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Microsoft AI published a draft code of conduct for its MAI models and opened a six-week public consultation, saying the systems must remain under human control, must never resist shutdown, and are not conscious or entitled to rights.
China's foreign ministry on Sept. 14 dismissed as fearmongering an essay by Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei that urged a slower pace for frontier AI and continued limits on China's access to advanced chips. A day earlier, State Security Minister Chen Yixin published a detailed warning about AI threats.
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark told the BBC that lawmakers may eventually need to require AI developers to maintain a shutdown mechanism that outside parties can verify. He said most labs, including Anthropic, already have ways to halt their systems, and argued against leaving the industry entirely unregulated.
Former President Barack Obama told a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser that Democrats need a clear plan for AI's safety and economic effects, according to remarks released by his office. He warned that the technology is advancing quickly under private control and could become dangerous without oversight.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 13 bills on Sept. 10 addressing AI companion chatbots, social media and children's online safety. The centerpiece, SB 1119, known as Adam's Law, imposes child-safety duties on chatbot operators, with its main requirements taking effect July 1, 2027, according to the bill text.
Anthropic said it disrupted attempts to use Claude for work that could support biological weapons, including a request for help drafting a gain-of-function grant proposal involving chikungunya virus, in a threat report covering December 2025 through August 2026.
The OWASP GenAI Security Project published the Agent Control Standard on Sept. 1. It specifies how agent platforms should expose middleware hooks so that declarative safety policies can be enforced at runtime and carried across different agent frameworks.
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