US House Speaker Mike Johnson has rejected calls to pause artificial intelligence development, arguing that doing so could give China an advantage over the United States. "We cannot have a moratorium on the development of AI," Johnson told reporters on Tuesday. "Because then we will lose our edge to China, and that has serious national security implications for every American family." They don't need the government to tell them to slow it down. If they want to slow it down, they should," he said. His comments come as calls to rein in AI are growing across the political spectrum amid concerns about what the technology could mean for jobs, energy costs and public safety. Unlikely allies US Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, and Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump and prominent voice on the US right, both called for restrictions on AI on Tuesday, as they appeared at the same event in Washington. Sanders warned of what he called the ...

Despite pressure mounting for a clear way out of the war, meaningful negotiations between the U.S. and Iran remain stalled. Here’s what each side has said regarding the status of peace talks, and how experts predict Iranian officials could use the Houthis’ disruption in the Red Sea to their benefit.

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Ideological adversaries Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders spoke out against AI at the'Pro-Human Assembly' in Washington on Tuesday. Ideological adversaries Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders spoke out against AI at the'Pro-Human Assembly' in Washington on Tuesday. The progressive senator Bernie Sanders and rightwing strategist Steve Bannon have called for restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) but offered competing visions for what they termed a "cold war" with China. Speaking at the "Pro-Human Assembly" in Washington on Tuesday, the ideological adversaries were united in warning of the potential dangers of AI and demanding stringent guardrails against Silicon Valley's "oligarchs". But the populist pair offered very different perspectives on how to resolve the AI race with China, which Donald Trump and other Republicans have cited to justify moving full speed ahead with the technology.

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US government borrowing costs climbed to their highest level since 2007 after a jump in oil prices further fuelled concerns about inflation. The effective interest rate on US government bonds over 10 years, known as the 10-year Treasury yield, rose as high as 5.04% but has eased back since. Government bond yields have been rising globally for months, driven by worries that inflation caused by the oil price surge since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran will lead to higher interest rates. The US has been buying back bonds back in a bid to drive the Treasury yield down, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling the intervention successful. The global benchmark wholesale oil price rose to over $109 a barrel on Tuesday, up from around $86 at the end of August, after renewed concerns about Saudi Arabia's ability to export oil following rising tensions in the region .

The Clarity Act crypto regulation bill failed a key Senate vote, with Sen. Cynthia Lummis saying the effort is over. Democrats cited ethics and money laundering concerns.

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Google has revealed the new features coming to its Pixel devices this month, including an update to VIPs that will make them easier to reach. On Pixel 6 phones and newer, you can now see expanded widget options that you can use to quickly send a text or call your VIPs or favorite contacts straight from the home screen. You'll also get new notification badges where you can see if you've received an urgent message or if you have an unread one from a VIP in a glance. The company is expanding Scam Detection in-app and inside Messages, as well. In the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Singapore, India, Germany, Mexico, Japan and France, Scam Detection can now alert you if it spots potential fraudulent messages across chat apps in your notifications.