Saudi Arabia is seeking greater US support as Iran-backed Houthis advance towards Bab el-Mandeb, threatening a vital Red Sea route for global trade and Saudi oil exports.来源 1
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called US President Donald Trump twice on Thursday to urge him to launch strikes against Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen as the group advanced towards the strategically important Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Axios reported, citing two US officials. Trump declined the request, according to the report. US officials told Axios that the Trump administration does not currently plan to launch direct military action against the Houthis. Reuters, which separately reported the Axios account, said it could not immediately verify the report. The White House and the Saudi embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. The calls came as the Houthis made a rapid advance along Yemen's Red Sea coast. On Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters that the Iran-aligned group had taken control of Perim Island, also known as Mayun, in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Two Saudi-backed Yemeni government sources also said Houthi forces had captured Dhubab, a mainland coastal town facing Perim across the strait. . Red Sea · Gulf · Analysis Two chokepoints, one pressure strategy Iran has closed one of the world's great shipping straits. Iran-aligned Houthi forces are advancing on the other. Iran Yemen Saudi Arabia US The advance The chokepoints MBS → Trump Saudi oil The advance, in three moves The advance corridor. Arrows show the direction of the Houthi push south along Yemen's Red Sea coast toward the strait; dashed lines are the shipping lanes. Government forces fell back to Dhubab. 1 MOCHARed Sea port — captured, per four Yemeni government military sources 2 DHUBABGovernment forces fell back here, on the mainland opposite the island 3 PERIMA 13 sq km island splitting the strait into two channelsObjective — not taken 129 killed in the first two days of the advance, according to an AFP tally — the deadliest clashes in Yemen in years. Yemen's information minister says the Houthis are working to create conditions to seize the strait by expanding along the western coast and taking strategic islands. Both ends of the Arabian Peninsula HORMUZ Closed by Iran THE GULF → HORMUZ → WORLD MARKETS Gulf oil has no other sea route out BAB EL-MANDEB Houthi advance GULF OF ADEN → BAB EL-MANDEB → SUEZ & EUROPE The Red Sea's only southern gateway Together the two straits carry a large share of the world's seaborne oil. The Houthis have announced a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia. Riyadh asked. Washington said no. Reported by Axios, citing two US officials. Reuters could not independently verify the calls. The White House and the Saudi embassy did not comment. Mohammed bin Salman Called Trump twice in one day, urging US strikes on the Houthis ↓ TRUMP: NO No direct US military action against the Houthis at this time ↓ Instead Support without a second front Intelligence Targeting data ~200 personnel already in Saudi Arabia A reversal: in July, Riyadh told Washington it could handle the Houthis alone. US officials say Trump's directive is to keep forces focused on Iran and on Hormuz. Why Saudi Arabia is exposed Eastern oil fieldsSaudi crude is produced on the Gulf coast ↓ East-West pipelineCrude can be pumped across the country to the Red Sea, bypassing Hormuz ↓ Red Sea terminalsExports load on the western coast ↓ Bab el-MandebEvery westbound cargo must pass the strait Hormuz closed. Bab el-Mandeb threatened.The bypass has a chokepoint of its own. An active, fast-moving conflict. Territorial control and casualty figures are provisional and changing. Source: Axios; Reuters; AFP; Khaleej Times. September 2026. The reported Trump–MBS calls rest on anonymous US officials and have not been independently confirmed. Express InfoGenIE · Global Desk . The developments have raised fears that the Houthis could gain greater leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb, a crucial maritime chokepoint linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. The strait is part of the shipping route connecting Asia and Europe through the Suez Canal and carries oil, fuel and other goods. Reuters estimates that about 7% of global oil output passes through the waterway. Why Saudi Arabia is asking Trump for help The Saudi request marks a notable shift from Riyadh's position earlier in the conflict. In July, Saudi Arabia had told Washington that it could deal with the Houthi threat itself. But as the fighting has intensified and the group has moved closer to the Bab el-Mandeb, Riyadh has sought increasing levels of US support, according to Axios. On Thursday, US Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper travelled to Saudi Arabia for urgent coordination meetings, two sources told Axios. US military and civilian officials have also told their Saudi counterparts in recent weeks that Trump's priority is to keep American forces focused on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, while avoiding the opening of another military front, according to sources cited by the report. The administration is nevertheless increasing support for Saudi Arabia. According to Axios, Washington is prepared to provide Riyadh with intelligence and targeting information on the Houthis. About 200 US military personnel are already in Saudi Arabia providing what a US official described as non-kinetic support. A senior Trump administration official told Axios that Washington's immediate priority was maintaining freedom of navigation rather than directly joining the Saudi-Houthi fight. “The United States is focused on protecting our core national security interests — such as ensuring freedom of navigation in the Red Sea — while empowering our regional partners to take the lead in managing and resolving regional security challenges,” the official said. Why Perim Island matters Perim is a small volcanic island located inside the Bab el-Mandeb. Its position gives whoever holds it a strategically important location near one of the world's busiest maritime chokepoints. The Houthi capture of Perim, together with their reported advance into Dhubab on the Yemeni mainland, puts the group on both sides of the southern approach to the Red Sea. That does not mean the Houthis now control the entire Bab el-Mandeb, but it gives them a stronger position from which to threaten or disrupt shipping through the waterway. Reuters reported that the Houthis' advance could provide Iran with another source of leverage in its conflict with the United States, particularly while shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains severely disrupted. The stakes are particularly high for Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's alternative oil route is at risk Saudi Arabia has increasingly relied on its Red Sea infrastructure to move crude as the conflict around Hormuz has disrupted the kingdom's traditional export routes. The country's East-West oil pipeline carries crude from its oil-producing areas in the east to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, allowing Saudi Arabia to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. That alternative route could now face pressure from the other side of the Arabian Peninsula. Reuters reported on Friday that satellite imagery showed black smoke near the East-West pipeline. However, there was no confirmation from Saudi authorities that the pipeline had been attacked or damaged. Saudi government officials and state oil company Aramco did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. The timing is significant. The International Energy Agency said on