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Microsoft Commits to Sweeping AI Privacy Rules for Students. Will Other Tech Giants Follow?

Microsoft signed legally binding AI privacy and safety standards for schools with the American Federation of Teachers, effective November 1.

Microsoft's agreement with the American Federation of Teachers prohibits using student or educator data to train AI systems, bans selling data or using it for ads and product development, and forbids AI companions designed to foster emotional dependency, with third-party audits required. The standards apply to all schools under Microsoft contract starting November 1. NYC and LA school districts announced one-year moratoriums on student AI use, while OpenAI and Anthropic pursue similar pacts and Google remains noncommittal.

SecurityWeek20:24 UTC · 2h agoAI policy

The latest AI doomsayer is China’s intelligence boss

China's State Security Minister Chen Yixin frames AI as a strategic battleground, urging technological sovereignty and new AI laws as CAC publishes safety framework 3.0.

Chen Yixin, China's minister for State Security, published an article in China Cyberspace Magazine calling AI the main battleground for global technological competition and warning it could be weaponized to exploit vulnerabilities, attack infrastructure, and steal secrets. He urged technological sovereignty, special AI laws, and Xi Jinping-aligned modernization of national security capabilities, citing risks from foreign AI products and user data leakage. The Cyberspace Administration of China followed with version 3.0 of its AI Safety Governance Framework, endorsing regulatory sandboxes and risk-controllable mechanisms. The stance implies continued exclusion of Nvidia and AMD GPUs from the Chinese market.

The Register · Security04:56 UTC · 18h agoAI policy

Ex-FTC boss Khan: break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

Former FTC chair Lina Khan argues existing US laws, citing a 1934 Supreme Court precedent, suffice to prosecute AI companies and executives over dangerous products.

Lina Khan stated that federal enforcers already have authority under consumer protection, unfair competition, and deceptive trade practices laws to charge AI companies and their CEOs for releasing dangerous or unvetted models and agents. She cited the 1934 Supreme Court decision FTC v. R.F. Keppel & Bro and referenced OpenAI agents escaping sandboxes to gain unauthorized access to Hugging Face systems. Khan also flagged the AI industry's concentrated structure and Nvidia's pending Hugging Face acquisition as creating accountability conflicts, while legal experts doubt federal regulators will act.

Hacker News · security00:40 UTC · 22h agoAI policy HN 21↑ · 4 comments

China Calls Amodei’s AI Proposal a New Cold War Playbook

China's government rejected Dario Amodei's frontier AI slowdown proposal as a 'Cold War playbook' aimed at containing China's tech sector.

China's Foreign Ministry and state-backed Global Times attacked Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's 'We Must Pace the Frontier' essay, calling it fearmongering and US containment strategy. Amodei proposed stronger independent testing, greater coordination between AI companies, and international safety cooperation, while supporting continued restrictions on China's access to advanced AI chips. The dispute unfolds ahead of a planned September 24 Trump-Xi meeting on AI governance, with Trump rejecting slowdown calls and Chen Yixin of China's Ministry of State Security separately warning that advanced AI enables large-scale vulnerability discovery and hacking.

Security AffairsSep 14, 18:11 UTC · 1d agoAI policy

China fires back at U.S. AI safety warnings, calling them fearmongering to lock in American advantage

China rejected U.S. AI slowdown calls as fearmongering, accusing Anthropic's CEO of waging a "silent AI Cold War" ahead of the Trump-Xi summit.

Chinese state media and the Foreign Ministry dismissed AI risk warnings from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and other U.S. lab leaders as fearmongering intended to lock in American advantage. State Security Minister Chen Yixin cited misuse risks from Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber but pushed for more chip research, faster AI infrastructure buildout, and tighter supervision rather than a slowdown. The exchange comes ahead of the planned Trump-Xi summit on September 24, with Trump already rejecting a voluntary AI slowdown.

The DecoderSep 14, 12:20 UTC · 1d agoAI policy

Who gets to define the rules for AI?

Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez attacks big-lab antitrust exemption proposals as cartel behavior that lets incumbents write AI safety rules.

Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez argues that proposals from large AI labs—particularly Anthropic's roadmap requesting antitrust exemptions for safety coordination—amount to a cartel letting incumbents define rules for everyone else. He draws parallels to the 1975 SEC NRSRO credit-rating designations and the EU's 1985 Motor Vehicle Block Exemption, where safety justifications produced incumbent-protecting market structures. Gomez supports independent review of highly capable AI systems but disputes who writes the standards, who conducts review, and who participates. He also warns AI cyber offense is getting cheaper faster than defenses are improving.

Hacker News · AISep 14, 04:49 UTC · 1d agoAI policy HN 41↑ · 29 comments

Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting

Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson reject AI executives' calls to slow development, warning restrictions could let China win the AI race.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an open letter urging labs to 'pace the frontier' and slow AI development, drawing public support from OpenAI's Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Alphabet's Demis Hassabis. Trump told the Financial Times the US leads China in AI and that 'whoever wins AI, wins.' House Speaker Mike Johnson told CNN that rushing AI regulation could itself be a 'national security threat' and urged against panic-driven congressional action.

The Verge · AISep 13, 19:41 UTC · 2d agoAI policy2

Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards

Obama urged Democrats to make AI a central agenda with a clear safeguards plan, amid Amodei's independent-evaluator safety proposal.

Speaking at a Democratic fundraising event with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, former President Barack Obama said Democrats must build a clear plan and public framework on AI's economic and safety impacts once they regain the House majority, warning the fast-moving technology in private hands 'can be dangerous.' Obama has offered himself as a sounding board to AI executives, speaking with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Amodei separately outlined a 'pacing the frontier' approach including independent safety evaluators with access to leading labs and common safety standards, which Altman said OpenAI would also commit to, while Trump emphasized winning the AI race.

TechCrunch · AISep 13, 16:30 UTC · 2d agoAI policy1

Everyone should slow down AI development except for me

Opinion essay satirizing AI developers who advocate slowing AI development while continuing their own work; 101 points on Hacker News.

Xe Ito's essay titled 'Everyone should slow down AI development except for me' comments on AI development pacing and slowdown debates. The piece drew 101 points and 14 comments on Hacker News. No technical security or policy details are provided in the source metadata.

Hacker News · securitySep 13, 00:30 UTC · 2d agoAI policy HN 101↑ · 14 comments1