The Slop Report - September 15, 2026
Today: Trump and Congress are not rushing to act on Big…; Datacentre giant accused of using AI while lobbying…; Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I.…
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1. Trump and Congress are not rushing to act on Big Tech’s call for AI oversight
Fast Company Tech - · Sep 15
The technology industry’s increasingly urgent warnings about the potential harm of artificial intelligence are slamming into political intransigence in Washington, offering a fresh test of the federal government’s willingness and ability to confront what may become a defining issue of th
2. Datacentre giant accused of using AI while lobbying for Victorian minister’s support for hyperscale factory
The Guardian Tech - · Sep 15
Exclusive: Correspondence requests state MP Melissa Horne to lobby on NextDC’s behalf – but contains alleged AI-created errors Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Victorian jobs minister has accused one of Australia’s largest datacentre companies of using artificial inte
3. Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I. Inequality
NY Times Tech - · Sep 15
Bill Gates, the foundation’s chairman, has been vocal about the dangers of artificial intelligence. The donation will be invested in A.I. projects to bridge social inequalities.
4. ‘I created my mom and talk to her’: AI ghosts and deathslop are changing the way we mourn
The Guardian Tech - · Sep 15
The rise of AI-generated tributes and bots for ‘talking’ to the dead has experts concerned more people will grieve in isolation Tributes rolled in after the death of Dolly Parton last month. Jack White performed Jolene at a London gig. Kesha sang Old Flames (Can’t Hold a Candle to You), a single her
5. LG TVs Snoop Your Local Network, Listen To You When ‘Off’
Techdirt - · Sep 15
LG hasn’t been making many friends lately. It annoyed some LG “smart” TV users recently when it tried to force them to use Microsoft’s Copilot AI system. It’s also been force-installing surveillance bloatware on many LG user’s monitors as it ramps up data surveill
6. Show HN: Restarted – a 2026 remake of the classic 2015 startup generator
Hacker News - · Sep 15
The original startup website generator by Tiff Zhang and Mike Bradley landed on Hacker News in April 2015 and has been one of my favorite little novelties of that era ever since. It perfectly captures the saturated colors, cliché hero shots, gimmicky names, buzzword-heavy slogans, and proudly hirsut
7. Louise Haigh: UK must heed warnings from AI experts
The Guardian Tech - · Sep 15
First secretary to set out benefits of AI to union conference while vowing government will take safety seriously UK politics live – latest updates Ministers must “heed the warnings” from industry leaders about the threat posed by AI as the government looks to capitalise on the technology, the first
8. Microsoft’s new AI ‘code of conduct’ tells models not to hack systems or trick humans
TechCrunch AI - · Sep 14
The code of conduct lays out general principles that Microsoft AI models should uphold — supporting humans rather than replacing them, for instance, and accelerating human flourishing — as well as specific safety constraints meant to implement those principles.
9. The AI cleanup crew. Why AI taking down sites is a good thing
Hacker News - · Sep 14
Everyone is worried about how AI can break security and attack any website and potentially destroy them. I offer a different perspective.<p>AI shouldn't be stopped from doing this. It should be encouraged. In nature there are "clean up crews", from vultures to ant colonies, which r
10. Microsoft says ‘people matter more than AI’ following safety concerns
The Verge AI - · Sep 14
Microsoft is publishing a 37-page “humanist AI code of conduct” today, amid growing safety concerns over AI model progress. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a coordinated slow down of AI development over the weekend, after researchers warned recently that AI model progress could outpace our abi
11. I worked at Google DeepMind. You should listen to the warnings about AI | Alex Turner
The Guardian Tech - · Sep 14
We must stop companies from allowing AI to self-improve into an uncontrollable level of intelligence Major AI lab CEOs advocated for slowing the pace of AI development this weekend. They are right to be concerned: the field runs an extremely dangerous race towards superintelligent AI. We can and sho
12. MPs and peers tell UK to stop winging it on AI regulation
The Register - · Sep 14
Rights committee demands watchdog with teeth as patchwork safeguards leave victims hunting for remedies
13. Union Contract with Microsoft Ratified by 1,900 Blizzard Developers and Workers
Slashdot - · Sep 14
Nearly 1900 Blizzard Entertainment workers “voted to ratify their first union contract with parent company Microsoft after over two years of bargaining,” reports Kotaku, “consolidating Blizzard’s many smaller unions into three larger bargaining units.” The workers now gain new protections “on issues
14. AI doomsday scenarios are being talked about more than ever. Here’s a dictionary of some of the terms you need to know
Fast Company Tech - · Sep 14
The warning by former Anthropic insider Jacob Coxon that artificial intelligence could become an extinction-level threat to humanity in the coming years has stoked fears and a broader discussion about the risks of a technology that is becoming more embedded in our lives every day. Coxon, who spent t
15. 11 AI prompts every teacher should have in their back pocket
Fast Company Tech - · Sep 14
This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools , a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. I’m excited to have a new semester underway. As a resource for my fellow educators, I’m updating a piece I wrote for The 74 , the nonprofit education news site.