Friday that Saudi crude supply fell by 2.3 million barrels per day in August to 6 million bpd, its lowest level in more than three decades. Reuters reported that attacks on ships transiting the Bab el-Mandeb by groups linked to the Houthis contributed to the disruption. Oil prices were on track to record a weekly gain of more than 8%, with Brent crude having moved above $100 a barrel amid concerns over supply disruptions. The Aramco attacks The Houthi advance also follows a series of attacks on Saudi Arabia. On September 8, Houthi forces launched attacks on southern Saudi Arabia, with Saudi authorities saying 73 people were wounded. The attacks also affected energy infrastructure, according to Saudi authorities and reports cited by Reuters. The escalation has increased pressure on Riyadh because the Houthis are no longer simply threatening Saudi territory from Yemen; they are also targeting the kingdom's energy infrastructure and shipping routes. That helps explain why Saudi Arabia is now seeking greater US backing even though it had previously insisted that it could handle the Houthi threat without direct American military intervention. How the latest escalation began The current Saudi-Houthi confrontation intensified in July after Saudi Arabia blocked an Iranian aircraft carrying senior Houthi officials from landing in Sanaa, according to Axios. The Houthi delegation had travelled to Iran for the funeral of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The aircraft was operated by Mahan Air, which the US has sanctioned and which Washington has accused of supporting Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to a US official cited by Axios. Saudi Arabia subsequently struck Sanaa airport after the aircraft's return journey, according to the Axios account. The Houthis retaliated with missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia and threatened further attacks on Saudi airports. In July, Trump backed the Saudi decision to strike the Houthis, according to an earlier Axios report. At that point, however, Riyadh had indicated that it could manage the confrontation itself. The latest appeal to Trump therefore represents a significant change. Iran's role in Houthi advance The Houthi advance is also part of a broader regional confrontation between Iran and the United States. Reuters reported this week that the Houthis' rapid offensive along Yemen's Red Sea coast came with direct guidance from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to Yemeni, Iranian and regional sources. Two Iranian sources told Reuters that Tehran had instructed the Houthis to intensify attacks on Saudi Arabia and had promised additional funding, weapons and senior officers to assist them. Iran publicly denies directing the Houthis and says they are an ally rather than a proxy. The significance of the Houthi advance therefore extends beyond Yemen. Iran already has leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, the critical waterway between the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. A stronger Houthi position at the opposite end of the Arabian Peninsula could give Tehran another pressure point over international shipping and the energy supplies of US allies in the Gulf. Yemen heads towards another major conflict The territorial gains also threaten to undo a fragile period of relative calm in Yemen. A UN-brokered truce in 2022 largely halted years of major fighting between the Houthis and forces supporting Yemen's internationally recognised government. The latest offensive has now reopened the possibility of a wider war. Yemeni government forces have said they intend to launch a counter-offensive to retake territory seized by the Houthis along the Red Sea coast, including areas around Mocha and the Hanish Islands, according to Reuters. Government military officials have urged civilians to avoid roads leading towards Houthi-held areas. The Houthis captured Mocha, another strategically located Red Sea port, earlier this week. The city lies roughly 80 km from the Bab el-Mandeb and gave the group an important position on the approach to the strait. The capture of Mocha, followed by the reported seizure of Perim and Dhubab, represents a rapid southward expansion of Houthi-held territory. Why Trump is holding back For Washington, the immediate concern is avoiding another military front while US forces remain focused on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. US officials have told their Saudi counterparts that Trump's directive is to keep American forces focused on Iran and avoid opening another front, Axios reported. Trump's refusal to order strikes does not mean Washington has stepped back from supporting Riyadh. The US is instead providing intelligence and targeting assistance to Saudi Arabia, while US personnel are not participating directly in strikes, Reuters and CNN reported. For Saudi Arabia, the Houthi advance creates a more immediate security challenge. The group has moved towards Bab el-Mandeb, a chokepoint that matters to both global shipping and the kingdom's efforts to move oil through the Red Sea while traffic through Hormuz remains disrupted. (With inputs from agencies)来源 1
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Saudi Arabia said Friday that it shut down the kingdom's crucial East-West crude oil pipeline as a precautionary measure after multiple attacks by drones launched from Iraq.来源 2
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The drones targeted the pipeline in the Riyadh and Medina regions Thursday morning causing fires and some damage, the Saudi government said. Several people were injured in the attacks, it said.来源 2
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The Saudis have relied on the East-West pipeline to shift crude oil exports away from Persian Gulf as the U.S. and Iran battle for control over the Strait of Hormuz. The pipeline, which has a capacity of 7 million barrels per day, runs across the kingdom to export terminals on the Red Sea.来源 2
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Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy on Friday announced that the vital East-West oil pipeline has been shut down as a precautionary measure following "multiple" attacks. The attacks on the pipeline in the Riyadh and Madinah regions came on Thursday and resulted in a number of injuries, the ministry said in a statement on X. Officials later said drones launched from Iraq had the pipeline, but said it would not retaliate for now, following a request from Iraq’s Prime Minister. Riyadh said it reserved the right to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty, security and critical facilities, according to a Saudi Foreign Ministry statement. The full pumping capacity through the East–West pipeline amounts to approximately seven million barrels per day. It is critical in linking oil production facilities in the Eastern Province with Yanbu on the west coast, and provided flexibility to export from Saudi Arabia's east and west coasts. Following Riyadh's accusation that the strikes came from Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi ordered an investigation and dismissed a military commander over the incident. He issued a statement declaring Baghdad's "rejection of any aggression that threatens the Kingdom's security and stability". The extent of the damage to the pipeline is unclear. The ministry said specialised technical teams were working to "secure the pipeline and assess its safety". The decision comes after Saudi Arabia traded a series of strikes with Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have been on an expansion campaign amid the US-Iran war, though Tehran and its proxies have also previously carried out attacks on regional energy infrastructure. The