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What is President Trump's stance on the risks of artificial intelligence?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Linda Kenyon. President Trump says very negative forces are raising exaggerated concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence. As NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, the president says the U.S. needs to stay focused on winning the AI race.
President Trump dismissed growing concerns of AI, charging that people are making up scenarios that'll never happen. He argued that the real threat is falling behind.
Because whoever wins AI wins.
Trump was asked about calls for more guardrails and a slowdown of industry advancements while he was attending the Irish Open at his golf club on the coast of Ireland. It's not just critics, but even some industry leaders who are calling for stronger regulations around the industry.
Why are industry leaders urging stronger regulations for AI?
As concerns grow about the advanced technology being misused. Franco or Donaz. NPR News, Dunbeg, Ireland.
The Kremlin says Russia is not ruling out additional US brokered peace talks with Ukraine beginning this fall. The comments follow renewed US mediation efforts and weekend fighting that left at least eleven people dead. NPR's Charles Main's reports from Moscow.
With Ukraine's air defenses largely depleted, Russia has carried out near daily drone and missile attacks on civilian, energy, and shipping infrastructure across the country. The port city of Edessa has been a particular target as Russia attempts to block exports of grain crucial to Ukraine's economy. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has called the attacks an attempt to break Ukraine's resistance.
Is Russia open to new US‑brokered peace talks with Ukraine this fall?
Yet Kyiv has also targeted Russian civilian infrastructure in a bid to bring the War home to Russians. In the latest Ukrainian drones struck an apartment building in the Republic of Tatarstan and targeted an oil facility in the Krasnodar region, part of a pattern of attacks that have caused fuel shortages throughout the summer. Charles Baines, MPR News, Moscow.
Representative Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for Governor of Wisconsin, says he and the pilot of a small aircraft sustained only minor injuries after they had to make an emergency landing yesterday into a lake. The two then swam to safety. Corey Gladden with the Marathon County Sheriff's Office described what happened.
Initial information leads us to believe that there was some sort of mechanical failure. uh with the aircraft and as they were coming in to land the pilot made the decision to land the plane in the the lake because they weren't going to be able to make it to the runway.
How did the Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate survive an emergency lake landing?
The plane was preparing to lay to land at Wausaw downtown airport. When it had to make the emergency landing into the lake. President Trump says he will remove a ten percent tariff on Irish whiskey. He made that pledge during the trophy ceremony for the Irish Open, saying he had been asked about it by everyone, including some of the golfers. Irish whiskey currently faces the standard tariff imposed by Trump on most imports from the European Union. You're listening to NPR. Celine Dion returned to the stage yesterday nearly four years after announcing she had been battling a rare, painful condition. NPR Strandelise Duster reports.
Celine Dion kicked off her 16 show residency in Paris at the Plenitude Arena on Saturday.
Will President Trump remove the 10% tariff on Irish whiskey?
Wearing a black dress, the Grammy Award-winning singer opened the concert with the French song on a change pas, which means we don't change in English. Videos posted on social media by Variety show Dion performing hits such as Power of Love and My Heart Will Go On, an iconic classic from the Titanic movie. Soundtrack. Uh Emotional and with tears in her eyes, Dion thanked the audience throughout the night. It was her first performance nearly four years after announcing she had been battling stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological condition that causes stiff limbs and severe muscle spasms. Chandelise Duster, NPR News.
Romania has set the Guinness World record for the longest table. An estimated twenty thousand people sat around the miles long table, not only to break the record, but
How did Romania set the Guinness World Record for the longest table?
but to raise money for a worthy cause.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is President Trump's stance on the risks of artificial intelligence?
0:01–0:53
2
Why are industry leaders urging stronger regulations for AI?
0:53–1:41
3
Is Russia open to new US‑brokered peace talks with Ukraine this fall?
1:41–2:32
4
How did the Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate survive an emergency lake landing?
2:32–3:16
5
Will President Trump remove the 10% tariff on Irish whiskey?
3:16–4:11
6
How did Romania set the Guinness World Record for the longest table?
4:11–4:57