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GuardianSep 27Preview

UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians

Exclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossingsUK politics live – latest updatesShabana Mahmood will announce a new legal route for refugees that prioritises Afghan women and girls and Palestinians, unfreezing a scheme that will put the most vulnerable refugees on a faster path to permanent status.The change marks a shift in Mahmood’s approach to asylum seekers after the abrupt closure of the Afghan resettlement scheme last year and changes that will keep refugee status under constant review for two decades. Continue reading...

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GuardianSep 27Preview

Bad language: profane Trump brings presidential swearing out into open

President has let rip with swearwords in recent months, redefining norms about acceptable language in public officeWith a lifetime of political memories stretching back to John F Kennedy’s assassination and the Black civil rights struggles of the 1960s, Cheryl Johnson had one complaint above all else about today’s politicians: the swearing.“All this cursing in politics, we never heard that before,” said Johnson, a retired social worker living in the Pittsburgh area. “Words are very powerful, and the past 45 presidents of this country, have not used such vile language. Continue reading...

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GuardianSep 27Preview

Trump rejects Iran’s seven-day peace deal to reopen strait of Hormuz

US president is said to expect renewed strikes after the midtermsDonald Trump has said he has rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz within a week and resume nuclear talks in return for the lifting of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports.“They made a proposal but I reject it,” the US president told reporters at the White House. Continue reading...

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NYTSep 26Preview

Trump Rejects Iran’s Cease-Fire Proposal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

The president said the deal was not “acceptable” and demurred on whether he would restart military strikes after the midterm elections.

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NPRSep 26Preview

Trump calls Iranian plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz not 'acceptable'

President Trump said he was rejecting an Iranian plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian proposal is similar to a memorandum of understanding agreed upon by the U.S. and Iran back in June.(Image credit: Aaron Schwartz)

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NPRSep 26Preview

Pope warns a 'paradise of machines' could undermine humanity as he opens France trip

Pope Leo XIV has warned that a "paradise of machines" could undermine humanity. He raises concerns about artificial intelligence, nuclear arms, and human rights during his visit to France.(Image credit: Teresa Suarez)

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BBCSep 26Preview

OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites

OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.

NYTSep 25Preview

OpenAI Agents Hacked Into an Australian Government Website. Who’s Responsible?

The first known breach of a government website by rogue artificial intelligence agents has prompted global calls for more regulation of the technology.

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BBCSep 24Preview

Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack

Australia, which has strict social media restrictions and has proposed controls on algorithms and smart glasses, announced the breach at the UN.

BBCSep 24Preview

Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first

Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June.

BBCSep 24Preview

Why did an OpenAI system hack Australia's health system - and can it be stopped in the future?

News that an automated AI agent hacked a government IT system raises big questions about regulating the tech.

BBCSep 24Preview

What you need to know about the OpenAI Australian government hack

The BBC’s North America technology correspondent Lily Jamali explains how the Medicare breach happened, and why it matters.

BBCSep 23Preview

US rejects pleas from OpenAI, Anthropic for global AI standards

OpenAI's Sam Altman has called for risk evaluation standards, as have Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Hugging Face's Clement Delangue.

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