# Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, Sept. 18, 2026

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Warnings of AI's threat to humanity are coming from surprising places, but President Trump says the only guardrails AI needs is a high-IQ president. Join guest moderator Liz Landers, Leigh Ann Caldwell of Puck, Eamon Javers of CNBC, Asma Khalid of BBC News and Alayna Treene of CNN to discuss this and more.

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