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Heads of AI firms tell UN that it could be a risk to all humanity

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people — in the form of somehow regulating the burgeoning technology that they have been designing. “If managed poorly, I even believe AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole,” said Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic. And from his competitor Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, came this assessment: “We could lose control of the future to AI.” Both said the countries of the world, through the U.N. Security Council, ...

Appeals court again refuses Danny Lee Hill’s challenge to death sentence

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WARREN — The Warren-based 11th District Court of Appeals issued two rulings this week that again refused to allow death row inmate Danny Lee Hill of Warren to challenge his death sentence on the grounds that he is intellectually disabled. In separate decisions, the court struck down Hill’s “motion to certify a conflict” and his “application for reconsideration” of the 11th District’s Aug. 17 decision that affirmed that Hill is not intellectually disabled, according to a Trumbull County Prosecutor’s office news release. Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins, ...

Trump welcomes China’s Xi

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump after their top officials agreed to extend a trade truce until January. Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the extension of the truce — under which the countries agreed to scale back tariffs and refrain from imposing new trade restrictions — during a Fox News Channel interview as Trump welcomed Xi at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington. “I don’t know whether a bigger deal can be done. I ...

Good Trouble Trumbull sets ‘froggy’ rally Saturday

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Staff report WARREN — Good Trouble Trumbull will host a local Million Frog March: A Joyful Rally 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Courthouse Square in Warren. The rally joins a nationwide and international day of action in solidarity with the Million Frog March at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Organizers describe the rally as an “unfroggetable morning of serious activism with a joyful spirit,” bringing together community members to support democracy, the environment and civic engagement. Frogs have become powerful symbols of peaceful community action and environmental ...

Plan proposed to acquire more sheriff cruisers

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WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners are considering establishing an annual program allowing the sheriff’s office to purchase at least four patrol cars per year to replenish its aging vehicle force. Under the proposed program, the county will be able to purchase a minimum of four vehicles per year or one vehicle per quarter. Sheriff Michael Wilson cited a critical need to obtain new vehicles because some in the fleet have more than 200,000 miles on them. “We have 12 vehicles with more than 150,000 miles, 10 with more than 200,000, with five of those getting close to having ...

Warren baby tests positive for fentanyl OD

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WARREN — A 10-month-old baby who tested positive for fentanyl became unresponsive and was in critical condition Sunday at St. Joseph Warren Hospital. Police were called to a home in the 4400 block of Berkshire Drive Southeast off of North Road at 11 a.m. for the cardiac arrest of the child. When a Warren officer arrived, he saw that the child, who was in the arms of a woman, was not breathing. The woman said she “could not advise what caused the child to stop breathing, but stated he was eating just prior,” the report states. The officer cleared the child’s airway, but did ...