Today's headlines are dominated by AI — Altman warning the UN of "renaissance or upheaval," lawmakers in the US, UK, and Australia scrambling to regulate or restrict it, and its entanglement with US-China trade tensions and climate debates — while Italy votes to bring back nuclear power.

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Trump welcomes Xi for state visit as US-China trade truce to be extended

A judge heard arguments but did not immediately rule in a case challenging Trump's ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds.

A judge heard arguments Wednesday but did not rule from the bench in a case on Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns the UN of AI’s potential for ‘renaissance’ or ‘upheaval’ | AP News

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed the UN Security Council on rapid advances in artificial intelligence, warning of AI's potential for either 'renaissance' or 'upheaval'.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday on the rapid advances in artificial intelligence.

Climate Week talks balance hope for clean energy against uncertainty over artificial intelligence

World and business leaders at Climate Week will weigh hopes for clean energy against the heavy energy demands of AI and data centers and higher fossil fuel prices driven by wars in Iran, Venezuela and Ukraine.

World and business leaders this week will grapple with the urgent costs of climate change. Experts say the rise of artificial intelligence and data centers, which consume a lot of energy, and higher fossil fuel prices due to wars in Iran, Venezuela and Ukraine are changing the conversation as the Un

Australia's Albanese criticizes OpenAI over government website security breach | AP News

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese criticized OpenAI over a security breach of a government website that the company took too long to disclose.

Australia was extremely concerned and disappointed at an OpenAI security breach of a government website which the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday.

UK politics: PM’s new anti-disinformation unit gets cross-party backing, as Farage declares it an attack on free speech – as it happened | Politics | The Guardian

The UK prime minister's new anti-disinformation unit won cross-party backing while Nigel Farage condemned it as an attack on free speech, accusing Burnham of using claimed Russian election interference as a pretext.

Farage referred to the new unit and said Burnham was setting it up ‘using the excuse that Russia wants to interfere with elections’

UK Prime Minister on AI: world must ‘rise to the moment’ | AP News

The UK prime minister urged the world to 'rise to the moment' in response to artificial intelligence.

UK Prime Minister on AI: world must ‘rise to the moment’

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Werner Heisenberg formulated the uncertainty principle in 1927, a cornerstone of quantum mechanics showing that position and momentum cannot both be precisely known.

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