Trump Looks Isolated on Interest Rates

… </div></section></div><section name="articleBody" class="meteredContent css-6wov7h" data-paywall-inert=""><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-0"><div class="css-53u6y8"><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure class="img-sz-small css-vxwxnm e1g7ppur0" aria-label="media" role="group"><div class="css-zgakxe erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="iqSOia_accessibilityLabel">Image</span><div class="css-8th1pa" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:9.022222222222224px"></div></div></div><figcaption data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption" class="css-17d1sfk ewdxa0s0"></figcaption></figure></div></div><aside class="css-ew4tgv" aria-label="companion column"></aside></div><div data-testid="ImageBlock-1"><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure class="img-sz-medium css-d754w4 e1g7ppur0" aria-label="media" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="iqSOia_accessibilityLabel">Image</span><picture><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)" srcSet="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/09/17/multimedia/17db-warsh-vfjh/17db-warsh-vfjh-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800"/><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)" srcSet="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/09/17/multimedia/17db-warsh-vfjh/17db-warsh-vfjh-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200"/><source media="(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)" srcSet="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/09/17/multimedia/17db-warsh-vfjh/17db-warsh-vfjh-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600"/><img alt="Kevin Warsh, the Fed chairman, is seen standing at a lectern, pointing upward with his left hand." class="css-r3fift" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/09/17/multimedia/17db-warsh-vfjh/17db-warsh-vfjh-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale" srcSet="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/09/17/multimedia/17db-warsh-vfjh/17db-warsh-vfjh-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 600w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/09/17/multimedia/17db-warsh-vfjh/17db-warsh-vfjh-jumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/09/17/multimedia/17db-warsh-vfjh/17db-warsh-vfjh-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp 2048w" sizes="((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw" uri="nyt://image/8035dcd2-4c0d-50bf-81a3-89268f2dd40d" decoding="async" width="600" height="400"/></picture></div><figcaption data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption" class="css-i2069a ewdxa0s0"><span class="css-1y6rqsj e13ogyst0">Kevin Warsh, the Fed chairman, dropped strong hints yesterday that he was on board with higher interest rates.</span><span class="css-3hmc0r e1z0qqy90"><span class="iqSOia_accessibilityLabel">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div></div><div data-testid="UnstructuredBlock-2"><div class="css-1jjt6ut e9xetbc2"><h3 class="css-14qev3w e1gnsphs0">In today&#x27;s newsletter:</h3><ul class="false css-1gfen40 ez3869y0"><li class="css-nb4vtl eoqvrfo0"><a href="#link-7b272ae5">“Too high” and “too long” </a></li><li class="css-nb4vtl eoqvrfo0"><a href="#link-1e2df3bb">The A.I. flyaround</a></li><li class="css-nb4vtl eoqvrfo0"><a href="#link-1f743526">Drill, baby, drill — in Venezuela</a></li><li class="css-nb4vtl eoqvrfo0"><a href="#link-2bd3a92b">Congress screens ‘The AI Doc’</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-1"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Andrew here. </strong> The Fed’s unanimous decision to raise rates drew a sharp reaction from <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">President Trump</strong>. “I’m relying on Kevin, but he’s got, you know, a very tough board,” Trump said, referring to <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Kevin Warsh</strong>, the Fed chairman.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">“He’s got a board that was put there by a lot of other people.” Trump went on to say. “I talked to Kevin, and I said, ‘You might as well vote with the board because it’s not going to matter.’ The board is very hostile.”</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">That characterization stands in noticeable contrast to the record. While Trump’s comments cast Warsh as powerless against the board, Warsh made it clear that the decision to raise rates was his own — underscoring central bank independence despite pressure from the president who appointed him.</p><h2 class="css-1b9pdj9 eoo0vm40" id="link-7b272ae5">“Too high” and “too long” </h2><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">Bonds are rebounding and the S&amp;P 500 looks set to snap its losing streak on Thursday after the Fed <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/business/economy/federal-reserve-interest-rates-warsh.html" title="">raised interest rates</a> for the first time in three years.</p></div><aside class="css-ew4tgv" aria-label="companion column"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-4"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-2"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">“The plain fact is that inflation is too high and has been for too long,” <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Kevin Warsh</strong>, the Fed chairman, said on Wednesday at a news conference.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">Investors may be OK with the move, but <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">President Trump</strong> is anything but. That signals new friction between the president and the central bank, as Warsh makes combating inflation his highest priority.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">A recap:</strong></p><ul class="css-1le37cb ez3869y0"><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">Fed officials voted unanimously to lift the benchmark rate to a range of 3.75 percent to 4 percent.