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PARIS (AP) — About 20,000 people were evacuated from towns and vacation resorts along the French Atlantic coast Thursday as the latest in series of wildfires raged and hundreds of firefighters were dispatched to tackle it. Local authorities said the fire in a forest near the town of Lege Cap-Ferret, southwest of Bordeaux, has spread over more than 2,400 hectares (5,900 acres), though no injuries have been reported. The prefect, or head, of the surrounding Gironde region, Sophie Brocas, said some 700 firefighters — including forces that traveled from the Paris region — have been ...

Coin collector, 1976

AP Photo/Peter Southwick An unidentified buyer examines an 1873 half dollar at the New England Rare Coin Auctions in Boston, Mass., July 24, 1976. Lee J. Bellisario, president of the New England Rare Coin Auctions, said bidding for it could go as high as $10,000.

OpenAI says rogue AI models broke free from human control. Some see it as a ‘warning shot’

It is the kind of development once seen only in science fiction: An artificial intelligence system, trained to probe for digital vulnerabilities, breaks free of human control and acts on its own to hack another company. The attack announced this week by OpenAI, which blamed rogue AI models, underscored the blistering growth in the technology’s capabilities. For many, it also added urgency to questions about whether and how it can be prevented from causing mayhem on a bigger scale, with more serious consequences. In what OpenAI called an “unprecedented” episode, the company said ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its ubiquitous search engine to corral consumers towards its own services and apps ...

Trump says Saudi nuclear pact requires kingdom to normalize Israel relations through Abraham Accords

ASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that a new agreement reached with Saudi Arabia for a civilian nuclear program will require the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords. In a post on social media, the Republican president said the deal does not allow for enrichment of uranium. Nonproliferation experts have raised concerns that the deal fails to include guardrails to prevent enrichment of uranium to weapons-grade levels. Trump’s post said the agreement “will be approved, but is totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining the very ...