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World Service,30 Jul 2026,49 mins

Trump says US is looking at introducing controls on AI

Newsday

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LAst week a rogue ChatGPT agent attacked another AI-related company two weeks ago wasn’t the only one. Hugging Face was thought first to be the only victim, but OpenAI now admits its bot also hacked several other unnamed "publicly available services". OpenAI's boss, Sam Altman, met US senators in Washington on Wednesday to talk about his company's upcoming AI models. The United States has launched another night of strikes against Iran after President Trump threatened an escalation of the conflict. Firefighters in southwest France are having to cope with soaring temperatures as they try to bring under control the wildfires. (Photo: A 3D-printed Meta logo and words "AI Cloud" are seen in this illustration taken July 20, 2026; Credit: Dado Ruvić/Reuters)

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