Justin Hendrix

Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census Chair Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ranking Member Andy Kim (D-N.J.) confer before a hearing on rogue artificial intelligence (AI) on Capitol Hill on Sept. 30, 2026. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

Senate Hearing on 'Rogue AI: Securing the Homeland Against AI Agent Attacks'

Rachel Lau

Shirley Frame

Ashley Faler

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, stands with US President Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and others holds a press briefing with AI executives following a meeting on artificial intelligence outside the West Wing of the White House on September 29, 2026. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

September 2026 US Tech Policy Roundup

Daniel Stone

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman walks to the White House to attend a state dinner hosted for China's President Xi Jinping, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

When AI Agents Break In, Governments Shouldn't Be Stuck With the Cleanup

Yuqing Liu

Sens. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) ahead of a Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census hearing on ‘rogue’ artificial intelligence on Sept. 30, 2026. Yuqing Liu/Tech Policy Press

Senate Hearing Weighs Threats From Unrestrained AI Agents After OpenAI Hack

CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on artificial intelligence and international security under “Maintenance of International Peace and Security” on September 23, 2026 in New York City. Tech industry leaders including the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face briefed ambassadors on the risks of artificial intelligence. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

At the UN and in Washington, Leaders Clash on Approach to AI

Jenny Domino

Jen Weedon

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres holds a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 16, 2026, at which he spoke “about rising concerns regarding the advance of artificial intelligence.” (Kyodo via AP Images)

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres holds a 

 at the UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 16, 2026, at which he spoke “about rising concerns regarding the advance of artificial intelligence.” (Kyodo via AP Images)

Who Is AI Risk For? Centering People in the AI Risk Conversation

Joana Soares

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech at the annual State of the European Union at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Wednesday, Sept 16, 2026. CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2026– Source: EP

Europe Says Its AI Rules Are Enough. AI Agents Are Testing That Claim

United States President Donald Trump steps off from Marine One upon his arrival at the Ellipse just outside of the White House, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

AI Hacks, a Possible War Crime, and a Near Miss With China Set Stage for Trump-Xi Meeting

Paul M. Barrett

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference at the Moscone Center on September 15, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)

Making Sense of AI Dread? Don't Get Distracted by Doomer CEOs or the China Canard

Ranjit Singh

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a two-day meeting of Group of 20 ministers in charge of innovation policy in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Sept. 2, 2026. (Kyodo via AP Images)

Detecting AI Agent Failures Is Not Enough to Govern Them

Eryk Salvaggio

CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei attends a working lunch with G7 leaders, G7 outreach partners, and global tech CEOs on innovation and AI, during the G7 Summit on June 17, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

To Make AI Rules, Policymakers Must Resist the Influence of ‘Radical Intentionalists’

People participate in a march to protest the opening of AI data centers, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

'Pace the Frontier,' They Say. But Who Sets the Pace?

Citizens and tourists experience and purchase products at an ‘AI intelligent terminal’ consumer center on September 10, 2026 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. The center features over 200 terminals and related products ranging from smart health and travel to emotional companionship. (Photo by Jiang Wenchao/VCG via AP)

AI Governance Reaches Crisis Point Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit

Maria Buza

Aishwarya Vaithyanathan

Image of map and computer language over binary codes on server racks in server room.