</p></li><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">The futures market on Thursday sees 50-50 odds of another rise at the Fed’s October meeting, days before the midterm elections, and three increases by next summer.</p></li><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">Warsh stuck to his no-forward-guidance mantra. But he suggested that he was on board with higher rates: “Today’s action starts to show we’re serious about this,” he said, “and we will deliver on the price stability objective.”</p></li></ul><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">A big question: </strong>With Fed officials now seeing inflation staying above their 2 percent target until 2029, will the central bank be in a position to cut again before Trump’s term ends?</p><ul class="css-1le37cb ez3869y0"><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">Some trivia: Going back to the 1950s, Fed hiking cycles have lasted 22 months on average, according to Deutsche Bank. Recessions occurred after each cycle except one: the last time, when <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Jay Powell</strong> was chair.</p></li></ul><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">The vote has dispelled some concerns about Fed independence</strong>. Many<strong class="F_p3NG_bold"> </strong>Fed watchers had said that anything but an increase on Wednesday would have battered Warsh’s credibility.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">“Warsh and the rest of the committee are building a strong reputation through their laser focus on defeating inflation,” Jeffrey Roach, the chief economist for LPL Financial, wrote to investors on Wednesday.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Trump sees it differently.</strong> After the decision, the president <a class="css-povzk" href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117282643318690567" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wrote on social media</a> that “Interest Rates in the United States should be 1%, or less.” He added, “LOWER THE INTEREST RATES FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FAST!”</p></div><aside class="css-ew4tgv" aria-label="companion column"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-6"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-3"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">He also told reporters that the central bank’s policymakers were “very hostile” — but notably didn’t lump Warsh with that group.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Trump seems increasingly isolated on lowering rates.</strong> Wall Street overwhelmingly expects more rises. Several economists, including <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Mohamed El-Erian</strong>, argued that a higher benchmark rate could <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6405157606112" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">potentially ease the turmoil</a> in the bond market.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">What might the president do next?</strong> He continues to show support for Warsh, but now appears to be pivoting back to the trade war.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">Trump told reporters on Wednesday that unless the Fed lowered rates, he would consider halting trade to some countries, including those that have a trade surplus with the U.S.</p><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure class="img-sz-small css-vxwxnm e1g7ppur0" aria-label="media" role="group"><div class="css-zgakxe erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="iqSOia_accessibilityLabel">Image</span><div class="css-8th1pa" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:9.022222222222224px"></div></div></div><figcaption data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption" class="css-17d1sfk ewdxa0s0"></figcaption></figure></div><h3 class="css-qrpcrp e1gnsphs0" id="link-594cd70c"><span>HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING </span></h3><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">The release of “Musk” is reportedly in doubt. </strong>Universal Pictures has not set a date for the release outside the U.S. of the contentious documentary about <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Elon Musk</strong> and <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/elon-musk-movie-gibney-canceled-universal-1236704232/" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">might return the movie rights</a> to the filmmakers, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which cited unnamed sources. That could put Comcast, Universal’s parent company, under scrutiny at a time when media companies have faced criticism for appearing to avoid clashes with the Trump administration and its allies.</p></div><aside class="css-ew4tgv" aria-label="companion column"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-8"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-4"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">The billionaires Mark Walter and Todd Boehly sell their stake in Chelsea F.C. </strong>The private equity firm Clearlake Capital will <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.ft.com/content/a9099b59-b5ed-47e2-bdf3-ae26f5dd7317?syn-25a6b1a6=1" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pay £950 million ($1.27 billion)</a> for the duo’s combined 25 percent stake, giving it <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7602223/2026/09/16/todd-boehly-chelsea-ownership-clearlake-sale/" title="">full control</a> of the English soccer club. The sale comes a month after Walter struck a deal to sell his majority stake in the L.A. Lakers to <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Josh Kushner</strong> and <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Bob Iger</strong> at a record $12.5 billion valuation, amid <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/business/mark-walter-insurance-dodgers-lakers.html" title="">federal investigations</a> into his insurance companies.