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washingtonpost.com > opinions > 09/13/2026 > prevent-ai-mass-disaster-with-more-physical-safeguards

Opinion | Don’t rely on treaties to stop the murderbots

10+ hour, 26+ min ago   (136+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been wondering: What if we…...

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washingtonpost.com > opinions > 09/12/2026 > sam-bankman-fried-case-should-spook-ai-elites

Opinion | Why the Sam Bankman-Fried case should spook the AI elite

21+ hour, 30+ min ago   (80+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. The fallen founder’s doomsday ideology helped put him behind bars. The AI…...

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washingtonpost.com > wellness > 09/12/2026 > dating-apps-may-skew-your-idea-romance-heres-how-reclaim-it

Dating apps may skew your idea of romance. Here’s how to reclaim it.

22+ hour, 23+ min ago   (111+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Endlessly scrolling on a dating app to find the next best option…...

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washingtonpost.com > technology > 09/12/2026 > ais-existential-threatsuddenly-has-washingtonsattention

As AI fears grow, lawmakers are racing to turn alarm into action

23+ hour, 30+ min ago   (85+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. A former Anthropic researcher’s dire warning has awakened lawmakers to the risks…...

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washingtonpost.com > wp-intelligence > ai-tech-brief > 09/10/2026 > ai-tech-brief-coxon-effect

AI & Tech Brief: The Coxon effect

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (104+ words) The Washington Post - Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon’s warnings about AI’s existential risk have drawn an unprecedented level of attention to the issue. Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Massachusetts) says fellow lawmakers are “legitimately terrified” and driven by a new sense of…...

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washingtonpost.com > style > 09/10/2026 > new-research-examines-effectiveness-methods-used-keep-kids-safe-online

Calls are mounting to protect kids online. Which approaches actually work?

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (32+ words) The Washington Post A new review examines what we know — and what we don’t — about keeping teens safe on social media....

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washingtonpost.com > opinions > 09/09/2026 > artificial-intelligence-will-not-kill-us-all

Opinion | AI hysteria jumps the shark

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (72+ words) The Washington Post Frontier labs have become good at spreading fear of the future. Instead, they should fear liability for their products. Scripture warns against false prophets. The Gospel of Matthew says that no one but God, “not even the…...

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washingtonpost.com > opinions > 09/08/2026 > land-acknowledgment-settlement-with-uw-professor-is-free-speech-win

Opinion | The price of campus humorlessness

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (72+ words) washingtonpost.com The University of Washington pays $600,000 to a professor it investigated for poking fun at a land acknowledgment. One way to identify ideologues is that they won’t tolerate ribbing. After the University of Washington recommended that computer science professors…...

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washingtonpost.com > opinions > 09/08/2026 > artificial-intelligence-facial-recognition-threaten-anonymity

Opinion | Nowhere to hide: AI blurs the rules of anonymity

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (38+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Artificial intelligence threatens to expose the most vulnerable among us....

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washingtonpost.com > opinions > 09/07/2026 > ai-boom-isnt-like-other-bubbles

Opinion | The AI boom isn’t like other bubbles

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (98+ words) washingtonpost.com Matthew Lynn is a financial columnist and author. He writes for the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator in London. Have you heard? We are living through a rerun of the great railroad mania of the 19th century. Or the…...