News Summary

• Jacob Coxon, a little-known Silicon Valley researcher, resigned and went public with a dire warning: AI now threatens the future of the world.
• Almost on cue, Democrats seized on the alarm as a new cause celebre, accusing President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement of recklessly courting Armageddon.
• Democrats in Congress demanded hearings.
• They are unlikely to use them to ask tech executives or administration officials serious questions.
• More likely, they will spend their allotted time shouting, wagging their fingers, displaying their ignorance, and spinning wild conspiracy theories.