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On today's podcast:

(1) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has stepped up calls to slow the development of the most powerful AI systems, putting him directly at odds with President Trump. Writing on social media this morning, Altman said no amount of American competitive pressure should justify recklessness.

(2) Sweden’s election will go down to the wire, the tightest in its history, and one that will hinge on the complete counting in coming days of late-arriving ballots and votes from overseas.

(3) Oil pushed higher as Saudi Arabia’s closure of a major crude pipeline following attacks jolted the market, with the move disrupting a route that’s been key to bypassing the Strait of Hormuz during the US-Iran war.

(4) The locomotive of a passenger train traveling from Kyiv to Warsaw was hit by a Russian drone just kilometers from the Polish border on Sunday morning. The attack happened minutes after another train carrying European officials including former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt and former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson left the station on the way back from an annual conference in Kyiv.

(5) Prime Minister Andy Burnham says Britain needs a “culture shift” to make it easier to start companies and reward risk-taking, as he sought to quell the concerns of business leaders before next month’s budget.

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