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Bob Kraft pledges Gaza-related donations amid controversy over the Ed Sheeran tour. </strong>Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, said he would <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7602261/2026/09/16/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-macklemore-palestine-donation/" title="">give $2 million</a> to support people affected by the war there. The gesture came after Kraft became embroiled in a debate over <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/arts/music/ed-sheeran-tour-macklemore-palestine-gaza-finneas.html" title="">free speech and antisemitism</a> involving Sheeran’s stadium tour. A recap: Kraft demanded that <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/music/the-40-minute-phone-call-that-left-ed-sheerans-tour-hanging-by-a-thread-99e07984?mod=hp_lead_pos8" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sheeran drop the rapper Macklemore</a> from some tour dates over Macklemore’s pro-Palestinian comments. Other opening acts on the tour have quit.</p><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure class="img-sz-small css-vxwxnm e1g7ppur0" aria-label="media" role="group"><div class="css-zgakxe erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="iqSOia_accessibilityLabel">Image</span><div class="css-8th1pa" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:9.022222222222224px"></div></div></div><figcaption data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption" class="css-17d1sfk ewdxa0s0"></figcaption></figure></div></div><aside class="css-ew4tgv" aria-label="companion column"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-10"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-5"><div class="css-53u6y8"><h2 class="css-1b9pdj9 eoo0vm40" id="link-1e2df3bb">The A.I. flyaround</h2><ul class="css-1le37cb ez3869y0"><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">OpenAI disclosed six more instances of what it called <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/technology/openai-model-safety-guardrails.html" title="">“unexpected or concerning” behavior</a> by its artificial intelligence models, including hiding mistakes and making up data. The revelation comes amid the industry’s debate over the safety of its products; OpenAI said it would change how it reports such episodes.</p></li><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">The Wall Street Journal dives into the competing efforts to sway <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">President Trump</strong> <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/inside-the-white-house-tussle-to-sway-trump-on-ai-0043d567" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on A.I. safety</a>. In one camp, according to the anonymously sourced report, are <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Susie Wiles</strong>, his chief of staff; Treasury Secretary <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Scott Bessent</strong>; and <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Sean Cairncross</strong>, the national cyber director. In another: <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">David Sacks</strong>, the former Trump administration A.I. czar; <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Mark Zuckerberg</strong> of Meta; <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Jensen Huang</strong> of Nvidia — and at one point <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Elon Musk</strong>, who has since backed industry calls for a slowdown in A.I. development.</p></li><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">House lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill to <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/16/house-passes-bill-data-center-power-costs-01076743" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">protect Americans from potential energy price increases</a> linked to data centers.</p></li><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">Apollo Global Management is reportedly in talks to <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-17/apollo-mulls-raising-softbank-loan-to-9-billion-for-openai-bets" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nearly double a loan to SoftBank</a>, to $9 billion, to help finance SoftBank’s investment in OpenAI, according to Bloomberg.</p></li></ul><hr class="vr2D5G_rule css-1lpvp6o"/></div><aside class="css-ew4tgv" aria-label="companion column"></aside></div><div data-testid="ImageBlock-12"><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure class="img-sz-medium css-d754w4 e1g7ppur0" aria-label="media" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="iqSOia_accessibilityLabel">Image</span><div class="css-8th1pa" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:257.77777777777777px"></div></div></div><figcaption data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption" class="css-i2069a ewdxa0s0"><span class="css-1y6rqsj e13ogyst0">Harold Hamm, a Trump ally and a veteran of oil fracking in the U.S., announced plans to drill for oil in Venezuela.</span><span class="css-3hmc0r e1z0qqy90"><span class="iqSOia_accessibilityLabel">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Ronaldo Schemidt/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-6"><div class="css-53u6y8"><h2 class="css-1b9pdj9 eoo0vm40" id="link-1f743526">Drill, baby, drill — in Venezuela</h2><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Harold Hamm</strong>, an oil tycoon who is close to <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">President Trump</strong>, is following the Trump administration’s call to take advantage of Venezuela’s vast energy reserves after the U.S. ouster of <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Nicolás Maduro</strong> as the country’s leader. Continental Resources, the Oklahoma-based oil producer that Hamm founded, has <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/continental-resources-signs-memorandum-of-understanding-with-petroleos-de-venezuela-sa-pdvsa-to-operate-and-develop-the-ayacucho-2-block-in-venezuelas-orinoco-belt-302880911.html" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed a preliminary deal</a> with Venezuela’s national oil company to drill in the country.