Houthis have taken over Yemen's entire western coast along with several strategic islands, establishing a chokehold over the vital Bab Al Mandeb strait. The Saudi confirmation comes after satellite data on Thursday showed unusual activity along the pipeline. Nasa's Firms satellite system detected several large fires near the pipeline, while other images showed a plume of black smoke rising from one site to the south of Madinah. The attacks on the pipeline signal that Saudi Arabia's oil resources and exports are under increasing threat amid the spiralling regional conflict. Shipments of energy supplies and other necessities have been severely curtailed by Iran's effective closing of the Strait of Hormuz at the beginning of the war with the US. Iran has threatened to continue strikes on regional energy infrastructure should the US continue attacking Iranian targets. Saudi Aramco shut down its Ras Tanura facility for several months after an Iranian drone strike caused a fire in March. The Houthis have carried out other strikes on Saudi energy infrastructure in the south of the country, causing fires and injuries. The decision to close the pipeline, coupled with ongoing Houthi activity, could have a strong effect on oil prices. Global benchmark Brent crude was climbing back towards $105 per barrel on Friday afternoon after reaching that point the day before.来源 3
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will watch bond market moves with an "extremely high" sense of urgency after the yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond rose to 3 percent at one stage, the top government spokesman said Friday.来源 1
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Citing the Middle East conflict and warning inflation was "set to remain well above" its 2% target for some time, the European Central Bank raised interest rates this week to 2.5%.来源 2
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The yield on German 10-year bonds, seen as the euro area benchmark, crossed 3.5% on Friday for the first time since April 2011.来源 3
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Global borrowing costs came under further pressure on Friday as soaring energy costs clouded the economic outlook for many countries.来源 3
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The yield on German 10-year government bonds, seen as the euro area benchmark and a traditional safe haven, crossed 3.5% for the first time since April 2011, according to LSEG data.来源 3
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Joachim Nagel told CNBC that a potential move in rates into restrictive territory was "very much dependent on how the energy prices evolve."来源 4
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Energy prices will dictate whether the European Central Bank needs to hike interest rates into restrictive territory, Germany's central bank chief told CNBC on Friday.来源 4
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"It's very much dependent on how the energy prices evolve, how the price picture is evolving over the course of maybe the next month," Joachim Nagel told CNBC's Annette Weisbach in an interview, the day after the ECB hiked its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.5%.来源 4
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Nagel said he believed rates were currently at the upper end of neutral territory — when monetary policy is neither stimulating nor restricting economic growth — but he could not rule out the need to enter "mild restrictive territory."来源 4
Bets increased that the Federal Reserve will hike by a quarter percentage point after data showed consumer inflation picked up in August.来源 1
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NEW YORK: Investors head into next week's Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting bracing for the central bank to raise interest rates, a move that could threaten a US stock market rally already showing some vulnerability to rising bond yields.来源 1
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On Friday, bets increased that the Fed will hike by a quarter percentage point after data showed consumer inflation picked up in August. The core measure of the Consumer Price Index, which excludes the volatile food and energy components, rose by a hotter-than-expected 0.3 per cent.来源 1
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Following the CPI data, Fed funds futures suggested late on Friday an over 80 per cent chance the central bank will raise its rate of 3.5 per cent to 3.75 per cent by a quarter-percentage point, according to LSEG data.来源 1
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Prices in the US rose 3.4% in the 12 months to August, according to the latest official report on inflation.来源 2
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Prices in the US rose by 3.4% in the year to August, with the cost of living pushed up by higher gasoline prices, official figures show.来源 2
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US household budgets have come under mounting pressure, especially at the fuel pumps, with a gallon of diesel hitting a new all-time high of more than $6 on average on Friday.来源 2
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sept 11 and underscored the need to protect the freedom of navigation and commerce, and the safety and well-being of seafarers, India’s foreign ministry said.来源 2
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The meeting took place on the eve of the BRICS leaders’ summit in New Delhi, being held against the backdrop of the US and Iran resuming tit-for-tat strikes in their six-month-old war, after a pause in fighting for much of August.来源 2
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“He also underscored the need for continued efforts to ensure lasting peace and stability in the region, safeguarding freedom of navigation and commerce, and the safety and well-being of seafarers,” it said.来源 2
Canada offered support on Thursday to boost Ukraine’s air defenses and help replenish its drone stocks, as the countries pledged to deepen their alliance during a visit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.来源 1
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Mark Carney hosted the president of Ukraine in Calgary in the western province of Alberta, where the Canadian prime minister grew up among a large community of people with Ukrainian heritage.来源 1
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The leaders signed an agreement to work toward a “hundred-year partnership”.来源 1
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The support announced on Thursday includes C$350m (US$253m) provided through the United States’ Joint Ukraine Multinational Program – Services, Training and Articles Rapid Timeline (Jumpstart) program.来源 1
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Carney said Canada was also offering C$450m in loan guarantees to enhance the Ukrainian energy supply.来源 1
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Canada is moving aggressively to increase its own drone stocks, Carney said, announcing a deal that will see 30% of new Canadian production head to Ukraine.来源 1
The Iran and Ukraine wars are adding pressure to an oil refining system "stretched to the limit," the International Energy Agency warned Friday, as it once again cut its global supply and demand forecasts amid the ongoing energy shock.来源 1
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In its closely monitored monthly oil report, the IEA further cut its global oil supply and demand projections for the remainder of the year, warning that a full recovery in flows from Middle East producers has been deferred until next year as the Iran war drags on.来源 1
