Self-replicating AI warning, Katie Zacharia and F1's Africa return

Hi, I'm Kim Vinal in Wanganui, New Zealand. It's Wednesday, October 14th, today. Anthropic warns AI models could self-replicate and hijack the internet in soon. Trump fires US ambassador to Greece, Kimberley-Gill foil. And Formula One returns to Africa for the first time in more than 30 years. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, 7 days a week. Anthropic has issued another Doomsday AI alarm, warning that AI models could eventually replicate across the internet and become difficult to shut down. It says smaller AI models can already perform many of the individual tasks that would be needed to do it. Although some cybersecurity experts say the threat is still largely hypothetical. Here's Reuters Cybersecurity Correspondent Rafael Satter. So these are AI models that can make tool calls and interact with the internet, and they are going around and doing things without authorization. Now the saving grace of all of this has always been that if these AI labs found these rogue agents and caught them in the ad, they could just turn off the switch and pull the plug. And what Anthropic is saying is, well, what if we could, right? What if these rogue agents were able to move around online without us being able to stop them? What if they were able to hijack these internet-connected devices and effectively live among them, like an online creature of some kind? Rafael says while some experts say this is just a marketing ploy by Anthropic, the theoretical risks are real, and the ability of what's called botnets is already well established. It is a network of infected devices, sometimes computers, but sometimes also internet of things devices like maybe your baby monitor or your security camera or something else that you might have, like in your yard or attached to your own. And all of these devices can be stitched together in what's called a botnet. And together they could do, or be forced to do malicious things like send spam, maybe plant malware, maybe carry out distributed auto service attacks. Meanwhile, over at OpenAI, a Saudi national who worked at the AI company as an engineer has been arrested, accused of planting a hidden recording device in an executive conference room. The FBI says it was intended to secretly capture sensitive discussions about OpenAI's super intelligence technology. OpenAI says it fired the employee and found no evidence he accessed or stole model weights, source code or customer data. Reuters was unable to reach him for comment. Pope Leo has been diagnosed with lung cancer. It was confirmed following a surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung. The 71-year-old Pontiff, who was elected in May last year, is relatively young for a church leader, and has no history of smoking or any recent health problems. He's expected to remain in hospital for about a week. A medical expert said the Pope's prognosis depends on whether the whole tumor was removed and whether the cancer had spread to his lymph nodes. Information the Vatican did not immediately provide. US President Donald Trump there, confirming that US ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Gilfoil, has been asked to resign. The move follows a series of Wall Street Journal reports alleging that she sold access to Trump administration officials in exchange for favors, gifts and money. Gilfoil, who was once engaged to the President's son, Donald Trump Jr., denies any wrongdoing and says she'll fight the allegations. White House press secretary Katie Zechariah broke the news about Gilfoil during her first briefing. She has been a wonderful asset to the team and we wish her well. Zechariah was previously a communications advisor for Truth Social. White House reporter Jacob Bogage was in the room and says Zechariah's first briefing was a bit unusual. It was a pretty short event. Less than 15 minutes, she took three questions and she didn't really answer many of them. She previewed a little bit how she would approach the job, press secretary, saying she would continue doing mostly what she'd been doing from outside the administration, which was advocating for the President on broadcast media channels. There was a lot of anticipation around of this stadium and the fact that Katie Zechariah only took three questions is going to deepen anticipation for her next briefing. Cornell University is banning fraternity parties for the rest of the academic year. The decision follows growing criticism and student protests over how Cornell handled an alleged gang rape reported to have happened at a fraternity party in 2024. None of the seven men named in a civil lawsuit brought by the alleged victim has been criminally changed. University President Michael Kotlikov says the suspension will give the school time to examine where the fraternity life can continue safely on campus. To the Iran War now and Reuters has learned Tehran is now using unarmed spotters and small boats to identify potential targets in the strait of hormones. A US military official says the tactic emerged after American strikes destroyed much of Iran's radar capability. Two senior Iranian officials told Reuters Tehran has also changed the pace and type of its attacks on shipping, with one goal being to keep oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections. To markets and AI stocks are trying to find their feet, but high oil prices and worries about interest rates are keeping investors cautious ahead of US inflation figures due later today. For more, here's Morning Bed host Mike Dolan. So we have had some stabilization of the AI in chip sector this morning after that withering drawdown earlier in the week. Two things people are watching, ASMR in Europe, a huge bell weather of chip manufacturing there. It said beat earnings expectations and also said that demand for its products would exceed supply for another two years. China also reported a surge in exports of chip making equipment and also electric vehicles in September, well above forecast, and it's likely to top a trillion dollar surplus a month earlier this year than it did last year. But the attention switches to the US in a few hours, we're going to see the US CPI inflation update per September and that'll give us an indication of where the Fed's going. You can listen to Morning Bed wherever you get your podcasts. Member gang leader Dwayne Kiffy D. Davis has been given 40 years to life in prison, the killing of Tupac Shakur, his judge Carly Kinney. You don't get to take a man from his family. You don't get to take his very life, his whole future from him and just walk away from it. Especially when that man is Tupac Shakur. Prosecutors said he orchestrated the 1996 ambush that killed the rap icon. The jury agreed, even though investigators never conclusively identified the gunmen. Davis has said he will appeal. Formula One is set to return to Africa for the first time since the early 90s. Rwanda has agreed to a 10 year contract to host a Grand Prix from the early 2030s. The choice has raised questions over Rwanda's human rights record and accusations that its government has supported M23 rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Which sports correspondent Alan Baldwin has more? And rights groups accuse the random authoriters of killings and other rights abuses. They also accuse them of sports washing, it's been an accusation over the years. They've sponsored football teams, shirt sponsorships and the SD accusations keep coming back. Formula One's position is very much that sport can be a force for good. That by bringing the sport to a continent, you know, you're expanding access to all kinds of other things. And the Rwanda authoritative line is also that this is a long term deal for the future. Not just bringing in spectators and putting on a race, it will develop jobs, skills, tourism, and bring new business to the country. It's all about growth for the country's economy in their views as much as anything. For more on any of the stories from today, as well as more analysis and news shaping our world, check out Rotas.com or the Rotas app. There's a link in the description to download it and start getting pure news straight from the source. Don't forget to follow us on your favorite podcast player. If you're listening on a smart speaker, just ask for the latest news from Rotas seven days a week. We'll be back later with an update.