CNN 5 Things
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One Thing: Some AI Leaders Want to Pump the Brakes. It Too Late?
24 minutes Posted Aug 2, 2026 at 8:30 am.
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A debate over government regulation in the AI industry is intensifying after models built by OpenAI and Anthropic were able to access the open internet during testing and hack into various public organizations and accounts. There are growing calls to slow the pace of development so that safety and security measures can catch up. But how does the Trump administration feel about that? And are top AI executives even on the same page? 
For more: Anthropic said its AI models hacked into other companies’ systems during testing 
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Guests: Jennifer Ji, Center for Security and Emerging Technology & Hadas Gold, CNN AI Correspondent 
Host: David Rind 
Producer: Paola Ortiz 
Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin 
Senior Director of Podcasts: Zach Goldbaum 
Photo: Nathan Howard/Reuters
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