NPR reports on growing AI safety concerns as OpenAI's Sam Altman pledges not to rush development, amid warnings of existential risk, while geopolitical tensions flare over Iran-linked attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure, driving energy prices and inflation higher, and voters face new barr
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