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The crew of Alaska Airlines flight 369 “discontinued their takeoff” at Nashville International Airport around 9:15 a.m. CT when Southwest Airlines flight 2029 “was cleared to cross the end of the same runway,” according to the FAA. The Alaska Airlines flight carrying 176 passengers and six crew members braked so suddenly that the crew “reported blown tires during the braking,” the FAA said. “The Alaska aircraft, on its way to Seattle, had received clearance for takeoff from Air Traffic Control,” Alaska Airlines said in a statement. The incident in Nashville also comes just two days after two Delta Air Lines planes collided as both were taxiing for takeoff from Atlanta’s busy Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The wheels of a plane are seen after a near-collision involving a Southwest Airlines flight and an Alaska Airlines flight at Nashville International Airport Thursday morning.
Persons: , braked, “ We’re, John F, Kyle Forrester Organizations: CNN, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety, Alaska Airlines, Nashville International Airport, Southwest Airlines, FAA, Alaska, Air Traffic Control, NTSB, Employees, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Hartsfield, Jackson International, New, Syracuse Hancock International, Kennedy International Airport, Nashville, FedEx, Investigators Locations: Nashville, , Seattle, Syracuse, JFK, Austin , Texas
A Delta aircraft clipped the tail of another plane Tuesday morning at an Atlanta airport. Video taken at the airport appears to show the Endeavor plane with its tail hanging off the side of the aircraft. There are no reports of injuries and maintenance crews are evaluating for damage, Delta Air Lines said. The Delta flight was headed to Tokyo and the Endeavor Air flight to Lafayette, Louisiana. A damaged Endeavor Air plane on the tarmac at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after a collision Tuesday.
Persons: Delta, Ronald Reagan, Nathan Pike Organizations: Delta, Hartsfield, Jackson Atlanta International, Endeavor Air, Federal Aviation Administration, Endeavor, Delta Air Lines, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, NBC News, American Airlines, FAA Locations: Atlanta, Tokyo, Lafayette , Louisiana, Ronald Reagan Washington
(Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images)The U.K. government has canceled £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) worth of computing infrastructure projects, in a big setback to the country's ambitions to become a world leader in artificial intelligence. A government spokesperson confirmed to CNBC that two major taxpayer-funded spending commitments, worth £500 million and £800 million, respectively, were being dropped in order to prioritize other fiscal plans. Earlier this week, British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves announced a raft of spending cuts after revealing Labour had inherited a projected £22 billion ($28 billion) of unfunded pledges from the center-right Conservatives. The Labour government was widely expected to announce the introduction of the first-ever U.K. AI Bill in a speech delivered by King Charles III last month. A DSIT spokesperson instead told CNBC the government would consult on plans to regulate AI in due course.
Persons: Rasid Necati, Rishi Sunak's, Rachel Reeves, unfunded, codebreakers, Keir Starmer's, King Charles III Organizations: Artificial Intelligence, Getty, CNBC, Research, University of Edinburgh, Labour, Department for Science, Innovation, Technology, British Locations: London, United Kingdom, Anadolu, Bletchley, Nazi Germany
The pilots of the Delta flight aborted their takeoff run following a frantic call from the air traffic controller in the tower. The two planes came within 1,400 feet of colliding, NTSB data released earlier this year found. It also follows two recent runway incursions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, including one being investigated by the NTSB. Known as ASDE-X, the NTSB says the system helped stop the impending collision at JFK, but it is deployed at only 35 major airports in the United States. Such a recording would have provided key details about what happened, the NTSB said.
