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most advanced AI systems are warning that the industry has to hit the brakes amid reports
the technology went rogue. Daryama Day, CEO of Anthropic, published a letter, saying he thinks AI, he believes in it, and that it could bring benefits, buddy says, it's moving too fast. Open AI, Sam Altman and Elon Musk agreed, Anthropic's researcher, Jacob Cox-Kin, quit later warning on social media that the people building AI, believe it could kill us by the end of the decade."
“"I think the concept of building a super intelligence is, well it's been likened to”
summoning an alien species, thinking about it in terms of an alien mind that we don't fully understand is pretty terrifying, even without any concrete scenario." Speaking there on ABCs this week, Anthropic is the financial supporter of NPR. President Trump says his midterm convention
was a great success, but not all Republicans were enthusiastic about his promise to give every
American adult $5,000 if Republicans win in November, and appears Mara Lyerson has more. "The Republican response to Trump's new promise was surprisingly tepid. Some members of Trump's party are worried about the price tag, giving $5,000 to every adult would cost over a trillion dollars, adding to the already historically high national debt. And Trump would have to get Congress to approve, since he can't send out checks by himself. There's also the question of
“Trump's credibility, whether voters believe the checks would actually arrive. Trump has a”
long list of unfulfilled campaign promises. He's promised to send voters' doge checks and tariff rebates, as well as promising that inflation and high prices would drop as soon as he took office. Mara Lyerson NPR News. "The Republican candidate in Wisconsin's governor's race was forced to swim to safety last night after his plane that he was traveling on made an emergency water landing. Wisconsin Public Radio's Herb Kerwin hope Kerwin has more."
Republican Tom Tiffany said in a post on X that the single-engine airplane lost power as it approached the Wassa downtown airport. The pilot made an emergency water landing and a lake just north of the runway. Tiffany and the pilot were the only people on board. They were able to call 911 while standing atop the submerged plane, according to Lieutenant Corey Gladden, the Marathon County
“Sheriff's Office. "As the plane began to sink into the water, they were able to move to”
shallower water where a short time later they were rescued." Tiffany suffered a laceration above his right eye and the pilot also sustained minor injuries, both retreated and released from a local hospital Saturday night. Tiffany's opponent in Wisconsin's gubernatorial race Democrat David Crowley said in a post on X that he was grateful no one was hurt and wished Tiffany a quick recovery. "Hope Kerwin reporting. You're listening to NPR News."
The documentary on the Israeli military's killing of civilians in Gaza has received the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. But as NPR's Daniel Astron reports, Israeli officials are testing the film's allegations. The documentary is called Naza, that's the Israeli military term for collateral damage. The film features 24 anonymous Israeli soldiers who discuss the tracking and killing of Hamas targets and Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
The Israeli military said it categorically rejects the film's allegations. It didn't give specifics, but as soldiers claims in the film do not match their junior level ranking and level of involvement. Former Israeli Prime Minister Nftali Bennett called the film a blood libel. The film's Israeli co-director Yuvala Verham spoke at the premiere. "I'm thinking of all the people, the Israeli politicians, the journalists, they're calm or now attacking this film,
denying it without even seeing it." The film got a record 25-minute standing ovation, Daniel Astron and PR News, Tel Aviv. In Indonesia, the search continues for around 130 passengers in crew who are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people, capsized in bad weather in the Java Sea overnight. At least 108 people were rescued and some bodies have been recovered. Authority say that the
ferry lost contact after encountering rough seas and waves up to 10 feet high. Indonesia is an archipelago of some 17,000 islands where ferries are a common form of travel. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. This is Ira Glass. On this American life, we tell stories about when things change. Like for this guy David, whose entire life took a sharp, unexpected and very unpleasant turn.
And it did take me a while to realize that it's basically because the monkey pressed the button.
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