Remembering 9/11, AI-safety alarms, and big-money talk in today’s Rundown

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, NBC News collects memories and commemorations while highlighting new AI-safety warnings from two researchers who left Anthropic and Google DeepMind; they urge transparency as AI advances raise existential concerns. The roundup also analyzes Trump’s proposed $5,000 checks and the political and funding hurdles, notes diesel topping $6 a gallon ahead of an inflation report, and features a piece on Afghan girls’ resilience under Taliban rule.