AI's Week From Hell: From Doomsday Warnings to a Global Power Struggle

Speaker Mike Johnson is under growing pressure to cancel the House recess and keep lawmakers in session until AI safeguards pass, after a letter from Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-Calif.) went viral. The letter, co-signed by Reps. George Whitesides and Lori Trahan, calls for the House to "return to Washington immediately" and remain in session until bipartisan AI legislation advances. It follows a week in which former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit his job and...