King Charles urged AI executives at a summit in Scotland to confront the “existential dangers” of the technology falling into the wrong hands. Leaders from Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepMind discussed safety, regulation and the pace of AI development.
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Australian Hyrox athlete Joanna Wietrzyk apologized for continuing a Beijing race after soiling herself and said she will retroactively withdraw. Hyrox said its procedures became unclear during the incident and pledged to improve event processes.
Former Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, a longtime lawmaker and former Senate GOP whip, has died at 84 from complications of a neurological disease. Kyl shaped major water policy, returned briefly to the Senate after John McCain’s death and helped guide Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation.
Two women have sued Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, alleging images of them as children were in his collection of child sexual abuse material. They seek damages and a court-supervised program to identify and notify others whose images may have been seized from Epstein’s properties.
Mark Carney welcomed an EU proposal for closer Canada-Europe ties and said the goal is “collective resilience,” not full EU membership. Donald Trump dismissed the idea as “laughable” and threatened heavy tariffs on Europe if he sees bad intent.
Florida Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar says in a new campaign ad that Trump’s immigration enforcement has “gone too far” and that Hispanic voters who backed him “feel betrayed.” The ad comes as she faces Democrat Eliott Rodriguez in a competitive Miami-area district.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said he will resign after Sweden’s left-leaning opposition won a narrow three-seat parliamentary majority. Magdalena Andersson’s Social Democrats are set to lead talks on forming a government, but divisions within the bloc could slow the process.
U.N.-backed experts said they found reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes in two Feb. 28 strikes in Iran, including one on a school in Minab. The same report accused Iran’s government of crimes against humanity in its repression of protesters and detainees.