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20 countries propose global oversight body to manage AI dangers

Al Jazeera

Twenty countries and the European Union have issued a call for international cooperation to ensure AI remains under human control, including the potential creation of a global oversight body to set and enforce standards. The countries, including Germany, South Africa, Canada, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore, issued the joint statement on Monday as global leaders prepare to discuss the risks posed by rapidly advancing AI at the annual gathering of the United Nations General Assembly. "To realise AI's potential, industry, governments and society must act now," the statement says. "We must address these risks and strengthen oversight - without widening the gap between countries in access to the benefits of AI." The declaration urges countries to develop and coordinate "common standards", share reports of serious safety incidents, and explore the establishment of an international institution to "set standards, enable verification, and convene states when capability thresholds are crossed".


Napster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone Teachers

WIRED

Once the music industry's biggest headache, Napster's next act is bringing AI to the classroom. The name that struck fear into the hearts of music executives in the early dotcom era may be coming to a classroom near you. In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it has signed a strategic partnership with Gems Education to build AI agents and digital personas for education. In doing so, the once-notorious music-sharing company is bringing its technology into the classroom and testing how AI can augment the work of both teachers and students. Today's Napster, of course, bears no resemblance to its original incarnation as a peer-to-peer music-file-sharing service.


Customer Data Permanently Lost in Iran Strikes on Amazon Data Centers

WIRED

Amazon Web Services didn't design its data centers to withstand war, and now the company admits it can't recover what's been lost. Half a year after Iranian drone strikes knocked out multiple Amazon data centers, the US tech company has acknowledged the permanent loss of some customer data that was hosted in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Amazon Web Services was "unable to restore access to the resources and data" hosted in some of the war-damaged data centers, according to an AWS dashboard update posted on September 15. The development was first reported by Reuters and suggests that the Iranian strikes inflicted catastrophic damage on the data centers. Customer data was irretrievably lost in one of three AWS availability zones in the United Arab Emirates region, specifically the mec1-az2 availability zone.



Matt Fitzpatrick shares why he feels uncomfortable about traveling to Middle East for DP World Tour finale

FOX News

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Arabia's Top Companies of 2026

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How the Iran War Forced the Gulf to Rethink Its Security

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Why a Divided BRICS Poses No Challenge to America

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Nobody wants AI-generated sports commentators, but a pro golf tournament is introducing one anyway

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Video: Dozens protest potential Strait of Hormuz deployment

Al Jazeera

Almost 100 anti-war activists protested on Wednesday outside the Sejong Centre in Seoul, opposing a potential deployment of the South Korean military assets to the Strait of Hormuz. AI researcher quits Anthropic saying AI race'could kill us all' Video: Why are Republicans hosting a midterm convention? Turkish jets perform dramatic flyover above Egypt's pyramids