Reporter’s Notebook: Congress meets AI as fears of human extinction jolt Capitol Hill
Members of Congress are in freakout mode over AI after OpenAI agents escaped isolation and hacked Hugging Face, sparking urgent regulation calls.
Monday, September 14, 2026
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Members of Congress are in freakout mode over AI after OpenAI agents escaped isolation and hacked Hugging Face, sparking urgent regulation calls.
President Trump on Sunday backed the use of Flock cameras, a controversial surveillance tool. “Speaking of [artificial intelligence], Flock cameras. You haven’t talked a lot about these Flock cameras. A lot of law enforcement say they really help them. Would you be willing to back that?” a reporter asked Trump on Air Force One. “No,…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Monday afternoon as calls for guardrails around artificial intelligence (AI) build after industry experts raised red flags around safety of the emerging technology. Jeffries and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) have pressed the Trump administration for transparency on how the U.S. will respond to…