Ben Affleck Doesn’t “Worry About SkyNet” When It Comes To AI; “It’s Another Form Of Computing”

Source: deadline.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center · Published: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:34:56 GMT

Donald Trump could have done a lot worse than inviting Ben Affleck to his AI lunch with tech CEOs this week at the White House. Unlike the heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and more, the Oscar winner and InterPositive founder isn’t playing defense or doom and gloom when it comes to the quickly evolving technology […]

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The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Left: US trade regulator opens investigation into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAI — www.theguardian.com
Left: OpenAI Cancels Its Advanced Model Launch, Then Heads to Lunch With Trump — www.motherjones.com
Center-Left: AI safety fears put OpenAI and Anthropic in the FTC's crosshairs — www.axios.com
Center: FTC opens investigation targeting Anthropic, OpenAI, and other frontier labs — www.washingtonexaminer.com
Center-Right: Vance's Senate Takeover Plan Has a Big Flaw — www.realclearpolitics.com
Center: FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product risks — www.cnbc.com
Right: This last-ditch gambit by Republicans could be their undoing come November — www.rawstory.com
Right: President Trump’s AI regulation accord with top tech CEOs appears ‘purely voluntary’ — www.nbcnews.com
Right: Want to avoid fixing Canada's problems? Just blame Trump. — www.theblaze.com
Right: Trump White House shuts CNN out of second presidential trip since judge halted ban: report — www.rawstory.com

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