John Kennedy
John Kennedy is CEO and Co-Founder at Caudal Energy and Founder & CEO at Actual AI. He also serves as a United States Senator.
Sanders and Casar Introduce Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act: 20-Year Prison Sentences and Corporate Death Penalty Proposed
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act on September 3, proposing a permanent ban on superintelligent AI, 20-year prison terms for individuals who build it, and forced dissolution of companies that violate the law. The bill would also impose a temporary pause on advanced AI until a new Department of Artificial Intelligence issues safety rules and seeks international agreements and export controls.
SiliconANGLE: AI agents surge as leaders including Amodei, Altman and Musk urge slowing frontier model releases
The article discusses the boom in AI agents — tools that automate tasks — alongside rising concerns about their risks, including calls from leaders like Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk to slow frontier model releases and proposals for metrics to monitor AI progress.
House Democrats urge Speaker Johnson to cancel Sept. 17 recess to pass AI safety bills
Four House Democrats — Reps. Don Beyer, Lori Trahan, Ted Lieu, and Sara Jacobs — urged Speaker Mike Johnson to shorten or cancel the Sept. 17 recess so Congress can negotiate and pass AI regulation, arguing voluntary industry audits are insufficient. They cited ready legislative proposals (including the FRONTIER Act and AI Kill Switch Act) and called for bipartisan cooperation to address AI safety before a two-month adjournment.
Caudal Energy raises £4.3m led by Oxford Science Enterprises to test fin-based tidal system and target commercial deployment by 2028
Oxford-based Caudal Energy raised £4.3 million to fund full-scale testing of its fin-based, modular tidal power system and aims for commercial deployment by 2028.
Caudal Energy raises £4.3M (USD $5.6M) seed to commercialize marine mammal–inspired oscillating-fin tidal power
Caudal Energy, a 2024 University of Oxford spinout, raised £4.3 million (USD $5.6 million) in seed funding to develop marine mammal–inspired oscillating-fin tidal systems that aim to deliver low-cost, predictable baseload power and expand viable deployment sites beyond turbine-based approaches.
Caudal Energy raises €4.9M led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Empirical Ventures to scale modular tidal-flow baseload power
Caudal Energy, an Oxford University spin‑out founded in 2024, raised €4.9 million led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Empirical Ventures to scale a modular tidal-flow power system designed for predictable, commercially viable renewable baseload generation.
Organizations
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Caudal Energy CEO & Co-Founder 2023–present · current
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Actual AI Founder & CEO 2023–present · current -
Adlens Non Executive Chairman 2022–present, CEO 2017–2022 · current
Education
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Griffith University Graduate Certificate International Business, Knowledge Management and Cross-Cultural Communication · 2008
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Griffith University Bachelor of Information Technology, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence · 2000–2005
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INSEAD MBA · 1998–1999
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University of Cambridge MA, Manufacturing Engineering · 1989–1993
