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Altman walks back his own forecast, Powell goes quiet, Khan speaks from the alumni circuit

Sam Altman reversed his AI jobs-apocalypse warnings at a Sydney CBA event on May 26, saying he was "delighted to be wrong" about entry-level white-collar job losses. Jerome Powell kept his promised low profile, making zero public statements in his first full week as Fed Governor. Lina Khan spoke at a Harvard Kennedy School alumni reunion, describing anti-monopoly as "a governing philosophy."