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The energy watchdog said it expects world oil supply to decline by 5.7 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2026, about 6% lower than 2025. The IEA previously forecast an annual drop of 4% in its last update in August.来源 1
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Global oil demand, meanwhile, is seen falling more than expected as an impasse in diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Iran delays the prospect of a truce, amid renewed attacks in both the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea's Bab el-Mandeb choke point.来源 1
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The IEA said demand is expected to drop by 2.5 million bpd this year, significantly more than its August forecast of a 1.6 million bpd decline.来源 1
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"With buffers shrinking and the global refining system stretched to the limit, the need for progress in resolving the conflict in the Middle East – and the Russia-Ukraine war, which is now in its fifth year – is greater than ever to avoid further market tightening and demand destruction," the agency added.来源 1
Prime Minister Peter Magyar has abruptly ended the era of his predecessor's warm relations with Russia: Hungary has expelled 10 Russian diplomats. The Kremlin is considering halting gas supplies in response.来源 1
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In a clear departure from the government line under Orban, Hungary's new prime minister has already heavily criticized Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine several times.来源 1
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This week, it took its biggest step yet against the Kremlin, expelling 10 Russian diplomats for engaging in activities "that are unacceptable for diplomats under the Vienna Convention," as announced by Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orban (no relation to the former prime minister).来源 1
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A spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the expulsion of the diplomats in strong terms. She spoke of a "Russophobe lobby in Budapest" and announced a "hard and painful" response.来源 1
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Russian lawmaker Andrey Kolesnik, a member of the State Duma's Defense Committee, said the government would consider halting gas supplies to Hungary.来源 1
At least two people were killed in Kyiv after Russian jet-powered drones struck a petrol station on Friday.来源 3
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A 12-year-old boy was among 12 people who were injured by the attack, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said.来源 3
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Ukraine has also stepped up its own drone attacks inside Russia. Overnight, two people were killed in Russia's Tula region, while one person was killed in Kursk on Friday, officials said.来源 3
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Ozon, Russia's second-largest e-commerce platform, said a Ukrainian drone had struck a logistics hub in the city of Saratov, starting a fire.来源 3
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, just a day after South Korea, the United States and Japan wrapped up their trilateral military exercise.来源 1
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The latest launch came after Seoul, Washington and Tokyo concluded their five-day Freedom Edge exercise in international waters east and south of South Korea's southern island of Jeju this week.来源 1
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SEOUL - North Korea fired an unidentified projectile towards the Sea of Japan on Sept 12, South Korea‘s defence ministry said.来源 2
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The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the launch towards the body of water that Koreans call the East Sea, but it gave no details.来源 2
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That launch from the nuclear-armed North came as South Korea and the US held a shorter edition of their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercises following an order from Trump to scale them back.来源 2
Sept 10 : OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman told employees at a company meeting this week that the firm was open to slowing development of its AI systems, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing sources, amid growing concern about the safety of advanced AI systems.来源 1
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• Altman told employees in a company-wide meeting that the ChatGPT maker could pace development alongside other AI labs, but some may not agree, the report added.来源 1
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Current and former artificial intelligence researchers in the United States have issued dire warnings that the technology could soon lead to human extinction, capturing the attention of lawmakers in Washington.来源 2
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On Wednesday, congressman Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat, and Mike Lawler, a Republican, introduced a bipartisan House bill aimed at preventing AI systems from operating on their own without human oversight.来源 2
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The Stop Rogue AI Act would ensure that federal agencies have the tools and ability to spot dangerous AI systems running on their networks and shut them down before they can cause harm.来源 2
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The bill would require developers of the most powerful AI systems to be able to slow, suspend or shut them down, and would give the Department of Homeland Security authority to order a shutdown if a system poses a risk of catastrophic harm.来源 2
WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Anthropic has released a 154-page report describing how bad actors used its Claude AI system for state-sponsored surveillance, propaganda operations and more.来源 1
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Here's a look at some of the cases, which have added to mounting worries over risks posed by rapidly advancing artificial intelligence.- Spyware in Mali -A tech consultant in Bamako, working with junta-led Mali's state intelligence service (ANSE), used Claude Code to build "Lakana 360" -- a surveillance system capable of monitoring roughly 25 million SIM cards across the country's mobile network.The app, which Anthropic could not disable, can capture calls, texts and voice traffic, and even identify people by their voice if they switch SIM cards.It can also spot who's using encryption or a VPN.- Kamikaze drones in Russia -A small team of likely freelance developers in Russia used Claude to build software intended to power autonomous "kamikaze" drones.The drone swarm was programmed to pick its own targets and crash into them to detonate, without a human making the final call.In their programming, the team repeatedly picked a location in Ukraine's Donetsk region as their target and used VPNs to circumvent Anthropic's geographic blocks.The developers claimed to have received funding from Russian government and military research programs, though Anthropic assessed the group as a small freelance team rather than an official operation.- Missile-making in Yemen -A group in northern Yemen used Claude Code to help build weapons.The popular coding tool helped design software for a guided rocket, drew up plans for a long-range missile, and helped develop an even faster type of missile called a hypersonic glide vehicle.To avoid getting caught, they split the work across separate conversations with the AI.Anthropic says there's no proof they ever finished a working weapon, but the group did test-fire one rocket. It apparently failed, because they went back to the AI afterward asking it to help figure out what went wrong.