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title: "The focus on AI safety disasters ignores everyday harms"
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# The focus on AI safety disasters ignores everyday harms

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**Published:** 2026-10-26T09:01:00.000Z
**Category:** Regulation
**Topics:** regulation

## Summary

Lawmakers are passing industry\-backed bills to guard against the worst AI safety outcomes, rather than addressing more common problems\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/26/1147645/the-focus-on-ai-safety-disasters-ignores-everyday-harms/>)