M. SOARESPOLITICAL CARTOONS & SATIRE
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September 13, 2026

Any Taller Might Hurt Innovation.

Congress confronts catastrophic AI risk with a guardrail carefully sized not to inconvenience innovation.

Editorial cartoon in the U.S. Senate. Senators Amy Klobuchar and John Thune stand beside a tiny baby gate labeled Safety First in front of a giant AI machine marked Catastrophic Risk, Nuclear, Bioweapons, Autonomous Hacking and Self-Improving Systems. Klobuchar asks, Is that enough? Thune replies, Any taller might hurt innovation.