Top four in the world set for US Open women’s semi-final showdown

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Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka will bid to move one step closer to a third straight US Open title when she faces familiar foe ‌Jessica Pegula, while Elena Rybakina will take on home favourite Coco Gauff in the semi-finals on Thursday from midnight – live on Sky Sports Tennis. 47 in 200-meter run at Ultimate Championship23hKerr takes Ultimate title to wrap record season1dMas, 3-time runner-up, finally wins Spanish Vuelta1dSpain beats Germany to win bronze at women's FIBA World Cup1dU.

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But as team captain Breanna Stewart sat in the news conference following Saturday's semifinal, previewing the final showdown against France, she exuded a quiet confidence. It was the first double-digit deficit Team USA faced in a World Cup game since the 2006 semifinal, the program's last loss in the event. Shares in the semiconductor designer Nvidia – the world’s most valuable company – were down 3.

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A three-point win against Italy in the group phase and a close call against Spain in the semifinals only made the outside noise intensify heading into Sunday's gold medal match. Her 22-point, 10-rebound performance in the final helped her earn World Cup MVP honors. "Stewart further solidified her argument as arguably the winningest player in the sport's history, boasting four NCAA championships, three WNBA titles, three Olympic gold medals and now four World Cup golds, tying Sue Bird for the most of all time.

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Photograph: VCG/Getty ImagesAI-linked stocks slide after tech bosses call for slowdown in ‘reckless’ developmentDonald Trump dismisses attempts to increase controls on artificial intelligence as ‘sick conspiracy’ AI-linked stocks tumbled on Monday after the bosses of Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX called for a slowdown in AI “reckless” development, citing fears the technology could soon run out of control. Shares in SoftBank, a Japanese investor that is a big backer of OpenAI, slumped 13%, while the South Korean Kospi stock index, which relies heavily on chipmakers that supply AI companies, dropped by 3%.

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Shares in the big global microchip supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company dropped 1. In Europe, shares in the Dutch tech manufacturer ASML, Europe’s biggest company by value and an important supplier for the semiconductor industry, slumped by 6%. The OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, the Google DeepMind chief, Demis Hassabis, and SpaceX boss, Elon Musk, all posted support for Amodei’s essay on slowing AI development, titled “We Must Pace the Frontier”. On Monday, a cross-party group of UK MPs and peers identified a series of human rights risks posed by AI, arguing that no country in the world had laws sufficient to contain them. skip past newsletter promotionafter newsletter promotionMeanwhile, China’s top intelligence official warned that the use of AI by adversaries could pose a risk to the country’s political and social security.

Chen Yixin wrote in a government outlet on Sunday that advanced US models such as Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT-5. “If leading executives are openly discussing the risks of increasingly powerful systems, it could be them trying to get across how transformative they believe the technology may become and help advertise the power of their product. OpenAI has also suggested it will also join the stock market, although Altman said over the weekend that the company would not go public in 2026 owing to safety concerns with the technology.

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She shared with them how heading into the 2014 World Cup, her first, USA lost to France in an exhibition but still went on to win the tournament. "Added Paige Bueckers: "To see [her operate] up close and personal, it was definitely eye-opening. " Trump also claimed, "The World's Diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran.

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