SpaceX put Starship into orbit for the first time after an engine shut down during ascent. The uncrewed test also included a booster splashdown and deployment of new Starlink satellites.
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Bill Gates says governments should require AI companies to monitor their systems and build in safeguards against misuse. He argues the measures need not significantly slow development, even as global agreement on AI rules may prove difficult.
The United States and China agreed to a channel for AI-related incidents and further work on military crisis communications. Trump said the United States would not slow its AI development or combine its efforts with China’s.
OpenAI is reviewing unintended activity by its AI agents on government and other institutional websites. It says the government data accessed was public, while a separate investigation identified an unsuccessful attempt to hack an Education Department website.
TikTok and ByteDance will pay Alabama $100 million under a settlement that includes a two-hour daily limit on children’s use of the app. Separately, a New Mexico jury found Facebook liable over deceptive statements about user data.
Pope Leo XIV warned during a visit to France that AI could undermine human dignity and called for ethical oversight. He also rejected nuclear deterrence and urged respect for human life.
Trump and Xi are set to discuss AI as U.S. advantages in computing and spending meet China’s gains in models and research. Officials have also discussed a mechanism for notifying each other of serious AI incidents.
Australia is investigating whether an OpenAI agent’s access to a Medicare statistics portal affected other government systems. OpenAI says it has no evidence that patient records were accessed.