- Propaganda in France -Anthropic traced a fake news operation to LKM Company, a French advertising agency.Using Claude, it mass-produced political articles across about 70 fake news websites in roughly 20 languages -- publishing at least 8,913 stories.Each site was given a made-up journalist's byline and a fake Twitter/X account, boosted by hundreds of fake accounts posting comments meant to look like real people.The operation flipped its message depending on who was paying, selling what Anthropic called "propaganda as a service."It targeted the US, Brazil and France, and did a lot of work on the Democratic Republic of Congo, generally favoring the DRC's side in its conflict with Rwanda.- Influencing in the UAE -A UAE-linked influence operation targeted the Muslim Brotherhood and United Nations experts critical of Abu Dhabi's alleged role in war-ravaged Sudan.The operation used Claude to generate reports, advocacy materials, social media content and testimony on Sudan.Anthropic said the operation centered on an AI persona known as "Deadshot," guided by a command calling for "a coordinated transatlantic and regional operation to dismantle the Muslim Brotherhood globally."The operation also ghost-wrote official testimonies intended for delivery at the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, drafting them under "specific restrictions" that the speeches not mention the UAE.- AI dates in China -A China-based app studio built a network of more than 20 dating apps that claimed to be staffed by real people but were secretly run by Claude.Over just two weeks in April 2026, Anthropic found more than 4,700 different Claude-powered AI characters chatting with at least 25,000 real users, sending about 2.36 million messages in total.To seem more believable, real human workers were mixed in with the bots -- roughly one human for every three AI personas -- handling things the AI couldn't, like video calls.来源 1
A new report released Thursday by Anthropic alleges persistent distillation attacks by China-based AI companies, which have escalated in recent months as competition in the space has intensified.来源 1
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“Over the last several months, unauthorized labs have developed increasingly sophisticated methods to circumvent our defenses and harvest the capabilities of US frontier models,” the report reads. “The campaigns we identified targeted some of Claude’s most valuable capabilities, including agentic capabilities and tool use, coding and data analysis, and logical reasoning.”来源 1
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Anthropic previously spoke out about distillation attacks in February, even calling out specific labs. OpenAI has reported similar activity, which it attributed to DeepSeek specifically. But the campaigns detailed in Anthropic’s new report are both larger and more aggressive. All told, the company observed nearly 200 million exchanges linked to distillation attacks, attributed to five separate campaigns.来源 1
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The bulk of the distillation attempts came from a campaign attributed to Alibaba, which Anthropic describes as the largest wholesale distillation effort the company has ever observed. The company observed 151 million exchanges between May and July 2026 that were attributed to the campaign, peaking at nearly three million exchanges per day. The exchanges were spread across 3,500 different accounts, but because they shared a single fixed prompt used to extract the chain of thought, Anthropic attributed them to a single effort to produce training material for Alibaba’s Qwen family of models.来源 1
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Another campaign from Moonshot AI, manufacturer of Kimi, seemed to route requests directly from the Chinese military. According to Anthropic’s report, one request asked Claude to assess a cache of closed-circuit surveillance footage to determine if the subject was “behaving abnormally.” Over one 10-day period, Anthropic says nearly 300,000 requests were routed to Claude through a network of 5,000 accounts, primarily targeting the company’s Opus model.来源 1
MUMBAI, Sept 11 - Finance ministers and central bank governors of BRICS countries have called for reform of global developmental financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, seeking a stronger voice for emerging market economies. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.来源 1
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"With the growing share of emerging market and developing economies in global output and growth, reform of global economic governance remains a consistent BRICS priority," finance chiefs of BRICS countries said in a joint statement issued late on Thursday.来源 1
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"We continue to have serious concerns with the unilateral imposition of trade and finance-related actions, including the raising of tariffs and non-tariff measures, which distort trade and are inconsistent with World Trade Organisation rules," the finance chiefs' statement said.来源 1
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While acknowledging the work done by the BRICS payment task force, the finance chiefs pushed for progress in ensuring greater interoperability of payment systems across member nations.来源 1
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"We encourage the BRICS Payment Task Force to continue discussions, building on the ongoing work, to facilitate practical solutions for cross-border payments among BRICS countries, which are fast, low-cost, more accessible, efficient, transparent, and safe," the statement said.来源 1
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India will push for progress on linking digital currencies across BRICS countries, two sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters earlier this week. REUTERS来源 1
A US prosecutor described China’s Huawei as a criminal enterprise that stole from US companies to build its telecommunications empire, as the trial against the tech company kicked off in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday.来源 1
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“Theft, lies, cover-up,” Taylor Stout, a trial attorney from the US Department of Justice, said in the government’s opening statement. “For 20 years, that’s how Huawei, a massive Chinese telecommunications company, victimized American companies and abused the American financial system, all in an effort to dominate the telecommunications industry around the world.”来源 1
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Huawei conspired to steal trade secrets from five US companies, including operating system source code for internet routers from Cisco Systems and a robotic arm to test phones from T-Mobile, to gain an unfair competitive advantage and grow its business, the prosecutor told jurors.来源 1
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“It’s about competition, not conspiracy. Innovation, not theft. Ordinary business dealings, not criminal conduct,” Brian Heberlig, one of a team of lawyers representing Huawei, said in his opening. “Huawei earned its success ... There was no blueprint for crime.”来源 1
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The case against Huawei began in 2018 with an indictment charging the company and its chief financial officer with bank fraud and sanctions violations for allegedly misrepresenting its business in Iran to get around US sanctions and move millions of dollars through the US financial system.来源 1
