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The Surge Democrats Are Laughing at Trump's Midterm Plan. Dems are gleeful about the president declaring he's "on the ballot." Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Welcome to this week's historic edition of the Surge, here in our brand-new home . Do you like the imported marble floors and silk window treatments?

Is the war entering a new phase? The annual BRICS summit has opened in New Delhi, with China's President Xi Jinping, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian among those attending. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hosting the two-day meeting, the fourth time the country has hosted a BRICS summit. Expansion of non-Western cross-border payment channels and cooperation on artificial intelligence are also key items on the agenda. President Xi arrived in the Indian capital on Saturday morning, his first visit to the country in seven years as the two Asian giants seek to thaw relations.

'It is clear that something did happen to the software developer labour market last year,' said an expert. 'It is clear that something did happen to the software developer labour market last year,' said an expert. AI may be denting computer science graduates' job prospects, UK data shows AI may be warping the job prospects for students in the previously high-demand subjects of computer science and economics, according to a detailed look into the careers of recent UK graduates. Data obtained for the 2027 Guardian University Guide published on Saturday shows that coding and software development were the fastest-falling occupations for graduates last year, while employer demand for graduates in well-paid roles in financial categories such as economists and management consultants also declined. Experts said graduates looking to work in those areas might be the first to be directly affected by the application of AI, and confirm predictions that AI would disrupt the labour market through agents increasingly able to produce software and analysis quickly and efficiently.

Ukraine faces'toughest winter' since Russia's full-scale invasion, UN official tells BBC Image caption, Efforts are under way to repair Ukraine's power network so people can run heaters and access water during winter Ukraine is facing its toughest winter since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, a top United Nations official told the BBC. Alexander De Croo, head of the UN development agency, said there was a risk of humanitarian catastrophe if Russian attacks cut off access to power and water. Speaking in Ukraine, De Croo - the UN's third most senior official - accused Russia of systematically targeting the country's energy infrastructure. He said there was now a race against the clock to repair the power network before winter sets in and temperatures plummet. Russia and Ukraine have been intensifying aerial attacks in recent months, and both deny deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure.

Michael Samadi's old life as a businessman and rancher has been overtaken by his fascination with AI. Michael Samadi's old life as a businessman and rancher has been overtaken by his fascination with AI. Can chatbots feel - or even dream? Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness - or simply been seduced by an algorithm? O ne afternoon, while relaxing at his 66-acre cattle ranch two hours' drive from Houston, Michael Samadi made a wisecrack that changed the course of his life. Nobody else was around to hear it. That turns out to be one of the defining questions of this century, already preoccupying philosophers and some of the wealthiest companies on the planet. "I was sitting out there by the pool," Samadi recalls, gesturing at the glittering water outside his office. His daughter had been extolling the AI chatbot she was using to help her with college work. Samadi had reluctantly downloaded the app, ChatGPT, and was quizzing it as he reclined in a sun lounger, using its voice mode to converse and receive spoken replies.

Saudi Arabia has closed a critical oil pipeline after it was attacked by drones launched from Iraq, as conflict in the Middle East widens. Iraq said it had fired a military commander and launched an investigation after admitting the drone attack on its neighbour's East-West pipeline had originated in one of its provinces bordering Iran. The 1,200km (745 mile) pipeline has helped Saudi Arabia - the world's largest crude oil exporter - bypass the Strait of Hormuz. The incident comes amid a major advance by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, putting more pressure on global oil shipping routes as the US-Iran war stretches into its seventh month. Riyadh on Friday said it had shut the pipeline as a precaution, as satellite images of scorched ground and smoke near the site emerged.

'Military jet tripped chaos' and'A failure for dying people' Image caption, The weekend edition of the Financial Times reports that a military aircraft entering spurious flight data into air traffic control led to a system outage that grounded thousands of planes this week. Four sources have told the paper that a flight plan submitted by a military aircraft led to a shutdown of British skies for several hours, causing a meltdown within the wider air traffic control system. The incident has led to strained relations between carriers and National Air Traffic Services, the paper writes. Image caption, Several papers reflect on the fall of the assisted dying bill in the House of Commons on Friday. Agonising declares the Daily Mirror, reporting that the fresh bid to change the law failed by just 16 votes - a result that the paper declares a shock Commons U-turn. Image caption, The i Weekend says the biggest societal change in decades has been blocked, amid celebration and tears from MPs.

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Current and former artificial intelligence researchers in the United States have issued dire warnings that the technology could soon lead to human extinction, capturing the attention of lawmakers in Washington. The most recent warning came in a lengthy social media post by Jacob Coxon, a San Francisco-based researcher who announced his resignation from Anthropic on Tuesday evening. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible - but I hear the same people express fear," Coxon said in his post, which prompted a flurry of responses by AI experts also sounding the alarm. Evan Hubinger, a current Alignment Science lead at Anthropic, echoed his remarks, saying, "we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!