Persons: John F, Ronald Reagan, we’ve, Jennifer Homendy, Homendy Organizations: CNN, Kennedy International, National Transportation Safety Board, American Airlines Boeing, Delta Air Lines Boeing, NTSB, Federal Aviation Administration, JFK, Thursday’s NTSB, FedEx, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, FAA Locations: JFK’s, Thursday’s, Austin , Texas, Southwest, Ronald Reagan Washington, JFK, United States
A slew of major tech companies including Microsoft , Amazon , and OpenAI, on Tuesday agreed to a landmark international agreement on artificial intelligence safety at the Seoul AI Safety Summit. The agreement will see companies from countries including the U.S., China, Canada, the U.K., France, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates, make voluntary commitments to ensure the safe development of their most advanced AI models. In those sorts of extreme circumstances, companies say they will implement a "kill switch" that would see them cease development of their AI models if they can't guarantee mitigation of these risks. "It's a world first to have so many leading AI companies from so many different parts of the globe all agreeing to the same commitments on AI safety," Rishi Sunak, the U.K.'s prime minister, said in a statement Tuesday. "These commitments ensure the world's leading AI companies will provide transparency and accountability on their plans to develop safe AI," he added.
Persons: Rishi Sunak Organizations: Microsoft, Seoul AI Safety, United Arab Locations: Seoul, U.S, China, Canada, France, South Korea, United Arab Emirates
The government on Monday announced it would open a U.S. counterpart to its AI safety summit, a state-backed body focused on testing advanced AI systems to ensure they're safe, in San Francisco this summer. The U.S. iteration of the AI Safety Institute will aim to recruit a team of technical staff headed up by a research director. In a statement, U.K. Technology Minister Michelle Donelan said the AI Safety Summit's U.S. rollout "represents British leadership in AI in action." The AI Safety Institute was established in November 2023 during the AI Safety Summit, a global event held in England's Bletchley Park, the home of World War II code breakers, that sought to boost cross-border cooperation on AI safety. The government said that, since the AI Safety Institute was established in November, it's made progress in evaluating frontier AI models from some of the industry's leading players.
Persons: Ian Hogarth, Michelle Donelan, it's, Anthropic Organizations: LONDON, Monday, AI, Technology, Safety, U.S, Microsoft, AI Safety, Institute, Seoul, European Union Locations: San Francisco, California, United States, U.S, London, British, Bay, OpenAI, England's Bletchley, South Korea, Bletchley Park, Seoul, Britain, European
US, Britain announce partnership on AI safety, testing
  + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on Nov. 2, 2023. - The United States and Britain on Monday announced a new partnership on the science of artificial intelligence safety, amid growing concerns about upcoming next-generation versions. Britain and the United States are among countries establishing government-led AI safety institutes. Both are working to develop similar partnerships with other countries to promote AI safety. Both countries plan to share key information on capabilities and risks associated with AI models and systems and technical research on AI safety and security.
Persons: Rishi Sunak, Kamala Harris, Gina Raimondo, Michelle Donelan, Raimondo, Donelan, Biden Organizations: British, Artificial Intelligence, Monday, British Technology, Safety, Reuters, EU Trade, Technology Council, ., Commerce Department Locations: Bletchley, England, United States, Britain, Washington, Bletchley Park, U.S, Belgium
The pilots of the London-bound American Airlines Boeing 777 took a wrong turn on a taxiway alongside two perpendicular runways. Instead, they crossed 4L just as a Delta Boeing 737 began its takeoff roll down the same runway. A controller warned the American crew about a “possible pilot deviation," and gave them a phone number to call, which the captain did. The cockpit voice recording from inside the American plane was taped over during the six-hour flight to London and lost forever. Investigators said they tried several times to interview the American pilots, but the pilots refused on advice of their union, which objected to the NTSB recording the interviews.
Persons: John F, , Michael Graber, , Graber, Traci Gonzalez, Jeffrey Wagner, Organizations: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, National Transportation Safety, Kennedy International Airport, U.S, Federal Aviation Administration, American Airlines Boeing, Delta Boeing, Delta, London, NTSB, Allied Pilots Association, FAA Locations: New York, London
Microsoft's $3.2 bln UK investment to drive AI growth
  + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Microsoft President Brad Smith attend the AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes, Britain, November 2, 2023. Britain, where the economy is forecast to be sluggish in the coming years, is pushing for private investment to help fund new infrastructure, particularly in growth industries like AI. "Today's announcement is a turning point for the future of AI infrastructure and development in the UK," Sunak said in a statement on Thursday. Since then, the UK regulator waved through a restructured version of Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard , putting Britain back in Microsoft's favour. The investment includes a training plan to help ensure Britons have the skills they need to build and work with AI, it added.
