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  "id": 5167342,
  "title": "Letter: OpenAI told two House Democrats that its engineers are developing \"automated shutdown capabilities\" for AI systems (Courtney Rozen/Reuters)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/letter-openai-told-two-house-democrats-that-its-engineers-are",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-02T20:20:02.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/openai-is-building-automated-shutdown-capabilities-ai-tools-letter-lawmakers-2026-09-02/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "OpenAI told two House Democrats that its engineers are developing “automated shutdown capabilities” for AI systems, according to a company letter reviewed by Reuters …",
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        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "OpenAI is building 'automated shutdown' capabilities for AI tools, letter to lawmakers says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/openai-is-building-automated-shutdown-capabilities-for-ai-tools",
        "published": "2026-09-02T20:02:24.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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