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This week on, we discuss the voluntary AI safety agreement tech executives signed, AI agents for normies, and extremist candidates running for office in the US midterms. This week on, Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger discuss the "morally binding" AI accord tech executives signed following a meeting with Donald Trump. They've agreed that AI labs will regulate themselves--should work out great. Plus, the team digs into OpenAI's Developer Day, where CEO Sam Altman introduced AI agents for normies, otherwise known as Dots; how AI agents are coming to workplaces near you; and a quick rundown of the most extremist candidates running for office. Trump's AI Safety'Accord' Is a Fancy Pinky Swear A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a'Pestilence' Who Will End Western Civilization I Built AI Clones of My Coworkers. Write to us at [email protected] . You can always listen to this week's podcast through the audio player on this page, but if you want to subscribe for free to get every episode, here's how: If you're on an iPhone or iPad, open the app called Podcasts, or just tap this link . Two quick things before we dive in. If you've been listening for a while and you haven't rated or reviewed the podcast yet, this is your sign. Give us a rating, tell us what you think. Five stars is nice, but we'll take the feedback too. It really helps more people find the show. Also, if you're in the Bay Area, we will be doing a live audience recording of the podcast on Thursday, October 8, at 7 pm at The Commons, headquarters of our KQED friends in San Francisco. You can buy tickets on kqed.org or check out the show notes for the link. You won't want to miss it.

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Trump says he and Xi have forged a'truly great friendship' What's on the agenda for the Trump-Xi summit, and what won't they discuss? President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greet China's president Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at the White House. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greet China's president Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at the White House. Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have plenty to cover when they sit down for talks Thursday at the White House. The US and Chinese leaders are tackling issues like trade irritants, artificial intelligence safeguards and the war in Iran.

Trump's Board of Peace unveils $2.45bn plan to begin Gaza's reconstruction US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace has announced a Gaza recovery plan worth $2.45bn (£1.85bn) during a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The funding will be spread across 66 programmes over six months, and directed at housing, diesel generation and waste removal, among other needs. But the board admitted substantial donations were still needed, with $18bn pledged but only $280m handed over so far. The board estimates full recovery and reconstruction will require about $71.4bn over the next decade. Jared Kushner, Gaza Executive Board member and Trump's son-in-law, conceded the project faced different delays on different things, for whatever reason.

Trump to meet China's Xi as Congress mulls bill banning artificial superintelligence - US politics live Trump administration calls banned journalists' White House access a privilege, not a right, brands coverage a security risk Trump to meet with China's Xi as Congress mulls bill banning artificial superintelligence Trump to meet with China's Xi as Congress mulls bill banning artificial superintelligence Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Donald Trump will meet with the Chinese president Xi Jinping later today, ahead of a three-day visit that will undoubtedly see artificial intelligence (AI) high on the agenda. António Guterres, the UN secretary general, has called on the two countries to establish a dialogue on AI similar to the communication between the US and the Soviet Union during the cold war. "Governments with the greatest AI capabilities have the greatest responsibilities to humanity, to establish channels for dialogue, transparency, trust and cooperation," Guterres said. Tech executives including Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Sundar Pichai of Alphabet, Sam Altman of OpenAI, Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk of Tesla, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta and Jensen Huang of Nvidia will reportedly attend a state dinner at the White House on Thursday evening.

AI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump's Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping Washington and Beijing have grown ever more linked in the AI boom, making hardware exports and technological restrictions hefty bargaining chips in negotiations. Of all the events in the United Nations General Assembly taking place this week, the most anticipated by far is the upcoming meeting between Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping. Though the majority of the diplomatic activities are happening in New York, this face-to-face between the two leaders will take place at the White House. Trump is scheduled to personally welcome Xi at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, September 23--an unusual diplomatic gesture, as US presidents do not typically go to the airport to welcome foreign leaders. Ahead of that airport reunion, a US delegation led by Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and trade representative Jamieson Greer is meeting with He Lifeng, China's vice premier of the State Council, to set the agenda.

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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Figure caption, Watch: Is Canada about to join the EU? Is Canada about to join the EU? Headlines across Europe indicate a lot of confusion right now. The EU constitution rules that possibility out as Canada is geographically outside Europe. But in a speech on Thursday to the European Parliament, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said: Canada and Europe should secure our strategic autonomy through deep cooperation in the full range of strategic capabilities.

King Charles warns of'existential danger' of AI falling into wrong hands King Charles has warned AI executives of the existential dangers posed by the technology falling into the wrong hands. He made the comments at a summit he had convened at Dumfries House in Scotland to discuss how the tech can be used to benefit society. Those gathered at the meeting also included Kanishka Narayan, the UK's AI Minister, the Pope's advisor, and participants from AI giants such as Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic. It comes amid a series of recent warnings from people inside the industry about the rapidly evolving capabilities of advanced or frontier AI models and the regulation needed to keep them in check. Those who have created these technologies are now increasingly warning that AI risks developing darker capacities - perhaps even to take life, the King told the executives.