AI Alarms, Canada’s Opposition, The GOP Convention 9/10/26

Former Google Design Ethicist Tristan Harris is now co-founder and president of the Center for Humane Technology, and he explains the alarm from AI researchers (cnbc.com/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-quits…), executives, and investors on rogue and “uncontrollable” AI. Harris comments on AI regulation, leadership, the new opinion piece from Paul Tudor Jones (wsj.com/opinion/ai-may-become-the-third-superp…), and recent departures from frontier labs like Anthropic. Canada’s Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre discusses the U.S.-Canada trade relationship (cnbc.com/2026/09/09/us-canada-trade-war-import…) and the future of his country’s politics. Plus, President Trump, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Democrat Senator John Fetterman spoke at the GOP Midterm Convention in Dallas. (cnbc.com/2026/09/09/trump-gop-convention-dalla…)

Tristan Harris 18:34
Pierre Poilievre 37:39

In this episode:
Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk (x.com/JoeSquawk)
Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick (x.com/BeckyQuick)
Andrew Ross Sorkin,@andrewrsorkin (twitter.com/andrewrsorkin)
Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie (x.com/Kramer_Katie)

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