New details about a recent security breech by an OpenAI chatbot are alarming. Is it time to hit pause and make sure AI is safe, before it becomes too powerful, and sneaky, to stop?

Trump's embrace of AI data centers adds to GOP's midterm peril U.S. President Donald Trump's fervent support for artificial intelligence data centers has put him at odds with voters who increasingly oppose them and comes despite direct warnings that his stance threatens to deepen Republicans' peril in the November midterm elections. Over the past few months, political strategists have warned administration officials they were in danger of losing the public opinion war over data centers, people familiar with the matter said. Recent polling has shown around 7 in 10 Americans don't want the facilities built near them, and Democratic candidates have sought to outflank their GOP opponents by tying rapid growth in AI infrastructure to voter concerns about the cost of living. Trump has frequently boasted of American AI prowess and asserted that speedy development of the technology is essential to "beat China." Yet administration officials were advised that the president needed to focus more on AI's benefits, including for voters whose jobs might be at risk, said the people, who were granted anonymity to discuss private conversations.

A screenshot from a Fix Victoria advertisement produced using artificial intelligence. The water symbolises Victoria's'tsunami of debt' said to be endangering key services and children A screenshot from a Fix Victoria advertisement produced using artificial intelligence. The water symbolises Victoria's'tsunami of debt' said to be endangering key services and children Alarming AI ads are flooding social media in the lead-up to Victoria's election. But who is behind them? A woman gives birth on the side of the road, unable to reach a hospital due to ambulance ramping and crater-like potholes, which also stop a fire truck in its tracks.

Humanoid robots have begun serving shoppers at convenience stores in Hong Kong. The robot, known as Xiaogai, can speak Mandarin, Cantonese and English. Woman beaten to death as bystanders watch in India's Gujarat

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