Biden Invokes Emergency Powers to Contain AI Threat

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🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Oct. 30. President Biden plans to invoke the Defense Production Act in the hope of reining in the potential risks of artificial intelligence. Journal tech reporter Sam Schechner breaks down the U.S. effort to step into the regulatory vacuum over the technology. Plus, the UAW expands its strike against GM after making a deal with Stellantis. And we’ll examine the risk that Hezbollah could drag Israel into a two-front war. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:22.2	President Biden reaches for emergency powers to mitigate AI risks.
0:32.2	In general, companies are going to resist anything that they think would slow down their ability to keep up with competitors.
0:38.2	Even if they are indeed worried about some of these bigger risks from new models that are going to be coming out.
0:44.2	Plus, the UAW expands its strike against GM while making a deal with Stellantis.
0:50.2	And we'll examine the risk that Hasbola opens up a new front in Israel's war against Hamas.
0:56.2	It's Monday, October 30.
0:58.2	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal and here is the AM edition of What's News,
1:03.2	the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:10.2	Israeli soldiers have extended their push into the Gaza Strip following a weekend of continued bombardment.
1:17.2	The U.S. and other Western countries have stressed the need to minimize civilian casualties,
1:22.2	with President Biden underscoring the need to increase the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza in a call yesterday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
1:31.2	Meanwhile, the specter of another front continues to worry governments in the region,
1:36.2	as Hasbola and the Israeli Army exchanged fire across Lebanon's border throughout the weekend.
1:42.2	But what is the actual likelihood of Hasbola entering the Israeli Hamas war
1:47.2	and escalating it into a regional crisis?
1:50.2	Hanin Gadar is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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