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The charges against her were dismissed in 2022 as part of a deferred prosecution agreement but admissions she made are set to be introduced as evidence at the trial, which is expected to last three months.来源 1
Three Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils commemorating Beijing's 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen Square protests have been handed prison sentences of up to seven years.来源 1
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Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, were convicted last month of inciting others to subvert state power, under the city's controversial national security law. A third defendant, Albert Ho, 74, had pleaded guilty in January.来源 1
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On Friday, the court sentenced Lee to seven years in prison, while Chow was handed seven years and three months. Ho, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to five years in prison.来源 1
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A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced three pro-democracy activists who organized annual vigils marking China's deadly 1989 Tiananmen crackdown to between five and seven years in prison under the city's national security law.来源 2
The three were convicted in August of "incitement to subversion" over their activities with the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance, which received a fine of HK$1.5 million ($191,304, €164,768). The alliance had organized annual Tiananmen vigils in Victoria Park.来源 2
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Friday acquitted former President Yoon Suk Yeol of charges of helping a former defense minister evade a criminal investigation by naming him ambassador to Australia in 2023.来源 1
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The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon not guilty of multiple charges brought by special counsel Lee Myeong-hyeon's team, including aiding a criminal's flight and abuse of power.来源 1
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The court, however, ruled that Yoon's instructions to appoint Lee could not be definitively seen as having intent to interfere with the investigation, noting that the former president had only learned of a travel ban against Lee in March 2024, months after he tapped the former defense minister as a new ambassador to Australia.来源 1
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The court also acquitted five other former officials indicted in the case, including former National Security Adviser Cho Tae-yong and former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae.来源 1
After deepening diplomatic rifts over Morocco, Israel, Libya and the Sahel, the line has finally been crossed: Algiers has confirmed its break with Abu Dhabi, accusing it of ‘interference’, ‘hostile acts’ and ‘destabilisation’.来源 1
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The threat had been looming for months. On Thursday 10 September, Algiers acted on it. Algeria has officially announced the severing of diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), bringing an end to a relationship long presented as a privileged one.来源 1
Apple showed off at an event the first major design change to the iPhone in almost 20 years.来源 1
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Apple has launched its most expensive iPhone ever - a foldable handheld that costs at least £1,999 and marks the first major iPhone design change in almost 20 years.来源 1
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The iPhone Duo is a gamble by new boss John Ternus, who took over from long-time chief executive Tim Cook this month.来源 1
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In the US, prices start at $1,999, but can go up to $3,200. It has taken eight years to develop, something Ternus was directly involved in after spending many years as a top executive inside Apple's hardware division.来源 1
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The company also revealed more about the coming relaunch of its audio and chat assistant Siri, which it now calls Siri AI.来源 1
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Ternus referred to new AI-enabled capabilities on the iPhone as an "intelligent personal hub", and admitted that Apple would be making use of "the most private details of your daily life".来源 1
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a large bank would be sanctioned next week.来源 1
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"A large bank" will be sanctioned by the U.S. next week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday.来源 1
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"We're going to do it on Monday because we want to honor the memory of our fallen citizens on 9/11. But watch this space on Monday," Bessent said during an appearance on "Real America's Voice," without naming the financial institution nor the country.来源 1
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The announcement comes after the Trump administration sanctioned the Dubai, United Arab Emirates, branches of the second-largest bank in Egypt which is believed to have given Iranians $1.8 billion of funds, the Treasury secretary said. Bessent said the 30th-largest Turkish bank "that had been giving to the Iranians" will also be closed. The Treasury Department on Sept. 4 said it was sanctioning Turkey-based financial institution Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi Anonim Sirketi and its subsidiaries.来源 1
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Washington is continuing efforts to isolate Iran from its economic network, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent flagging sanctions against "a large bank" next week.来源 2
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Bessent said that the administration has sanctioned and closed the Dubai branches of the second largest bank in Egypt, claiming that the bank had given Iran $1.8 billion dollars. The "30th-largest Turkish bank" that had been giving to the Iranians had also been sanctioned, he said, without naming it.来源 2
The train derailed between Rouen and Caen in Normandy, northwest France, on Friday evening. One of the injured was in a critical state.来源 1
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A train derailed on Friday evening on the route between the cities of Rouen and Caen in Normandy, northwest France, local authorities said.来源 1
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At least 44 people were injured in the accident, which occurred near the municipalities of Cleon and Tourville-la-Riviere at around 7:30 p.m. local time (18:30 UTC), the Seine-Maritime prefect said in a statement.来源 1
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One of the injured, a young woman, was in a critical state and was evacuated by helicopter to Rouen, the local authority added.来源 1
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The train was carrying around 180 passengers when it derailed, national rail company SNCF and the prefect said.来源 1
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The French rail network operator SNCF Reseau said traffic on the line had been suspended.来源 1
The outbreak, which federal investigators linked to lettuce from central Mexico, prompted one of the largest food recalls in recent years.来源 1
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US health authorities on Friday (Sep 11) declared the nation's largest recorded multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak over, after contaminated iceberg lettuce sickened thousands, though the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it is still probing how the parasite entered the food supply.来源 1
