare three legal routes for rivals that cooperate, and weigh the critics who call it a cartel.

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Obama Urges Democrats to Have a ‘Clear Plan’ for AI Safeguards

September 14, 2026
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Barack Obama told Democrats at a private fundraiser on 10 September 2026 that they need a “very clear plan” on AI. We count what his 379 released words actually say, map the five issues a plan for AI safeguards would have to cover, and set it against the congressional calendar, Speaker Mike Johnson’s reply, Trump’s March framework and what voters tell pollsters.

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Demis Hassabis Aligns With Dario Amodei on Pacing Frontier AI Development

September 13, 2026
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Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis said on 12 September 2026 that Dario Amodei’s essay on pacing frontier AI “points towards the right path forward”. We compare the standards body Hassabis proposed in July with Amodei’s three-step plan, trace the day of endorsements, check what Google has actually committed to, and set out the critics’ case.

Super Intelligence: Trump’s Bold AI Rename and Real Risk

iPhone Owners Can Now Submit Claims in Apple’s $250 Million Siri AI Settlement

Here’s How an AI Slowdown Could Actually Be Enforced

Is the AI Safety Debate About Safety or Control?

A Brief History of AI Executives Calling for Regulation

A Global AI Safety Strategy Depends on US-China Cooperation. They Each See the Other as the Problem

New California Law Mandates AI Performer Disclosure in Ads

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Have Been in Talks on AI Safety for Weeks

Obama Urges Democrats to Have a ‘Clear Plan’ for AI Safeguards

Demis Hassabis Aligns With Dario Amodei on Pacing Frontier AI Development

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Super Intelligence: Trump’s Bold AI Rename and Real Risk

iPhone Owners Can Now Submit Claims in Apple’s $250 Million Siri AI Settlement

Here’s How an AI Slowdown Could Actually Be Enforced

Is the AI Safety Debate About Safety or Control?

A Brief History of AI Executives Calling for Regulation

A Global AI Safety Strategy Depends on US-China Cooperation. They Each See the Other as the Problem

New California Law Mandates AI Performer Disclosure in Ads

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Have Been in Talks on AI Safety for Weeks

Obama Urges Democrats to Have a ‘Clear Plan’ for AI Safeguards

Demis Hassabis Aligns With Dario Amodei on Pacing Frontier AI Development

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