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Trump announces $200bn in South Korean energy investment plans
US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday plans for $200 billion in South Korean investments in US energy projects, including $54 billion for a long-planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Alaska that Seoul said it had not yet agreed to invest in.
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‘Let workers have a say’: Protesters target OpenAI conference
Dozens of activists protested outside OpenAI's developer conference in San Francisco, calling on the company to end its contracts with the US military and Immigration and Customs Enforcement and demanding greater regulation of AI.
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Unlike the EU, Trump's new AI pact lets tech companies police themselves
Tech bosses from Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic signed a White House pledge on Tuesday to keep their AI in check, with no legal force behind it. In the EU, the same companies face fines of up to 3% of global turnover if they break the rules.
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AI executives sign accord to 'self-police' after White House meeting
The accord comes amid massive global pressure from civilians and lawmakers alike to regulate the industry as reports of the technology breaking out of its confines continue to pile. Last week OpenAI revealed that its agent had hacked into an Australian government website during its testing phase.
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Possible 1884 shipwreck emerges from sand after Nantucket storm
A powerful nor’easter has exposed splintered wooden beams on a Nantucket beach, possibly from a 19th-century shipwreck. Experts will inspect the wreckage, which may be linked to the Warren Sawyer, a schooner lost off Nantucket in 1884.
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OpenAI postpones release of latest AI model over security concerns
The decision comes after the AI giant faced fierce criticism in recent weeks after it was discovered its models broke out of confined restraints during testing and training phases and hacked into commercial and government websites, compounding calls for greater AI safety measures.
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US and China list goods for tariff cuts, what it could mean for Europe
Washington has published the lists of goods the US and China could tax at lower rates under their "30-for-30" framework, covering about $30bn (€26.3bn) in annual trade each way. No rates or start date have been set, but US pork, dairy and whiskey on Beijing's list could squeeze European exports.
