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Attendees gather during automaker Rivian's first Autonomy and AI Day, in California. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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- AI doomsday fears are still in spotlight, as another unlikely pair, Senator Bernie Sanders and conservative podcaster Steve Bannon, are set to demand guardrails. Tech editor Aditya Soni joins the Reuters World News podcast with more. Here's an explainer on how we got here.
- President Donald Trump said that the US already has guardrails in place to regulate and prosecute AI companies, appearing to play down concerns expressed by industry leaders about AI misuse harming people.
- Investors are showing some nervousness over the stock market's AI-led rally after industry leaders called for reining in the pace of development — although some say guardrails could ultimately benefit the AI sector.
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- Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis launched a new wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia and were digging into positions on the western coast of Yemen along the Red Sea, Yemeni officials said, as urgent deliberations took place in Riyadh over how to respond to their lightning advance.
- The US Supreme Court declined to let the US Postal Service enforce a rule targeting mail-in ballots, dealing a setback to Trump's effort to restrict voting by mail ahead of November's midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.
- United Nations officials said that efforts to curb Ebola in eastern Congo were beginning to show results but stressed that the epidemic remained "massive" and would take months to bring under control.
- A public inquiry into Lucy Letby's murder of seven newborn babies is due to publish its final report, amid growing questions about whether the former British nurse's convictions were based on flawed medical evidence.
- American rapper Macklemore said he was dropped from pop star Ed Sheeran's US tour after his pro-Palestinian comments and "Free Palestine" remarks during a September 4 concert at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
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- Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh dislikes giving any guidance about the likely path of US interest rates, but elevated inflation, oil at more than $100 a barrel, and his own emphasis on the need to deliver price stability and to pay attention to signals from financial market pricing appear to leave little doubt about what's next.
- In the sweltering heat in Humble, Texas, just outside Houston, two workers were flattening out a yard with heavy compaction rollers, making room for pre-owned and auctioned US oilfield equipment destined for a hoped-for oil revival in Venezuela.
- Women increasingly turning to testosterone therapy to manage menopause symptoms are running into unexpected prescription delays and denials at pharmacies, according to interviews with more than half a dozen doctors, nurses and patients.
- China's industrial sector showed renewed strength in August as the AI-driven tech boom fueled factory output, though sluggish consumption and a worsening investment slump reinforced concerns over deepening economic imbalances.
- Trump’s tariffs and Chinese rare earths have scrambled global commerce. Yet as Ed Conway describes in "Trade World", rulers have wielded chokepoints for centuries, with mixed results. In this episode of The Big View podcast, he tells Peter Thal Larsen that advantages rarely last.
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Election officials are preparing for disputes that could test the machinery of American democracy. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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US state and local officials are taking extraordinary steps to protect voting systems, staff and public confidence amid growing signs that the president is trying to use federal power and fraud claims to sway November’s elections.
Based on interviews with more than 50 state and local election officials from both parties, including a dozen secretaries of state, this story examines preparations for scenarios ranging from federal investigations and ballot seizures to immigration agents at polling places, mail-voting disruptions, cyber threats and misinformation campaigns.
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Emilia Clarke. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
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"Widow's Bay," a horror comedy about a cursed New England town, led this year's Emmy Award winners with a record 14 statuettes, including best comedy, while emergency room drama "The Pitt" repeated as best drama at television's highest honors.
Click through to see all the fashion from the Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
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