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Chris Van Hollen poses in a dark suit before the softly focused United States Capitol.
Frank Fey, U.S. Senate Photographic Studio · Public domain. Wikimedia identifies this as a United States Senate image created by the Senate Photographic Studio, with Frank Fey named in its metadata. Commercial editorial reuse does not require copyright permission. No endorsement by Van Hollen or the Senate is implied.

CLAIM CHECK Artificial Intelligence

Van Hollen Calls OpenAI Models the Most Efficient Hackers Ever. Published Tests Do Not Prove It

Astra shows major cyber gains in controlled evaluations, but no public comparison ranks it against every human or automated hacking system.

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By Kelly Intelligence
6 min read

Official portrait of House Speaker Mike Johnson standing in a dark suit.
United States Congress; photograph by Ike Hayman · Public domain. Wikimedia identifies the author as the United States Congress and the photographer in the file metadata as Ike Hayman. The record says the image is a federal-government work produced or released through the Speaker’s office. No alteration is proposed beyond Wikimedia’s resizing, and no endorsement is implied.

CLAIM CHECK Artificial Intelligence

Mike Johnson’s Warning That Rushed AI Rules Would Cost the China Race Is Unproven

Johnson’s forecast concerns an undefined emergency regulatory response, and the CNN interview does not establish that it would cause a U.S. defeat.

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By Kelly Intelligence
6 min read

A stylized blue human head and brain appear over a dense pattern of electronic circuit traces.
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CLAIM CHECK Artificial Intelligence

Hubinger’s AI Extinction Estimate Is a Personal Forecast, Not a Measured Result

Hubinger says present-model risk is low, but his posts supply no quantitative derivation for his greater-than-10-percent superintelligence forecast.

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By Kelly Intelligence
7 min read

Official portrait of Senator Bernie Sanders
U.S. Congress via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

CLAIM CHECK AI & Policy

Sanders Is Not Trying to Ban All AI. His Plan Could Still Block the Progress It Claims to Protect

AI presents risks that require testing, containment, and public accountability. It also offers demonstrated gains in science, medicine, education, accessibility, productivity, energy, and government capacity. An undefined pause on advanced AI would govern a broad technical field through fear before Congress has defined what it intends to stop.

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By Kelly Intelligence
10 min read