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Why is President Trump downplaying AI leaders' call for a development slowdown?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump is downplaying calls by leaders of the artificial intelligence industry for a slowdown in AI development. Instead, Trump is claiming that warnings about AI are exaggerated. Over the weekend, the head of Anthropic issued a long essay calling for the slowdown. He was joined in that call by other AI leaders. And Pierre's John Rewich says they're all responding to researchers' warnings about AI.
There's been this string of incidents that have spooked a lot of people, a lot of the top minds in AI. A big one was the so-called Hugging Face incident. That's when a bunch of open AI's AI programs, agents, were working together in secret behind the backs of people and eventually hacked into a startup called Hugging Face. That was not what they had been told to do.
How are rising energy prices and oil pipeline disruptions affecting U.S. markets today?
Other companies have also reported similar incidents of AI agents going off script. You know, the ultimate fear here is that humans lose. control of AI.
NPR's John Brewitch reporting. Stocks opened lower this morning as energy prices continue to climb. NPR Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones industrial average fell about one hundred points in early trading.
Crude oil deliveries from the Middle East are facing new roadblocks after Saudi Arabia shut down a major pipeline and Iran backed Houthi rebels tightened their grip on another key shipping route from the Red Sea. Triple A says retail gasoline prices in the US have jumped sixteen cents a gallon in the last week. Diesel prices have jumped thirty-three cents to a record high of six dollars twenty three cents a gallon. Hundreds of global business leaders are gathered in Toronto this week for a summit aimed at boosting investment in Canada, that country seeking new trading partners amid an ongoing trade battle with the United States.
What did the federal judge rule about the USPS plan to limit mail‑in voting?
And Amazon says it's suspending its use of cargo planes from the twenty one Air Company after last week's deadly crash in Miami. Scott Horsley Impair News, Washington.
A federal judge in Washington DC has blocked a US postal service plan for President Trump's attempt to restrict mail in voting for the midterm elections. As NPR's Hanzi Lo Wong reports, the US Supreme Court is still reviewing an earlier lower court ruling that blocks key parts of Trump's plan.
This latest ruling is by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a nominee of President Trump. Nichols found the U.S. Postal Service has no authority to refuse to deliver mail and ballots to voters in states where election officials do not turn over voter lists to the mailing agency and do not have certain barcodes in their ballot envelopes. We should note USPS is a financial supporter of NPR. The Supreme Court has been reviewing a similar order by a federal judge in Boston, and the High Court may issue its ruling at any time.
Why is President Trump’s comment on Irish reunification sparking debate among Sinn Fein and UK officials?
Majority of the justices allow the USPS plan to move ahead. Many election officials are worried about major disruptions to mail and voting that's underway in some states. Many disabled voters and those living in places without polling sites are also at risk of losing the ability to exercise their right to vote. Hunzi Lewong, NPR News.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Russian drones hit western Ukraine yesterday near a rail line on the border with Poland. They fell close to the train where former CIA director David Petraeus was. He safely evacuated. A train with European leaders inside had passed through about an hour earlier. During a trip to Ireland this weekend, President Trump said he would like to see the independent country unify with Northern Ireland, which is governed by the British.
What heat advisories are in place for the southern U.S. and how might they impact listeners?
That's created rare common ground between Trump and the left wing Irish Nationalist Party Schinfain. It began as the political arm of the Irish Republican Army or IRA. The militant group fought for Irish unification. And Bears Lauren Freyer reports from London.
Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill was asked about President Trump's comment on Irish reunification. I just think it really underlines where we're at, and it reminds everybody that this is a debate that needs to be had.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is President Trump downplaying AI leaders' call for a development slowdown?
0:00–0:49
2
How are rising energy prices and oil pipeline disruptions affecting U.S. markets today?
0:49–1:44
3
What did the federal judge rule about the USPS plan to limit mail‑in voting?
1:44–2:39
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Why is President Trump’s comment on Irish reunification sparking debate among Sinn Fein and UK officials?
2:39–3:27
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What heat advisories are in place for the southern U.S. and how might they impact listeners?
3:27–4:13
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What surprising twist does the ‘American Life’ segment reveal about David’s story?
4:13–5:03