This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz are together again and talking about Donald Trump's next indictment and the charges against his "false electors" in Michigan; the struggles of candidates Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, et al.; and Congressional Republicans' culture war against the U.S. military. Here are some notes and references from this week's show: Fox News Digital: "Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott says Donald Trump is'overqualified to be my vice president'" Manu Raju, Rashard Rose, and Lauren Fox for CNN: "Tommy Tuberville now says'White nationalists are racists' after refusing to denounce them" Zoë Richards for NBC News: "Arizona Republican refers to Black Americans as'colored people' in House floor debate" Here are this week's chatters: John: Mona El-Naggar, Johan M. Kessel, and Alexander Stockton for The New York Times: "What Is War to a Grieving Child?"; Jeanna Smialek and Ben Casselman for The New York Times: "The Pandemic's Labor Market Myths"; and Chris Cameron for The New York Times: "Over 700 Civil War-Era Gold Coins Found Buried on a Kentucky Farm" David: "Exploring a Secret Fort" with David through airbnb; Steve Bohnel for The Frederick News-Post: "$200,000, or the city burns: The story of the Confederacy's ransom on Frederick"; and Caity Weaver for The New York Times Magazine: "My Impossible Mission to Find Tom Cruise" For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment, David, John, and Emily discuss the Hollywood actors' and writers' strikes, artificial intelligence, and the future of work.

Microsoft, Google and OpenAI are among the leaders in the US artificial intelligence space that will reportedly commit to certain safeguards for their technology on Friday, following a push from the White House. The companies will voluntarily agree to abide by a number of principles though the agreement will expire when Congress passes legislation to regulate AI, according to Bloomberg. The Biden administration has placed a focus on making sure that AI companies develop the technology responsibly. Officials want to make sure tech firms can innovate in generative AI in a way that benefits society without negatively impacting the safety, rights and democratic values of the public. In May, Vice President Kamala Harris met with the CEOs of OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet and Anthropic, and told them they had a responsibility to make sure their AI products are safe and secure.

There is little doubt that generative AI will affect the economy--but how, exactly, remains an open question. Despite fears that these AI tools will upend jobs and exacerbate wealth inequality, early evidence suggests the technology could help level the playing field--but only if we deploy it in the right ways. Likewise, the Inflation Reduction Act and the Chips Act both have huge implications for the economy, and for efforts to revive America's high-tech manufacturing base. Rotman and Honan will look at who stands to benefit from these transformative economic events, and what the risks are. Then, on September 12, our next edition of Roundtables will tackle another important question: How should we regulate AI? Charlotte Jee, news editor, and Melissa Heikkilä, senior reporter for AI, will discuss the state of AI regulation today and what to watch for in the months ahead.

The existential risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) are now widely recognized. After hundreds of industry and science leaders warned that "mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war," the U.N. Secretary-General recently echoed their concern. So did the prime minister of the U.K., who is also investing 100 million pounds into AI safety research that is mostly meant to prevent existential risk. Other leaders are likely to follow in recognizing AI's ultimate threat. In the scientific field of existential risk, which studies the most likely causes of human extinction, AI is consistently ranked at the top of the list.

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Compared to other forms of data collection, biometrics such as facial, iris or thumbprint scans have greater potential for invasive surveillance or discrimination, privacy advocates say. Facial recognition, for instance, makes it difficult to protect your privacy in public spaces -- law enforcement has already used it to identify protesters such as one man accused of assaulting a police officer during a racial justice demonstration in 2020. At least three Black men in the U.S. have filed lawsuits alleging wrongful arrests due to faulty facial recognition.

Two dates from 2022 are destined to echo in geopolitical history. The first, Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, hardly needs further elaboration. The second is October 7, 2022, when the United States enacted a new set of export controls designed to cripple China's future progress in AI technology. Rather than target AI software, the export controls choke off China's access to the advanced (and almost exclusively American-designed) computer chip hardware that powers AI. More than a decade of breakthrough after breakthrough in AI technology has convinced policymakers in both Beijing and Washington that leadership in AI technology is foundational to the future of economic and military power.

As more doctors and nurses leave the profession, providers are turning to AI technology to help bridge the coverage gap, especially among older Americans. As many as 55% of older adults fail to take their prescribed medications, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services. Now a new artificial intelligence app aims to change that. "Together," a free iPhone app built on generative AI, is designed to help aging adults and their caregivers manage medications and other health care tasks. Using a smartphone camera, the person simply snaps a picture of a prescription bottle.

Fox News anchor Julie Banderas reacts to the vice president's gaffe and CNN calling Dylan Mulvaney a man on "Jesse Watters Primetime." The Senate this week took some initial steps toward regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the government as senators from both parties indicated they would push for amendments to the annual defense policy bill that seek to put some guardrails on the rapidly advancing technology. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he is pushing for this year's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to contains a package of several amendments that includes one addressing several issues related to AI and national security. Among the measures being proposed in the AI amendment is a "bug bounty" system that would encourage white-hat hackers to help the Defense Department find vulnerabilities in the AI systems they use. This is an idea that Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., has worked on for more than a year.

On the screen in front of me is a mountain range. Moving toward my troops from the top-right corner is an ominous yellow dot. I suspect it's an enemy drone, but it could be a bird or a civilian aircraft, so I ask my long-range camera to home in on it. Within seconds, it returns a snapshot of a wide-winged military drone. The incoming dot turns from yellow to red, signifying a threat.