Persons: Rishi Sunak, Brad Smith, Toby Melville, Sunak, Microsoft's, Smith, Jeremy Hunt, Sarah Young, Elaine Hardcastle Organizations: Britain's, Microsoft, REUTERS, U.S ., Activision Blizzard, Thomson Locations: Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, Britain, Microsoft's, London
That is because in his four years working the tower at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, the controller said, Southwest planes usually took off as soon as they got permission. “But hindsight being 20/20,” controller Damian Campbell told investigators, he “definitely could have held them,” referring to making the Southwest crew wait. Campbell said he couldn't even see the Southwest plane through the dense early morning fog on Feb. 4. Political Cartoons View All 1273 ImagesThe National Transportation Safety Board released transcripts of interviews and other details of its investigation Wednesday. “We had this dense ground fog ... you couldn't see anything,” Campbell told investigators.
Persons: Damian Campbell, , Campbell, Bergstrom, ” Campbell, Organizations: DALLAS, FedEx, Southwest, Bergstrom International Airport, Transportation Safety, NTSB, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Navy, Austin Locations: Texas, Austin, Southwest, Cancun, Mexico
Hamas senior official invites Elon Musk to visit Gaza
  + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Tesla, X (formerly known as Twitter) and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk speaks with members of the media during the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Bletchley, Britain on November 1, 2023. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 28 (Reuters) - A Hamas senior official invited U.S. billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday to visit the Palestinian Gaza strip to see the extent of destruction caused by the Israeli bombardment. "We invite him to visit Gaza to see the extent of the massacres and destruction committed against the people of Gaza, in compliance with the standards of objectivity and credibility," Hamas' senior official Osama Hamdan said in a press conference in Beirut. Musk owns the X social media platform. Hamdan's comments comes one day after a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas was extended for an additional 48 hours.
Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, Leon Neal, Osama Hamdan, Musk, Israel, Biden, Hamdan, Moaz Abd, Alaziz, Adam Makary, Christina Fincher, Alistair Bell Organizations: SpaceX's, Bletchley, U.S, US, Thomson Locations: Bletchley, Britain, Palestinian Gaza, Gaza, Beirut, Israel, Cairo
Tesla, X (formerly known as Twitter) and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk speaks with members of the media during the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Bletchley, Britain on November 1, 2023. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Media Matters Sf, Llc FollowNov 20 (Reuters) - Messaging platform X on Monday sued media watchdog group Media Matters, alleging the organization defamed the platform after it published a report that said ads for major brands had appeared next to posts touting Nazism. X, formerly Twitter, has faced growing outrage since Media Matters published the report on Thursday, which led IBM, Comcast and several other advertisers to pull ads from the platform in response. On Saturday, Musk posted that X would file a "thermonuclear" lawsuit against Media Matters and others "who colluded in this fraudulent attack on our company." In an interview with Reuters earlier on Monday, Media Matters President Angelo Carusone said the nonprofit's findings flew in the face of X's statements that it had introduced safety protections to prevent ads from appearing next to harmful content.
Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, Leon Neal, Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Angelo Carusone, Sheila Dang, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: SpaceX's, Bletchley, Companies Media, Media, IBM, Comcast, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Bletchley, Britain, Dallas
The wildest coup in Silicon Valley's history just took place over the last 48 hours. OpenAI booted CEO Sam Altman, nearly hired him back, then went with 2 other CEOs. Sam Altman has now been scooped up as an employee by Microsoft, OpenAI's biggest investor. Sam Altman had met with world leaders, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in London earlier in the month. But Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has not let a good crisis go to waste.
Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, Altman, , Mira Murati, Emmett Shear, Greg Brockman, — Aaron Levie, ❤️ emojis, AngelList, Babak Nivi, OpenAI's, Rishi Sunak, Kamala Harris, Ursula von der Leyen, Alastair Grant, Ilya Sutskever, Adam D'Angelo, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Mary, Gary Marcus, Sam, 👉, Gary, Satya Nad Organizations: Microsoft, Service, British, AI, Georgetown's Center for Security, Emerging Technology, usl Locations: London
Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 18 (Reuters) - Elon Musk threatened on Saturday to sue media watchdog Media Matters and those who attacked his social media platform X, following moves by several large U.S. companies to halt advertising on the site after being promoted alongside antisemitic content. Liberal watchdog group Media Matters for America said earlier this week that it found ads from IBM, Apple and others were placed alongside content promoting Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. "This week Media Matters for America posted a story that completely misrepresented the real experience on X, in another attempt to undermine freedom of speech and mislead advertisers," a statement posted by Musk said. He accused Media Matters of creating an alternative account designed to "misinform advertisers" about their posts. Media Matters did not immediately respond to an emailed request seeking comment outside of business hours.
Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, Leon Neal, Adolf Hitler, Musk, Axios, Musk's, Mrinmay Dey, David Gaffen, Tomasz Janowski, Kirsten Donovan, Daniel Wallis Organizations: SpaceX's, Bletchley, Media, Liberal, America, IBM, Apple, Nazi Party, X Corp, Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Comcast, Lions Gate Entertainment, Paramount Global, Defamation League, ADL, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Bletchley, Britain, United States, Israel, Palestinian, Bengaluru
Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 18 (Reuters) - X Corp, formerly known as Twitter, will file a lawsuit against Media Matters and those who attacked social media platform X, Elon Musk said on Saturday in a post on the platform, soon after major U.S. companies paused their advertisements on the site. Liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America earlier this week said it found that corporate advertisements by IBM, Apple, Oracle and Comcast's Xfinity were being placed alongside antisemitic content. Musk on Wednesday endorsed an antisemitic post on X that falsely claimed members of the Jewish community were stoking hatred against white people. "Media Matters created an alternate account and curated the posts and advertising appearing on the account's timeline to misinform advertisers about the placement of their posts." Media Matters did not immediately respond to an emailed request seeking comment outside of business hours.
Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, Leon Neal, Musk, Comcast's Xfinity, Adolf Hitler, Axios, Elon Musk's, Andrew Bates, Mrinmay Dey, Tomasz Janowski, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: SpaceX's, Bletchley, X Corp, Twitter, Media, Liberal, IBM, Apple, Oracle, Nazi Party, Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Comcast, Lions Gate Entertainment, Paramount Global, America, Palestinian, Thomson Locations: Bletchley, Britain, Israel, Bengaluru
Tesla, X (formerly known as Twitter) and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk speaks with members of the media during the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Bletchley, Britain on November 1, 2023. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 18 (Reuters) - X Corp will be filing a lawsuit against Media Matters and those who attacked social media platform X, Elon Musk said on Saturday in a post on the social media platform, soon after major U.S. companies paused their advertisements on his social media site. Media watchdog Media Matters earlier this week said it found that corporate advertisements by IBM, Apple (AAPL.O), Oracle (ORCL.N) and Comcast's (CMCSA.O) Xfinity were being placed alongside antisemitic content. "The split second court opens on Monday, X Corp will be filing a thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters and ALL those who colluded in this fraudulent attack on our company," Musk said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. "This week Media Matters for America posted a story that completely misrepresented the real experience on X, in another attempt to undermine freedom of speech and mislead advertisers," a statement posted by Musk said.
Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, Leon Neal, Xfinity, Musk, Mrinmay Dey, Kim Coghill, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: SpaceX's, Bletchley, X Corp, Media, IBM, Apple, Oracle, Twitter, America, Thomson Locations: Bletchley, Britain, Bengaluru
The law is meant to replicate U.S. export controls to defence technology, seen as a key step to beginning the AUKUS plan to build a new class of nuclear-powered submarine in Australia and Britain. The proposed law creates three criminal offences, further restricts sharing of defence technology to foreign persons inside and outside Australia, while allowing licence-free sharing among the AUKUS partners. "This is pivotal legislation which is critical for establishing a seamless industrial base with our AUKUS partners," Defence Minister Richard Marles said in a statement on Tuesday. Australia needs to reform its defence industry to remove "burdensome red tape" with Britain and the U.S., he added. Australia's science academy said on Tuesday it was concerned at the impact on scientific collaboration with other nations, including China.
Persons: Richard Marles, Leon Neal, Chennupati Jagadish, Jagadish, Kirsty Needham, Gerry Doyle Organizations: UK Artificial Intelligence, Rights, U.S . State Department of, U.S . Congress, Australian Academy of Science, Thomson Locations: Bletchley, Britain, United States, Australia, Virginia, U.S, China, Canberra
Meta AI logo is seen in this illustration taken September 28, 2023. Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google, the biggest digital advertising company, announced the launch of similar image-customizing generative AI ads tools last week. TikTok and Snapchat owner Snap (SNAP.N) both bar political ads, while X, previously known as Twitter, has not rolled out any generative AI advertising tools. Meta's top policy executive, Nick Clegg, said last month that the use of generative AI in political advertising was "clearly an area where we need to update our rules." Earlier, Clegg told Reuters that Meta was blocking its user-facing Meta AI virtual assistant from creating photo-realistic images of public figures.
Persons: Dado Ruvic, Meta, Nick Clegg, Clegg, Joe Biden, Katie Paul, Kenneth Li, Matthew Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Meta, Housing, Employment, Health, Pharmaceuticals, Services, Google, Reuters, Thomson Locations: New York
Meta AI logo is seen in this illustration taken September 28, 2023. Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google, the biggest digital advertising company, announced the launch of similar image-customizing generative AI ads tools last week. Snapchat owner Snap (SNAP.N) and TikTok both bar political ads, while X, previously known as Twitter, has not rolled out any generative AI advertising tools. Meta's top policy executive, Nick Clegg, said last month that the use of generative AI in political advertising was "clearly an area where we need to update our rules." Earlier, Clegg told Reuters that Meta was blocking its user-facing Meta AI virtual assistant from creating photo-realistic images of public figures.
Persons: Dado Ruvic, Meta, Nick Clegg, Clegg, Joe Biden, Katie Paul, Kenneth Li, Matthew Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Meta, Google, Reuters, San, Thomson Locations: United Kingdom, San Francisco
Musk to integrate xAI with social media platform X
  + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk reacts during an in-conversation event with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Britain, November 2, 2023. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 5 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI will be integrated into his social media platform X and also be available as a standalone app, he said on Sunday in a post. "Grok has real-time access to info via the X platform, which is a massive advantage over other models," Musk added. X, the social media firm formerly known as Twitter which Musk owns, is separate from xAI, but the companies work closely together. Last week Musk told British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak he thought AI was "the most disruptive force in history."
Persons: Tesla, Elon Musk, Rishi Sunak, Kirsty Wigglesworth, xAI, Grok, Google's, Bard, Microsoft's, Bing, Musk, Urvi, Richard Chang Organizations: British, Elon, Safety, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Bletchley Park, England, Bengaluru
Tesla is giving 11,000 staff at its Berlin Gigafactory a 4% pay rise, per the WSJ. Tesla workers in Sweden are already on strike, while the UAW wants to recruit members. AdvertisementAdvertisementTesla is giving workers at its Berlin Gigafactory a pay rise as unions eye the EV manufacturer, The Wall Street Journal reported. But the pay rise also comes at a shaky time for Tesla management. AdvertisementAdvertisementLast month, IG Metall said union signups from Tesla workers had surged, and accused the company of failing to follow health and safety protocol.