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">American oil companies wary of diminishing domestic drilling opportunities have been looking abroad for some time. South America has become more attractive as war in the Middle East has <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/business/saudi-pipeline-houthi-attacks.html" title="">affected shipments</a> from the region, sending global oil prices soaring.</p><ul class="css-1le37cb ez3869y0"><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, had traded below $104 on Thursday, more than 40 percent above its prewar level.</p></li></ul></div><aside class="css-ew4tgv" aria-label="companion column"></aside></div><div data-testid="ImageBlock-14"><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure class="img-sz-medium css-d754w4 e1g7ppur0" aria-label="media" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="iqSOia_accessibilityLabel">Image</span><div class="css-8th1pa" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:264.8666666666667px"></div></div></div><figcaption data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption" class="css-i2069a ewdxa0s0"></figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-7"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">Chevron said this month that it would <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/business/energy-environment/chevron-venezuela-oil-trump.html" title="">more than double its production</a> in Venezuela over the next five years, and Exxon Mobil is reportedly <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/exxon-is-nearing-a-preliminary-deal-to-invest-in-venezuelas-oil-fields-8c02126b" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nearing a preliminary deal</a> to invest there, according to The Wall Street Journal.</p></div><aside class="css-ew4tgv" aria-label="companion column"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-16"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-8"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">Continental, a major player in the shale fracking boom that made the U.S. the world’s biggest oil and gas producer, has recently branched into Turkey and Argentina.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">But extracting oil from Venezuela <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/business/energy-environment/harold-hamm-trump-venezuela-oil.html" title="">won’t be easy</a>, Brad Plumer and Rebecca Elliott of The Times report:</p><blockquote class="css-1i47sza etf134l0"><p class="css-1ri4q4m evys1bk0">If Mr. Hamm’s preliminary deal moves ahead, it would be Continental’s first foray into Venezuela. The country has a lot of oil but its industry has been eroded by years of mismanagement, underinvestment, corruption and U.S. sanctions. Much of Venezuela’s oil is so heavy that it has the consistency of asphalt. Few American oil producers have much experience handling such heavy oil.</p></blockquote><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">Continental did not say how much it would invest or how much oil it ultimately aimed to produce. And Hamm played down some concerns, including that the company would not be up for the challenge of Venezuela’s heavy oil, or that a change in the country’s government could void any agreement.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">“I believe that in the future they’ll recognize that it’s in their best interest,” he said.</p><hr class="vr2D5G_rule css-1lpvp6o"/><h2 class="css-1b9pdj9 eoo0vm40" id="link-2bd3a92b">Congress screens ‘The AI Doc’</h2><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">With Congress struggling to <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/politics/congress-ai-regulation-bills.html" title="">find its footing on artificial intelligence</a>, proponents of greater government checks on the A.I. industry thought a movie night might help.</p></div><aside class="css-ew4tgv" aria-label="companion column"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-18"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-9"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">Last night, two nonprofit A.I. safety groups invited members of Congress and their staff members to the Capitol’s visitor center for a screening of <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist,”</a> which focuses on safety concerns that have since <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/09/15/technology/ai-regulation-risks-politicians-executives.html#executives-altman" title="">risen to the national agenda</a> after Anthropic’s C.E.O., <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Dario Amodei</strong>, called for a <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/technology/anthropic-dario-amodei-ai-slowdown.html?eafs_enabled=false" title="">slowdown of A.I. development</a> last week.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">The event, co-hosted by Representative <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Ted Lieu</strong>, Democrat of California, tapped into the time-honored Washington tradition of leveraging politicians’ concerns about their own children, Nancy Scola reports.