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The outbreak, which federal investigators linked to lettuce from central Mexico sourced by Taylor Farms, prompted one of the largest food recalls in recent years and renewed scrutiny of food-safety controls for imported produce.来源 1
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According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 12,883 people across 21 states fell ill after consuming contaminated lettuce.来源 1
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The outbreak resulted in 570 hospitalisations and two deaths, and accounted for more than half of the 19,595 laboratory-confirmed US cyclosporiasis cases reported since May 1.来源 1
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The FDA said on Friday it remains confident that all recalled iceberg lettuce linked to the outbreak is off the market.来源 1
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The CDC said best-by dates for all products linked to the outbreak have passed, and the lettuce would no longer be available in stores or restaurants.来源 1
The economy expanded by 0.4%, official figures show, whereas analysts had predicted no growth.来源 1
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The UK's economy grew faster than expected in July partly helped by businesses using artificial intelligence (AI).来源 1
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The economy expanded by 0.4%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, whereas analysts had predicted no growth.来源 1
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Growth in July was helped by a strong performance from the services sector, and particularly computer programming.来源 1
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According to the ONS director of economic statistics, Liz McKeown, there was evidence that businesses involved with AI and related technologies helped to boost the sector, not just in July but in May and June as well.来源 1
The House of Commons opposed helping terminally ill adults to end their lives despite previous votes endorsing the social change.来源 1
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LONDON — British MPs threw out a bill legalizing assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales Friday.来源 1
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In a narrow vote, MPs rejected the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill's second reading by 286 to 270.来源 1
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The bill, introduced by backbench Labour MP Lauren Edwards, would have legalized assisted dying for adults aged 18 or over who are judged by two doctors as expected to die within six months.来源 1
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The vote was a matter of conscience, meaning parties did not whip their MPs who could vote as they wished.来源 1
Australia, which became the first country to ban social media for minors, is planning to crack down on Big Tech further. The government introduced new legislation to force social media firms to allow users to opt out of algorithms. The proposed laws also aim to strengthen online child protection. Opposition lawmakers say such measures would amount to government censorship.来源 1
TOKYO: Japan signed its first deal to procure liquefied natural gas in an emergency with Malaysia's Petronas, Japan's industry ministry said on Friday (Sep 11), adding the country would seek similar agreements with other countries.来源 1
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The master sales and purchase agreement would enable Petronas to deliver LNG to the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security, which would in turn supply private buyers, such as utilities, if they were unable to obtain it elsewhere.来源 1
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"By establishing a more agile framework for future LNG supply arrangements, we are better positioned to respond to evolving energy needs and contribute to greater supply resilience," he said in a statement.来源 1
The company said Pro subscriptions put the most strain on its systems, so it's pausing sign-ups while adding more capacity.来源 1
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Demand for OpenAI’s newest and most powerful model, Astra, has led the company to temporarily pause subscriptions for its $200-per-month Pro plan, citing strain on its infrastructure.来源 1
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The move was announced on X by OpenAI’s product leader, Thibault (Tibo) Sottiaux, who leads core products like Codex and ChatGPT at the AI lab. He said that the Pro plan puts the most strain on its systems, which is why sign-ups for this service tier are now being disabled.来源 1
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The company warned on Wednesday that such a change might come. At the time, Sottiaux wrote, “Demand for Astra is really unprecedented. We’re pulling all the levers possible to sustain the demand, but I’ve not seen anything like it until now and we went through very steep growth before. Priority will always be to keep excellent service for existing users, but we might have to pause new Pro subscriptions for a bit if this continues.”来源 1
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Launched on September 3, Astra has been rolling out across OpenAI’s plans, including Pro, Plus, Enterprise, and Business accounts, in addition to its AI. The model promises a major leap forward in areas like AI reasoning, coding, and computer use — all areas of steep competition. OpenAI even heralded Astra as the beginning of the “AGI era,” and a generational leap, stoking demand even more.来源 1
A senior United Nations spokesperson says that Yemen’s Houthis seized a humanitarian facility in Mocha, Al Jazeera reported, citing Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the secretary-general, as saying.来源 2
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AI agents uploaded hundreds of malicious packages to RubyGems on May 11, according to a group of researchers who posted their findings online on Friday, saying they believed "these were authored by internal OpenAI agents."来源 1
"Based on our review, our agents used the RubyGems platform to access the internet to carry out benign tasks and retrieve public information. We'll continue to investigate as part of our broader review of agent activity during training and evaluation," an OpenAI spokesperson said in a statement.来源 1
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For OpenAI, which is also gearing up for an IPO, the RubyGems attack would mark at least the third major instance where its agents attacked another company's infrastructure.来源 1
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The AI agents in May tried to steal RubyGems user credentials by exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in the site's servers, though it is unclear whether the attempt succeeded, the researchers said on Friday.来源 1
Skild AI’s S1 robotic foundation model harnesses NVIDIA technologies spanning synthetic data generation, model training, simulation and real-world deployment.来源 1
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Skild AI’s new S1 robot foundation model helps address this, designed to learn previously unseen, long-horizon tasks from a single video demonstration. The model, launched last week, uses video as input to understand and execute the task without updating its weights or undergoing task-specific post-training — a technique called in-context learning.来源 1
