Polling collaboration between The Associated Press and NORC at the University of Chicago that fields national surveys on U.S. policy and public affairs.
AP-NORC polling finds 64% of Americans think AI is developing too fast, against 8% who say too slow. For product teams the more usable result is that about 8 in 10 call keeping AI under human control highly important, while about half say the same of innovation.
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Donald Trump opens a 32-day midterm campaign in Texas and Oklahoma as AP-NORC puts approval of his handling of the economy at a record-low 26%. He is spending his first days on ground his party once held easily, so investors should treat a change in control of Congress on Nov. 3 as a live outcome.
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AP-NORC finds 17% of US adults approve of Donald Trump's handling of living costs and 65% blame his policies for high prices. The poll lands weeks before midterms that decide control of Congress, and the movement most relevant to that vote is among Republicans.
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Trump said South Korea plans to invest about $54 billion in Alaska's gas pipeline, but President Lee Jae Myung's party says it is not finalized. Seoul still has to test the project's commercial viability, so for now the figure is an announcement made weeks before a close Alaska Senate race.
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Oatly is printing a journalism nonprofit's 89% climate-poll message on its oat milk cartons and expects them on U.S. shelves by January. The carton puts a survey finding in front of politicians, a narrow form of stance that the American launch will now test.
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The bill would freeze the most advanced AI development until a new Cabinet-level Department of AI writes safety rules, then require federal approval before deployment. Researchers at OpenAI and Google DeepMind endorsed it.
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An AP-NORC and University of Chicago poll puts concern about AI's environmental impact at 53%, up from 41% a year ago, with majorities worried about local electricity prices and water supply.
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August's surprise 162,000 jobs drew a grievance session rather than a victory lap, and the threat that followed, stopping trade with foreign countries over rates, has to price against $40 trillion of debt rolling at a 4.79% ten-year.
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