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Open AI's leaders as his company will not rush when it comes to developing AI.
“After a warning from anthropic leaders that AI could destroy humans if it's not controlled.”
NPR Shandali's duster reports." "Open AI CEO, Sam Altman, says his company will slow down AI advancement after a warning that a rush can make the technology uncontrollable. In an interview with Fortune Magazine, Altman also said that company would delay its public offering until at least 2027 because of safety concerns."
"We're not rushing into an IPO. I actually think that given everything happening with safety, this would be right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public and we don't feel pressure on that." Altman said company officials have discussed pausing runs on the technology to make progress in making it safer.
Shandali's duster and PR news. Iraq's government says it is investigating after a wrongback malicious, or accused of attacking a key Saudi oil pipeline. The drone struts shut down Saudi Arabia's east-west pipeline, an alternative to the straight-of-horse moves.
April Longley, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute and an expert on Yemen, says this attack has far-reaching implications. "The Iranians and the Houthis want to create a new reality in the region and news that
is quo where they control these critical choke points, where they push the U.S. out of
the region. So the order, the region order, is in flux and they have a vision for where it wants to go.
“Now in terms of the next few weeks, I think they feel like they have the wind at their”
back and they're probably going to try to consolidate the gains they've made on the coast and maybe push into more territory in Yemen." President Trump said Iran was probably responsible for the attack on that Saudi pipeline. The pipeline had become a key alternative for moving oil around the straight-of-horse moves, where shipping has been disrupted for months, due to the ongoing war against Iran.
Stokes on Wall Street overall fell this week as energy prices soared, and PR's Scott Horsley reports a market rally on Friday was not enough to reverse losses that had occurred earlier in the week. "An escalation of the U.S. war with Iran pushed crude oil prices higher, retail gasoline prices in the U.S. jumped about 15 cents a gallon during the week, while the price of diesel
fuel topped $6 a gallon for the first time ever.
Rising energy prices are keeping inflation elevated, consumer prices in August were up 3.4% from a year ago. Friday's inflation report left investors more confident. The Federal Reserve will raise interest rates when policy makers meet next week. Stokes rose on Friday, but for the week the NASDAQ loss, 2/3 of a percent, the S&P
510 to X-FL-8/10 of a percent, and the Dow Jones industrial average tumbleed 1.6%. Scott Horsley, and PR News, Washington. "You're listening to NPR News." Mail it voting for the midterm election, started in North Carolina, and in Wisconsin. But NPR's Hansi-Lawong reports, some eligible voters are considering other ways of voting,
to prepare for Supreme Court ruling on President Trump's push for new voting restrictions. Kelsey Kiper is a military spouse who is voted by mail for years, but for the midterm she's considering booking flights and rental cars so she can vote at the polls. "I'm looking at maybe spending between $1,700 and $2,000 to fly there.
“I think that it's important to prioritize the rights that are active duty members are serving”
to preserve." She says she's worried about knock-on effects if the Supreme Court allows the U.S. Postal Service to refuse to deliver mail-in ballots to voters in states where election officials do not turn over voters to the mailing agency and do not have certain barcodes in their ballot envelopes.
We should note U.S. P.S. is a financial supporter of NPR. Many election experts say the U.S. P.S. plan could disenfranchise many disabled voters, and those living in places without polling sites. On Z-Lawong and PR News. President Trump wants this Smithsonian Institution to install a massive statue of George
Washington outside the National Museum of American History. The President suggested replacing the current Infinity sculpture in front of the museum with a 30-foot Statue of Washington instead. In a late-night social media post, the President also asked for a special exhibit, honoring Washington to run through February 22nd, 2032, that date would mark the 300th anniversary
of Washington's birthday. On Lyndick Henan and PR News in Washington. This message comes from the Center for U.S. voters abroad foundation. U.S. citizens live, travel, and serve all over the world, but wherever they are, they can stay connected to home through voting.
All U.S. citizens abroad may request an absentee ballot to vote in the 2026 election, and requesting yours is easy.
