AI news of 14 September 2026 · Humans Versus Robots

deepfakes, misuse

Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in Europe Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Analysis finds 160 deepfake websites featuring 100+ European politicians, predominantly women.

Wired 1mo ago 5 min read

Flock, surveillance technology

What happens after a town de-Flocks

Towns cancel contracts with Flock's AI license plate readers after public pressure, though cameras may remain.

The Verge 1mo ago

AI energy demand, regulation

Trump throws out power plant climate pollution rules

EPA eliminates greenhouse gas pollution limits for power plants as electricity demand rises from AI and electric vehicles.

The Verge 1mo ago also at Ars Technica

Deepfakes, regulation

New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites Opens at the publisher in a new tab

New York seizes 12 deepfake websites that targeted around 1,200 victims with synthetic media.

Wired 1mo ago

AI safety, regulation

The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now?

Anthropic CEO calls for slower AI development pace as industry leaders express safety concerns.

MIT Technology Review 1mo ago

AI safety, regulation

AI leaders want to hit the brakes after years of reckless speed

AI industry leaders advocate for slower development pace, citing safety concerns and potential business benefits.

Ars Technica 1mo ago

AI safety, existential risk

The Download: AI’s real extinction threat and age-reversal tech for eyes

Newsletter piece covers AI extinction risk discussions among employees at leading AI research labs.

MIT Technology Review 1mo ago

AI safety

The contagion of fear

Discussion of Anthropic researchers' concerns that advanced AI poses existential risks within the decade.

Simon Willison 1mo ago

AI training, labour

OpenAI has hundreds of contract workers reading your ChatGPT conversations

OpenAI employs hundreds of contract workers to read and rate real ChatGPT conversations for content.

The Decoder 1mo ago

AI agents

AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop

AI agents are generating spam content at scale across social media platforms.

Ars Technica 1mo ago

Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in Europe Opens at the publisher in a new tab

What happens after a town de-Flocks

Trump throws out power plant climate pollution rules

New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites Opens at the publisher in a new tab

The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now?

AI leaders want to hit the brakes after years of reckless speed

The Download: AI’s real extinction threat and age-reversal tech for eyes

The contagion of fear

OpenAI has hundreds of contract workers reading your ChatGPT conversations

AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop

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