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In technology and security
Researchers are warning that using the same AI tool in a single session to draft different cyber incident reports can cause details from one breach to leak into another. The lesson is simple, if slightly rude, to anyone trying to automate the paperwork: these systems still need guardrails.
Separately, Pope Leo said some AI-powered weapons are becoming effectively beyond human control and called for AI to be “disarmed.”
In public health
The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is moving faster than responders can keep up, with deaths now at 220. Ugandan health officials also reported two new cases on Monday, raising the country’s total to seven.
In business and geopolitics
Oil prices fell after fresh signs that U.S. talks with Iran are moving forward, with traders reacting to the possibility of reduced tension around energy supplies. Prices dropped below $100 a barrel in one report, and by about 5 percent in another, as markets watched for any broader breakthrough on the Strait of Hormuz and sanctions relief.
President Trump is also pressing Gulf states to join the Abraham Accords while the Iran talks continue, saying he has spoken with leaders across the region and that Washington is not rushing into a deal.
Researchers are warning that using the same AI tool in a single session to draft different cyber incident reports can cause details from one breach to leak into another. The lesson is simple, if slightly rude, to anyone trying to automate the paperwork: these systems still need guardrails.
Separately, Pope Leo said some AI-powered weapons are becoming effectively beyond human control and called for AI to be “disarmed.”
In public health
The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is moving faster than responders can keep up, with deaths now at 220. Ugandan health officials also reported two new cases on Monday, raising the country’s total to seven.
In business and geopolitics
Oil prices fell after fresh signs that U.S. talks with Iran are moving forward, with traders reacting to the possibility of reduced tension around energy supplies. Prices dropped below $100 a barrel in one report, and by about 5 percent in another, as markets watched for any broader breakthrough on the Strait of Hormuz and sanctions relief.
President Trump is also pressing Gulf states to join the Abraham Accords while the Iran talks continue, saying he has spoken with leaders across the region and that Washington is not rushing into a deal.