How the superintelligence ban bill moved news and search, day by day
A 31-day record of the September 2026 US bill to ban artificial superintelligence: daily share of online news (GDELT), US search interest for 5 terms (Google Trends), Hacker News stories, 201 headlines and checks against primary sources. Neutral, sourced and free (CC BY 4.0).
daily, 20-24 Sep 2026: news % of monitored online news (GDELT), US search interest 0-100 (24 Sep partial)
| Date | News % "super intelligence" | News % "superintelligence" | Search "super intelligence" | Search "AI ban" | HN stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-20 | 0.007% | 0.026% | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| 2026-09-21 | 0.021% | 0.019% | 4 | 15 | 1 |
| 2026-09-22 | 0.169% | 0.061% | 65 | 13 | 6 |
| 2026-09-23 | 0.220% | 0.085% | 50 | 14 | 4 |
| 2026-09-24 | 0.140% | 0.159% | 24 | 14 | 2 |
Source: Superintelligence News daily table, build of 24 Sep 2026 (products/superintelligence-news/store/listing.json; HF dataset CyberMax-tools/superintelligence-ban-bill-coverage). Sources: GDELT, Google Trends (US), Hacker News (Algolia API).
Superintelligence News vs the alternatives
Published prices, each checked on the date shown; prices change, so confirm on each site.
| Product | Price | Free | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superintelligence News dataset | Free; Commercial licence + support: $49/year (up to 10 people), $199/year (up to 250), $499/year (any size), all CyberMax datasets | all 31 days, news + search + HN joined | live |
| NewsAPI.org | Business $449/month; Advanced $1,749/month | Developer plan, development and testing only (no production use) | 2026-10-10 |
| Apify: GDELT News Scraper (dami_studio) | $2.00 per 1,000 articles (from $1.94 on higher plans) | Apify free monthly credit | 2026-10-10 |
Why teams pick Superintelligence News
- News share, search interest and Hacker News joined by day, not raw articles you must aggregate.
- Every event checked against a primary source, with the limits stated (headlines are a sample).
- Free, versus $449/month for a production news API.
- Neutral: no position on the bill or anyone in it.
Try it in one call
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_parquet('https://huggingface.co/datasets/CyberMax-tools/superintelligence-ban-bill-coverage/resolve/main/data/daily.parquet')
print(df.head())FAQ
How much news did the superintelligence ban bill get?
"super intelligence" went from 0.007% of monitored online news on 20 Sep 2026 to 0.22% on 23 Sep, about 30 times more; US search interest rose from 4 to 65 on 22 Sep.
Why not NewsAPI?
NewsAPI is a general news search API; production use starts at $449/month. This dataset is free and already joins news share, search and Hacker News by day for this one story.
Why not scrape GDELT yourself?
You can; GDELT is free. Apify GDELT scrapers charge about $2 per 1,000 articles and return raw articles. This dataset is the finished daily series with sources checked.
Is there a bill number?
Not at build time: no bill number on congress.gov was found when checked on 24 Sep 2026.
Do I have to pay to use it?
No. The data keeps its open licence for everyone, at work too. The $49/year licence is for companies that want an invoice, a certificate in their name, named support and service levels; it covers every CyberMax dataset.