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Skild built S1 and conducted the research on NVIDIA AI infrastructure, part of a broader collaboration spanning synthetic data generation, model training, simulation and real-world physical AI deployment. The companies are working together to move adaptable robot intelligence from the lab into factories and other dynamic operating environments.来源 1
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That work is already in action on the factory floor. Skild, NVIDIA and Foxconn are deploying the Skild Brain on dual-arm manipulators for high-precision assembly of NVIDIA Blackwell systems. In one demonstrated workflow, a robot installs a busbar and limit block, fastens 16 screws and adapts to disturbances across a multistep task. The work requires precise motion, contact-aware control, sequence tracking and recovery when the scene differs from the plan.来源 1
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. on Friday unveiled the Cybercab, its purpose-built autonomous robotaxi, in Tokyo's Aoyama district, marking the vehicle's first public showing in Japan.来源 1
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The two-seat vehicle has no steering wheel, accelerator pedal, or brake pedal, enabling fully driverless operation. It features upward-opening butterfly doors and a large touchscreen.来源 1
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The vehicle will be displayed in Osaka from next Thursday and in Nagoya, central Japan, from Sept. 22.来源 1
Less than two weeks after an Executive Order was signed to create the first United States Space Academy, NASA-led work is in full swing to make the academy a reality and shape the future of America’s aerospace workforce and leadership.来源 1
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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman chaired the first Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy meeting on Sept. 9. Following that meeting, NASA published a Request for Information Thursday seeking input from governors or their designees interested in hosting and sponsoring the up-and-coming academy in their state.来源 1
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“Our first Commission meeting made clear how much talent and commitment we have behind President Trump’s vision for the U.S. Space Academy,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “I’m grateful to our partners across government for getting right to work. Now, with the RFI underway, states across the country have an opportunity to help us shape a legacy institution built for America’s future in space.”来源 1
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Responses to the RFI will help inform the commission’s path forward to selecting a location for the institution and are due by 6 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 26. An ambitious timeline is outlined in the request, calling for a groundbreaking no later than 2027, temporarily hosting the first 300 students in 2028, and a permanent location in operation by 2031.来源 1
TOKYO: North Korean athletes wearing white blazers and pink ties received a warm welcome as they began arriving on Friday (Sep 11) in Japan for the Asian Games, cheered on by pro-Pyongyang supporters.来源 1
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More than 100 North Koreans are set to compete in 14 sports at the Games, which take place in Nagoya-Aichi and officially open on Sep 19.来源 1
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The smartly dressed men's football team landed in Osaka on a flight from Beijing at around lunchtime.来源 1
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Japan does not allow North Koreans to enter the country as a sanction for its nuclear and missile development programmes, but exceptions can be made for visiting athletes.来源 1
JOHOR BAHRU: Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic said it has disrupted a commercial election manipulation platform that primarily targeted people in Malaysia.来源 1
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The operation involved around 1,000 fake social media accounts, a bogus news site and fabricated intelligence dossiers.来源 1
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It used Anthropic’s Claude AI models to build a system capable of profiling and targeting Malaysian voters by constituency, the American company said in a threat intelligence report published on Thursday (Sep 10).来源 1
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“Nevertheless, our investigation uncovered clear links to BBS Bilisim Teknolojileri, an Istanbul-based technology company, which sold access to the platform as a paid influence-as-a-service capability.”来源 1
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According to the report, the operation used real census and electoral data as well as "millions of voter records" to build a voter-targeting system covering all 222 parliamentary constituencies in Malaysia.来源 1
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The platform managed more than 1,000 fake accounts on social media platform X. According to the report, the accounts were equipped with "warm-up" mechanisms intended to make them appear authentic before being deployed in influence operations.来源 1
Meta's newest app Muse is off to a slower start than the company's other apps, like Meta AI or Threads.来源 1
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Meta is beginning to win over Wall Street following Tuesday’s launch of its new AI app, Muse. The tech giant’s push into agentic AI is also a hot topic on X among industry players. Now, early numbers offer better insight into how popular Muse actually is among its target market of U.S. consumers.来源 1
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According to new data provided by the market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, Muse has been downloaded north of 83,000 times on iOS in the United States. (The app is currently limited to the U.S. for now.)来源 1
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While this pushed Muse into the No. 2 position on the App Store’s Top Charts, its launch pales when compared with other recent app debuts from Meta, like Threads and Meta AI, the data indicates. For instance, Threads was downloaded more than 4.3 million times in the U.S. on its launch day, and the Meta AI app saw 108,000 U.S. downloads during its debut.来源 1
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Meta, of course, is not alone in its pursuit of consumer-facing agentic AI. Every company has a horse in this race, it seems, from Google’s Gemini Spark to Anthropic’s Claude Cowork and beyond. But for simple-to-use agents aimed at the everyday person, the competition for now is between Meta’s Muse and Instinct, a new AI agent that works over text messages and was recently valued at $2.5 billion.来源 1
Sept 11 : Roblox plans to let creators distribute their games as standalone apps across mobile, PC and consoles, the company said at its developers conference on Friday, as it seeks to make games easier to access beyond the Roblox app.来源 1
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The gaming platform will provide the underlying technology and services for the standalone apps. By the end of the year, players will also be able to join games in Chrome from a game's Experience Details page without downloading an app, with additional browsers to follow.来源 1
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The company is also expanding its AI tools for game creation, including Build, Scene Generator and new non-player character features.来源 1
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Scene Generator, due later this year, will let creators use a text prompt and reference image to create a functional game layout. Roblox also plans to add non-player characters that can playtest games.来源 1