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to the U.S. having wrapped up his summit with China's President Xi Jinping. Before leaving Beijing, Trump described his visit as having been a great couple of days, and he thanked Xi for hosting him and the U.S. delegation that included some corporate CEOs.
“"This has been an incredible visit. I think a lot of good has come of it.”
"We've made some fantastic trade deals, great for both countries." Trump told Fox News, China agreed to purchase 200 airliners from Boeing during his trip. Trump and Xi met for three hours today that followed yesterday's meeting where China's foreign ministry says the Chinese leader warned Trump that the U.S. and China risk conflicts if the issue of Taiwan is inhaled properly. President Trump's trip to Beijing came as the
U.S. and China compete to advance artificial intelligence. The Trump administration's approach to AI has long been to prioritize innovation. But NPR's deepest shiver-arms says there are signs of a shift to AI safety.
Trump and administration officials have been starting to talk more about AI safety for the first
time. This comes in part after AI company Anthropics sounded the alarm about its latest
“model mythos due to cybersecurity concerns. That sent off a wave of concern about the potential”
dangers around new AI models. In interviews, administration officials have started to use words they haven't used before, like safety. That was surprising to Kyle Chan, a fellow at the Brookings Institution. "It's a dramatic reversal from just a year ago when you could hardly say the word safety in Trump circles." But it's not yet clear if the Trump White House is planning to change anything when it comes to AI regulations. Even if they did, it would likely be small.
Any actual regulations would have to come from Congress. Deepish Ivaram and PR News. "The director of the CIA has wrapped up a visit to Havana where he talked about intelligence cooperation between the U.S. and Cuba. Here's NPR's Ater Paralta." In a statement, the Cuban government says CIA director John Radcliffe flew to Havana with a delegation to meet with his counterpart at the Ministry of the Interior. As part of the political
“dialogue, the Cuban government says it demonstrated that Cuba poses no threat to the United”
States. It insists Cuba does not have any quote foreign military or intelligence bases on its territory,
and it has never supported any hostile activity against the U.S. The visit comes as the situation
on the island to become critical. Protesters took to the street across Zavanna, Wednesday night, and Cuba's energy minister says they have run out of fuel, meaning blackouts are likely to continue across the country. In a problem, in PR News, Mexico City. While street is coming off record high closes for the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ and the DAW finished above the 50,000 mark yesterday. This is NPR News. The Trump administration says the U.S. will provide another 1.8 billion dollars
to the U.N. for humanitarian aid. As NPR's Fathmatanis reports, the money will be used to help people in more than a dozen countries, including Ukraine. It's the second big tranche of funding the administration is giving out for global humanitarian aid. The first was $2 billion in December, and it's part of a new model the administration is piloting for foreign assistance since the dismantling of the U.S. agency for international development last year. The State Department says
the funds will support aid efforts in 21 countries, including Ukraine, Nigeria and Lebanon. Jeremy Lowe and Under Secretary of Foreign Assistance at the State Department says the U.S. is still the
largest donor for global aid. But global health experts say the combined funds are $10 billion
short of what the U.S. gave for humanitarian aid in the last year of the Biden administration, Fathmatanis and Pair News. A judge in Florida scheduled to hear arguments today in a legal challenge to the new congressional map approved by state lawmakers. Critics, including voting rights groups, argue the new map violates the state constitution's ban on partisan redistricting. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the changes into law there to be used in the November
midterm elections. Republicans currently hold 20 of the state's 28 seats in the house. The governor says the new map could help Republicans gain four additional seats. Scotty Sheffler is among seven players sharing the first round lead at the PGA Championship in Pennsylvania. I'm Dave Madingly in Washington. New shows, new music, new movies, keeping up with pop culture sometimes feels like a full-time job. Thankfully over at pop culture
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