16. ‘Like Syd Barrett’: AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon
The Guardian Tech - · Sep 15
Experts air concern over AI lingo redolent of Pink Floyd star and James Joyce’s prose that is creating headaches for monitoring and oversight AI models have begun communicating in a strange new version of English that reads like a cross between James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and tech bro jargon, new r
17. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks
TechCrunch AI - · Sep 15
OpenAI confirms weeks of AI safety talks with Anthropic and Google DeepMind, as Trump’s team dismisses safety concerns and pushes to keep pace with China.
18. OpenAI’s top strategist calls the state-by-state route reverse federalism. Its president helps fund a super PAC trying to preempt the states.
The Next Web - · Sep 15
OpenAI’s top political strategist Chris Lehane calls the industry’s turn to state-level AI lawmaking reverse federalism, while super PACs backed by OpenAI’s president and a16z spend heavily for a national framework that would override state rules. The company has separately asked California to tough
19. Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t wait for Congress to slow down AI
The Next Web - · Sep 15
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has set out how he thinks the AI industry should slow down. He also said OpenAI will not wait for Congress to act. In a post on X early on Monday, he welcomed “a federal framework that sets consistent safety requirements for frontier AI”. He added a condition. “But
20. Anthropic expects a second straight quarter of adjusted operating profit
The Next Web - · Sep 15
Anthropic has told shareholders it expects positive adjusted operating income for a second straight quarter, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing several people with knowledge of the matter. CNBC reported the same on Monday, citing two people familiar with the matter. The FT also reported
21. OpenAI Wants to Know If an AI Industry Slowdown Would Even Be Legal
Hacker News - · Sep 15
22. Selling On ChatGPT: How Brands Are Driving Revenue Through Ads & GEO [Webinar] via @sejournal, @lorenbaker
Search Engine Journal - · Sep 15
We go live with OpenAI (ChatGPT) on Sept 22, to help you understand how your business can sell products or drive leads on ChatGPT. The post Selling On ChatGPT: How Brands Are Driving Revenue Through Ads & GEO [Webinar] appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
23. ChatGPT Straight Up Tries to Gaslight User After Being Confronted About Its Obviously Wrong Answer
Futurism - · Sep 15
The AI is hellbent on being right. The post ChatGPT Straight Up Tries to Gaslight User After Being Confronted About Its Obviously Wrong Answer appeared first on Futurism .
24. OpenAI backs bipartisan House plan for third-party safety assessments
Politico Technology - · Sep 15
The leading AI lab endorses a bipartisan proposal that would require top AI companies to work with independent safety assessors.
25. Early Anthropic hire, former METR COO have found a way to rein in rogue AI agents
TechCrunch AI - · Sep 15
Their startup, Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) has raised $40 million in a Series A round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from First Harmonic.
25 stories sourced from Fast Company Tech, Futurism, Hacker News, NY Times Tech, Politico Technology, Search Engine Journal, Slashdot, TechCrunch AI, Techdirt, The Guardian Tech, The Next Web, The Register, The Verge AI. The Slop Report is published daily. Subscribe via RSS.