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WSUM News Team compiles recent news in under 5 minutes every Monday through Thursday. Originally aired on the 91.7 FM stream, each newscast is re-posted in audio form.
INTRO GOOD (DAY) EVENING MADISON! YOU’RE LISTENING TO THE 5/6 O’CLOCK NEWS UPDATE ON WSUM 91.7 FM MADISON STUDENT RADIO. I’M TALULA HAYES.
IN THE NEWS TODAY,
IN NATIONAL NEWS,
President Trump said new AI guardrails and limitations are part of a “SICK conspiracy” against AI and data centers on Monday. Tech leaders, including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Open AI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk, are calling for greater government oversight of AI. They want to promote safety and legality with their technology, however Trump is pushing back on these claims. Trump claims the administration has already stopped Anthropic, an AI company, “from doing bad, or potentially bad” things and further claims on social media that quote “The only control or ‘guardrails that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART PRESIDENT (HIGH IQ!) and the U.S.A. has that,”. On Saturday, the Anthropic CEO published a 3,800 word essay calling for a slower development of AI tools, and Microsoft on Monday published a code of conduct to ensure human controls of AI are stable.
IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS,
Saudi Arabia is stuck in the middle of the US-Iran war without aid from either side. In recent weeks, Saudi Arabia has faced many attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in an attempt to control their oil supply. The Saudi leaders have tried to appeal to both sides, but have been met with less relief than they want from the US and cancelled meetings from Iran. Saudi Arabia has remained in a position of ending the war since the start, but is now coming under stronger attacks as a way to control the global oil market and hurt the US. On Friday, the Houthi militia, which had already declared a blockade on Saudi oil shipments through the Red Sea, seized territory. They announced the same day that a drone strike forced them to shut down another important shipping route. They face bleak options with no end in sight to Houthi and Iraqi attacks, both backed by Iran.
For WSUM News, I’m Nathan Jahn
IN ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS,
The EPA eliminated their rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants on Monday. These emissions are fueled by coal and natural gas, and this change will remove over 300 billion dollars in costs for the industry. This change was originally proposed last year and the EPA claims utilities can now make the best decisions for ratepayers rather than closing aging plants. This alteration could prevent future administrations from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and will likely face legal challenges. President Donald Trump called climate change “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world” at a speech to the UN last year, and in his term has withdrawn twice from the 2015 Paris climate accord. This a move that Trump believes will allow him to “unleash American energy” and bring more utilities to homes and businesses. However, environmental and public health groups are claiming they will challenge this in court and have called these decisions dangerous and costworthy.
PASSING IT OVER TO SPORTS, HERE’S WITH AN UPDATE
The first weekend of NFL action almost complete with lots of upsets and high scores. The highest scoring opening weekend since the 1970 merger is almost over with the Chiefs and Broncos squaring off tonight. The Packers travelled to Minnesota and lost 39 to 22 after largely controlling the first three quarters until many penalties and turnovers spelled their demise. The 49ers beat the Rams in the NFL’s first Australian game surprising many. Many other games were tightly contested with 7 games finishing in one score. The major upset was predicted bottom feeder Arizona Cardinals beating possible playoff team LA Chargers 26 to 14. The Chargers were the team predicted to win by the most of the whole slate, expected to win by about 10 points.
For WSUM News, I’m Nathan Jahn
OUTRO: THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN! FROM THE WSUM NEWS BOOTH, I’M TALULA HAYES. HAVE A GREAT EVENING MADISON!