Top AI leaders—including Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis—are urging Congress to regulate synthetic DNA sales as AI-enabled biology raises dual‑use risks (CEOs ask Congress). [P]Meanwhile the industry’s growth is colliding with infrastructure limits—from power grids and water supplies to chip capacity—forcing firms to chase electricity and nukes as hard as models (Duke Energy, UN water warnings). On policy and geopolitics, Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical frames AI as a moral crisis while Washington and markets tussle over safety rules, IPOs, and who owns the future of AI—public or private (Magnifica Humanitas, IPO rush).

Complaints about 1,525 dogs entering NYC food businesses have doubled in two years, turning pup etiquette into a municipal headache and touching restaurant policy debates (NYC complaints). [P]Vets warn that GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs are an unseen pet hazard—accidental ingestion can poison dogs just as one in eight Americans takes these meds (GLP‑1 risks). On the softer side of the leash, mass beagle rescues and viral shelter-success stories remind that patience, not just policy, saves lives (beagle rescue).