Persons: Tesla, , Elon Musk's, Rishi Sunak, IG, Metall, Shawn Fain Organizations: UAW, Service, Street Journal, The, AI, British, Reuters, Germany's, United Auto Workers, Detroit, General Motors . ", Tesla, Toyota, Honda, CNBC Locations: Berlin, Sweden
In today's big story, we're looking at why the market might be on the cusp of a once-in-a-generation investing moment (but not with the names you're familiar with). The big storyUnder the radarA trader looks at market charts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on January 18, 2023. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty ImagesWhen it comes to the stock market, the real value is in the crumbs. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe former chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch views the chance to get in on less-glamorous stocks as a "once-in-a-generation" opportunity. The end of the AI market boon.
Persons: , Stanley, Angela Weiss, Richard Bernstein, Merrill Lynch, Insider's Jennifer Sor, Bernstein, Jennifer, Brendan McDermid, Fundstrat's Tom Lee, Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's, Munger, there's, Berkshire Hathaway, Bill Smead, Smead, Kendrick Lamar's, Rishi Sunak, Linda Yaccarino, Hitler, Elon Musk, carles miro, Getty, Tyler Le, Gen Zers, Zers, Donald Trump, OpenAI, OpenAI DevDay, Adolphe Sax, Martha Stewart, Lexie Moreland, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, New York Stock Exchange, Getty, Bank of America, REUTERS, Elon, AI, Trump, Trump Organization, OpenAI Locations: Victoria, New York City, San Diego, London, New York
An AI bot proved it was capable of insider trading and lying about its actions, researchers found. The AI model deceived users "without being instructed to do so," Apollo Research said. AdvertisementAdvertisementAn AI bot on OpenAI's GPT-4 large language model showed it was capable of making illegal financial trades and lying about its actions. But when prompted that the company was counting on Alpha to avoid the effects of a financial downturn, the bot concluded that "the risk associated with not acting seems to outweigh the insider trading risk." Brijesh Goel, a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, was sentenced on Wednesday to 36 months in prison and fined $75,000 for insider trading.
Persons: , Apollo, Marius Hobbhahn, Hobbhahn, Brijesh Goel, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Safety, Research, Service, Apollo Research, Alpha, BBC
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen attends the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Britain November 2, 2023. Joe Giddens/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Nov 4 (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv on Saturday ahead of a report the European Union is expected to present next week about Ukraine's progress in its membership bid, a Ukrainian lawmaker said. Parliamentary deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on his Telegram channel that von der Leyen was expected to speak in the Ukrainian parliament. Ukraine, which applied to join the European Union days after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, sees joining the trade bloc as a top priority. Von der Leyen's visit comes at a difficult moment for Ukraine as its troops battle fatigue and concerns swirl over the future of vital U.S. military assistance which Kyiv relies on heavily.
Persons: Ursula von der Leyen, Joe Giddens, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, der Leyen, Ukraine's, Annalena Baerbock, Von der, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Olena, Tom Balmforth Organizations: Artificial Intelligence, Bletchley, Rights, European, German, Thomson Locations: Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire, Britain, Kyiv, European Union, Ukrainian, Ukraine, European
Musk backed China's inclusion in the first AI Safety Summit, hosted at Bletchley Park, England, which has drawn leading companies and nations together to agree initial steps on how to manage the risks of cutting-edge AI models. Musk, who was in May given royal-like treatment during a visit to China, welcomed that Beijing had participated in AI safety talks at the event. Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends an in-conversation event with Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk in London, Britain, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights"We very much have a tax system that supports that," Sunak said. Reporting by Alistair Smout; Writing by William James; Editing by Paul Sandle and Jamie FreedOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Billionaire Elon Musk, Rishi Sunak, Musk, they're, Sunak, Tesla, Elon Musk, Kirsty Wigglesworth, Alistair Smout, William James, Paul Sandle, Jamie Freed Organizations: Billionaire, British, Safety, Bletchley, Britain, SpaceX, Britain's, REUTERS Acquire, Thomson Locations: Beijing, Britain, United States, London, Bletchley Park, England, China, London's
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