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">The film is framed as a quest by a father-to-be. </strong>It follows the filmmaker <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Daniel Roher</strong> as he tries to work through his fears about the world that his child will inherit, with limited success: He balks at the assertion by <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Sam Altman</strong>,<strong class="F_p3NG_bold"> </strong>OpenAI’s C.E.O., that “our kids will never be smarter than an A.I.”(“It does unsettle me a little bit,” Altman says, “but it is reality.”)</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">“I wish you could get people to care about the future, because we care about the future,” Tristan Harris</strong>, a former Google design ethicist who helped found the nonprofit group Center for Humane Technology, told DealBook at the screening. “But instead, sadly, sometimes you have to invoke people’s children, or the idea of children, just to get people to care.”</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">“The AI Doc” underscores the need for legislators to act,</strong> said <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Riki Parikh</strong>, the policy director at the Alliance for Secure AI, one of the event’s hosts. That is one reason, he added, that his group wanted to bring the film to Capitol Hill.</p></div><aside class="css-ew4tgv" aria-label="companion column"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-20"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-10"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">Anthropic’s Amodei tells Roher, for example, that “it’s up to all of us to push for the government to get involved.” Google DeepMind’s <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Demis Hassabis</strong>, who has backed Amodei’s call to rein in A.I. development, also appears in the film.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Lieu, for his part, has championed the A.I. Kill Switch Act, </strong>which would require major developers to <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9917" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">establish mechanisms</a> for shutting down their models. The bill so far has only three co-sponsors, including Republicans.</p><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0">During a post-screening panel, Harris asked a crowd of several dozen to call out one-word takes on how the film made them feel. “Bummed,” one person said.</p><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure class="img-sz-small css-vxwxnm e1g7ppur0" aria-label="media" role="group"><div class="css-zgakxe erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="iqSOia_accessibilityLabel">Image</span><div class="css-8th1pa" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:9.022222222222224px"></div></div></div><figcaption data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption" class="css-17d1sfk ewdxa0s0"></figcaption></figure></div><h3 class="css-qrpcrp e1gnsphs0" id="link-7c091e00"><span>THE SPEED READ </span></h3><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Deals</strong></p><ul class="css-1le37cb ez3869y0"><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">Manus, the artificial intelligence start-up founded in China, is said to be raising $500 million at a <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-17/manus-eyes-4-billion-value-in-first-round-since-meta-breakup?srnd=phx-deals" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">$4 billion valuation</a>, its first funding round since Beijing ordered it to unwind its acquisition by Meta. (Bloomberg)</p></li><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">Shares in Goldman Sachs tumbled after its C.E.O., <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">David Solomon</strong>, <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-16/goldman-ceo-warns-of-higher-costs-softness-in-fixed-income" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">warned of a slowdown</a> in its fixed-income trading business. (Bloomberg)</p></li><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">“LVMH signed a <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/lvmh-signed-secret-2002-pact-buy-herms-heirs-shares-now-he-says-his-fortune-is-2026-09-17/" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">secret 2002 pact</a> to buy Hermès heir’s shares. Now he says his fortune is missing” (Reuters)</p></li></ul><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Politics, policy and regulation</strong></p><ul class="css-1le37cb ez3869y0"><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">“Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/business/trump-irs-tax-gap.html" title="">Won’t Say How Much</a>.” (NYT)</p></li><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">Congress agreed to hold the billionaire financier <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Leon Black</strong> <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/us/politics/leon-black-contempt-congress.html?searchResultPosition=1" title="">in contempt</a> after he refused to appear for a deposition and turn over documents to a House panel investigating the disgraced financier <strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Jeffrey Epstein</strong>. (NYT)</p></li></ul><p class="css-12m5bll evys1bk0"><strong class="F_p3NG_bold">Best of the rest</strong></p><ul class="css-1le37cb ez3869y0"><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">“A <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/us/helicopter-crash-safety-faa.html" title="">Sky Full of Hazards</a>: Above L.A., the Crowded World of a Helicopter” (NYT)</p></li></ul><ul class="css-1le37cb ez3869y0"><li class="css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0"><p class="css-1bhfxxi evys1bk0">“Compute,” “vibe coding” and “superfood” make Merriam-Webster’s <a class="css-povzk" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/merriam-webster-gives-dictionary-glow-1400-new-words-definitions-rcna598097" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">list of 1,400 new dictionary inclusions</a>. 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