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• Why Top AI Researchers Are Warning About Human Extinction

  16-09-2026 16:36 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: DW- top storiesWarnings about the existential risks to humanity posed by artificial intelligence are nothing new. Back in the 1940s, author Isaac Asimov explored the risks of intelligent machines. In 1991, Hollywood blockbuster "Terminator 2" imagined a dystopian 2029 in which an out-of-control military AI directs killer robots in a war against humanity. If the warnings of several AI experts are to be believed, a similar scenario could become reality—even...
  
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• Tech CEOs Call for AI Regulation, But President Trump Not Keen to Act

  16-09-2026 16:36 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS News HourThe technology industry's increasingly urgent warnings about the risks of artificial intelligence are slamming into political obstacles, offering a test of the U.S. government's willingness to confront what may become a defining issue of the era. President Donald Trump is leading the opposition to recent calls by tech leaders seeking regulatory oversight and safeguards, including Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and xAI's Elon Musk.
  
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• Strange Bedfellows: Steve Bannon, Bernie Sanders Join Forces to Fight AI

  16-09-2026 16:30 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesFrom opposite sides of the political spectrum, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and former Trump strategist Steve Bannon will both lead what they are calling a "pro-human" rally on September 15 in Washington, D.C., to warn of the dangers posed by artificial intelligence. Sanders, a Vermont senator and leading democratic socialist, and Bannon, a far-right media strategist and ally of President Donald Trump, are an unlikely duo to publicize AI concerns.
  
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• U.S. House Leader Calls Early Recess Before Midterms, Avoiding AI Vote

  16-09-2026 16:18 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesThe Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, announced Wednesday that he would cancel votes scheduled for Thursday, sending lawmakers home early ahead of the midterm election recess. The change means House members will avoid voting on artificial intelligence amid a frenzied attempt to restrict AI after tech executives and whistleblowers expressed a dire need for oversight. More than 100 Democrats had asked to cancel the recess and craft AI...
  
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• Airlines Should Pay for CO2 Removal If Airport Expands, Say Advisers

  16-09-2026 16:18 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: The Guardian - Climate CrisisLondon's Heathrow Airport should only be allowed to expand if airlines use more sustainable fuel and pay for the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the government's climate advisers have said. Building a third runway and new terminals, as some British government leaders want to do, would breach the United Kingdom's carbon budgets and make reaching net zero by 2050 impossible with current policies, according to the Climate Change...
  
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• Lawsuit: Family Blames "Merciless" Texas Abortion Ban for Woman's Death

  16-09-2026 16:11 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesThe family of Tierra Walker, who died of preeclampsia at the age of 37 when she was 20 weeks pregnant, has filed a lawsuit in Texas, saying she was denied an abortion that could have saved her life as her health quickly deteriorated. Preeclampsia is a severe high blood pressure condition in pregnancy that can be fatal. Walker's family alleges that she was stripped her of her right to life due to "a merciless blanket prohibition" on abortion."
  
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• U.N. Leader Says AI Regulation Is Needed to Avoid "Existential Risks"

  16-09-2026 15:55 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Nations NewsVoluntary self-regulation by companies developing frontier artificial intelligence is "nowhere near sufficient" to address existing harms and prevent advanced autonomous AI models from circumventing human safeguards, United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk wrote on Monday. "The current race towards ever more powerful AI is a step change towards greater existential risks to every aspect of our lives," he said in an open letter.
  
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• Study Challenges Interpretation of Widely Used Implicit Bias Test

  16-09-2026 15:54 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PsyPostA controversial new study contends that the most widely used tool for measuring hidden prejudices might actually be capturing a person's conscious effort to avoid making mistakes. By analyzing data from over a hundred thousand test sessions, researchers found that people's tendency to slow down and be cautious is a stronger driver of their test scores than their underlying automatic associations. The research was published in Nature Human...
  
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