A wave of AI leaders, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, are calling for a slowdown in artificial intelligence development due to safety concerns, while diesel prices hit record highs, impacting the U.S. economy, and a ferry disaster in Indonesia leaves over 130 missing. Meanwhile, BRICS lead
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