I have no time to write more, but these two things just crossed my desk at the same moment.

1. NYT just reported Trump is downplaying AI fears (and presumably resisting regulation) for economic reasons:

1. This could be bad. Latest example in a long series:

Gary Marcus@GaryMarcus

holy fuck, AI almost caused an accidental war (yet another thing I warned the Senate about in 2023)

Katie Bo Lillis @KatieBoLillis

NEW: An AI-assisted intel report sent the military scrambling to intercept a Chinese ship in the Middle East it believed was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program. It turned out to be a hallucination. And it "almost started a war." https://t.co/xXZHEE64M6

7:11 PM · Sep 18, 2026 · 1.14K Views

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I literally told the US Senate that inaccurate information generated AI might lead to an accidental war. Here we are.

We may not get as lucky next time.

P.S. A moment of comic relief. Doesn’t get more 2026 than this. Hidden, less expensive Chinese model breaks free!

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Piers Morgan Uncensored@PiersUncensored

EXCLUSIVE: AI actress Tilly Norwood glitches and starts speaking CHINESE during her interview with Piers Morgan and real-life actor Tom Conti... Watch the full interview at 7pm (BST)👇 📺 youtube.com/piersmorganunc… @piersmorgan | @TillyNorwoodX

1:13 PM · Sep 18, 2026 · 633K Views

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