Black News · Sep 19, 2026For Black leaders, the AI threat isn’t hypothetical. It’s here now.

Black News · Civil Rights · September 19, 2026

Key Facts

• For Black leaders, the AI threat isn’t hypothetical. It’s here now. (via bostonglobe.com)

For Black leaders, the AI threat isn’t hypothetical. It’s here now.. In Washington this week, an extraordinary coalition — Republican and Democratic lawmakers, labor leaders, scientists, movie stars, and even a Roman Catholic archbishop — gathered to demand government action to rein in artificial intelligence systems. The group running the event touted its remarkable diversity. But almost none of those onstage were Black. And of the seven members of Congress who spoke at the event, not one came from the 62-member Congressional Black Caucus, which represents every Black Democrat in Congress.^[1]

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