Anthropic: AI could escape human control

Artificial intelligence systems are rapidly advancing, prompting calls from Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark for global regulatory frameworks and "brake pedals" to manage potential societal disruptions. While AI models show signs of autonomous development, researchers at Cambridge University are simultaneously leveraging the technology to design a "super antigen" vaccine capable of protecting against entire families of coronaviruses. Global health efforts face significant hurdles, as WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlights the impact of conflict and misinformation on Ebola containment. Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions persist as Russia defends its economic resilience amid international sanctions, and El Salvador continues a controversial, large-scale crackdown on MS-13 gang members. In other developments, Mali has banned motorcycles in rural areas to combat militant attacks, and protesters in Albania are resisting a massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner, citing environmental concerns in protected wetlands.