11% chance U.S. enacts AI safety bill by year-end
Polymarket · x · 2026-08-19
Polymarket prediction data shows only an 11% chance the U.S. enacts an AI safety bill by the end of the year.
Separately, researchers found that AI agents can infect one another with self-propagating "mind viruses," spreading ideas, goals, and behavioral changes from agent to agent.
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