Trump Says: No Slowdown!

President Trump dismissed AI-safety warnings as a "hoax" on a live call with Jensen Huang, a Google DeepMind researcher resigned warning AI "could kill us all," cybersecurity stocks led the S&P 500, and Apple rolled out iOS 27.

• Jensen Huang took a surprise call from Trump onstage at the All-In Summit on Monday in Los Angeles, where the two agreed that AI safety worries are overblown (nytimes.com/2026/09/14/technology/trump-ai-saf…) (The New York Times)

• Bloomberg quotes Trump calling AI-safety fears a "SICK conspiracy" benefiting only China, and dismissing warnings that AI could destroy humanity as a "HOAX" that his administration won't let stop development (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/trump-r…) (Bloomberg)

• MS NOW reports Trump met privately with Sam Altman backstage at the Republican midterm convention days after ex-researcher Jacob Coxon's public warning, as Altman posted that no competitive pressure justifies letting AI capabilities outrun alignment (ms.now/news/trump-ai-altman-openai-dario-amode…) (MS NOW)

• Google DeepMind AI Safety and Alignment researcher Bilal Chughtai publicly resigns, saying "I earnestly believe that AI has the potential to kill us all" (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-15/google-…) (Bloomberg)

• Cybersecurity stocks were the top performers in the S&P 500 on Monday amid escalating AI fears; CrowdStrike rose 14%, Palo Alto Networks 13%, and Fortinet 9% (morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20260914261/c…) (Morningstar)

• Microsoft rolls out emergency fix for critical issues caused by its September Patch Tuesday update, which addressed ~1,000 vulnerabilities but introduced bugs (theverge.com/news/995302/microsoft-out-of-band…) (The Verge)

• The Verge reports iOS 27 rolls out today with Siri AI as its headline feature, live in English-only beta with more languages coming in October, alongside a new Liquid Glass opacity slider and refreshed watchOS 27 Workout Buddy tools (theverge.com/news/994756/apple-ios-27-launch-i…) (The Verge)

• Apple says iCloud+ now includes Apple TV and Arcade for no extra fee in 100+ countries, and Apple Music Select, offering ad-free radio stations, in some markets (9to5mac.com/2026/09/15/icloud-apple-tv-arcade-…) (9to5Mac)

• 9to5Mac details iOS 27's new parental control suite, including a simplified Child Account setup, an Ask to Browse feature for requesting blocked sites, and a redesigned Screen Time with faster cross-device syncing and weekly usage summaries (9to5mac.com/2026/09/14/heres-whats-new-with-pa…) (9to5Mac)

• OpenAI researcher: top models are becoming so situationally aware humans "are losing the ability to evaluate them" while humans rely more on AI to lead research (x.com/dkokotajlo/status/2099600298855829616) (X)

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