AI is going to reshape our economy, our military, our healthcare, our workforce, and probably our education. The nation that leads in AI will help set those rules for everybody else. We need to make sure that artificial intelligence makes our lives better, easier, not more difficult. Do you think that the federal government should play a role in regulating AI in some way?
OpenAI (NASDAQ:OAI) is seeking approximately $30 billion in fresh funding ahead of rival Anthropic's anticipated stock market debut. The reported fundraising could value OpenAI at more than $1.4 trillion. OpenAI is presenting investors with an annualised revenue figure of approximately $50 billion.
Esta died from streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis. Her parents Lynsey Carr and Leon High told the inquest that doctors had missed vital chances to test for a bacterial infection and start vital antibiotic treatment. Had Esta received required care, based on the balance of probabilities, it would have probably saved or prolonged her life.
Albertans voted overwhelmingly to remain in Canada on Monday. The result may do little to quiet the separatist movement that helped bring the question to the ballot. "The vast majority of Albertans are viewing this referendum through a broader global lens," says David MacKinnon, an analyst at the University of Alberta.
North Korea releases photos of Kim Jong Un at exhibition after online claims of his death. The photos show Kim visiting the 2026 National Garment and Footwear Exhibition on Monday. The exhibition featured more than 70,700 clothing items and more than 170,000 pairs of shoes, produced by factories across the country.
"For Putin, everything that is happening today are signs of the West's weakness," he said. Trump thinks Ukraine is expendable on strategic grounds, in Trump's view, and it was standing in the way of a perfectly good campaign talking point. "The administration has repeatedly misdiagnosed what the Russians want and the Russians don't make that easy"
Police found the body of a 65-year-old woman with "open wounds" Tuesday's attack was at Orient Beach in KuGompo City, previously known as East London. The incident comes about one month after a man was killed by a shark in front of beachgoers in Western Australia.
A Google spokesperson said: “We have resolved a disruption to Google Cloud services at a third-party facility in our europe-west2 cloud region due to a power event” The outages affected Royal Mail, Revolut, HSBC and Lloyds bank, among others.
Kenyan authorities exhumed the bodies of more than 400 people from the Shakahola Forest in southeastern Kenya in 2023. It was determined that the people had died over the course of the prior two years. "Finally, as a family, we can breathe a sigh of relief," William Ponda Ngala, whose family members were killed, said.
Israel kills at least four Palestinians, including a married couple and a 17-year-old. Poland's lower house of parliament votes to allow abortion in case of foetal abnormalities. London Assembly member says he was blocked from mayoral race over the ECHR. The head of UK Counter Terrorism refused to address a transgender pupil by their preferred name and pronouns in class.
Zelenskyy says US’s Witkoff will fly to St. Petersburg tomorrow to relay the result of today's proposals to Russia. “Ukraine wants peace more than anyone,” but insisted “nothing [gets discussed] about Ukraine without Ukraine.”Finland's influential president Alexander Stubb said today's talks put the peace process “back on track” with good progress “on a technical level”
France announces nightly curfews 'for as long as necessary' in Paris and other big cities. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said a "massive" security operation was planned for new protests Saturday. Paris police announced an overnight curfew from 11 p.m. Tuesday in the worst-hit areas.
UK to deploy fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks. Yemen's anti-Houthi government ground forces have launched a counteroffensive to recapture lost territory. The conflict has been intensifying since the Houthis announced in July that they would target Saudi shipping in the Red Sea.
Restoring cooperation with Abu Dhabi and establishing open relations with Israel would provide the foundation for a more effective regional alignment against Iran. The proposed approach would mark a departure from Saudi Arabia's efforts to balance diplomatic relations with Iran against military operations targeting its regional allies. The movement of senior officials through Tehran, Israel and the wider region comes with no clear diplomatic track yet emerging.
Australian independent lawmaker Helen Haines underwent surgery overnight. She was struck by a white Toyota Land Cruiser in Wangaratta, around three hours’ drive northeast of Melbourne. The 65-year-old was critically injured. The alleged attacker was restrained by local barber Ricky Jefferies, now widely hailed as a "hero"
Officials: Fire at Lithuania Starlink center was attempted sabotage. Satellite Internet provider is integral to Ukraine's efforts in the war against Russia. Other recent incidents include a fire on Sept. 23 at a Starlink station in Poland and attacks on Starlink antennas in Bulgaria. The head of Lithuania's National Crisis Management Center said Starlink service was not disrupted.