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Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we created
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people — by somehow regulating the fast-expanding technology that they have been designing.
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Hurricane Polo fuels fears of landslides in Mexico’s southwest as Nolo closes in on Hawaii
Southwestern Mexico braced for heavy rain and mudslides Wednesday after Polo, a powerful Pacific cyclone, became a major hurricane. Forecasters also warned another system headed for Hawaii could cause catastrophic flooding later in the week.
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Iranian advisers helped Houthis seize Yemen’s Red Sea coast in less than 48 hours, sources tell AP
It took Houthi rebels less than 48 hours to seize Yemen's Red Sea coast from pro-government forces in a resounding blow to U.S. interests and Washington's regional allies.
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Venezuela’s acting leader, at UN for first address, promises elections at the ‘right moment’
Venezuela's acting president, delivering her first address to the U.N. General Assembly since coming to power, promised elections Wednesday and said the nation's people will determine the "right moment."
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Trump welcomes China’s Xi to Washington with planeside ceremony and extension of trade truce
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump after their top officials agreed to extend a trade truce until January.
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In defiant speech, Pezeshkian calls out Trump and says Iran will fight ‘until our last breath’
Iran's president said Wednesday that his people have been "victims of terrorism" by the United States, delivering a rare wartime speech at the U.N. General Assembly a day after President Donald Trump said he may "annihilate" the Islamic Republic if a deal isn't reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war.
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How rural voters are feeling about Trump as the midterms approach, according to a new AP-KFF poll
About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office, according to a new survey that points to economic frustration among a key group that has backed him and other Republicans in recent elections.
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US will make up to $7 billion in loans to help Trump ally Milei tap Argentina’s oil and minerals
The Trump administration said Wednesday it would set aside $7 billion for loans to support energy, mining and infrastructure projects in Argentina, its latest move to secure energy and critical minerals closer to home and back the South American country's libertarian president.
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Trump says US and Iranian officials met Tuesday, shortly after warning he may ‘annihilate’ Iran
President Donald Trump said U.S. and Iranian officials met Tuesday, an unexpected engagement that came even as he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may "annihilate" the Islamic Republic if a deal isn't reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war.
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A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at risk
For years, artificial intelligence researchers have warned of ways the technology could wipe out humanity: AI bots could design an unstoppable disease, unleash a nuclear war, or transform all of Earth into paper clip factories, as one thought experiment goes.
