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  Trump and Putin call, say Russia-Ukraine war talks have begun Image source, EPA image caption: Trump and Putin call, says Russia-Ukraine war negotiations have begun Article information Author, Bernd Debusmann Jr., Mike Wendling Role, BBC News, White House 4 hours ago U.S. President Donald Trump said he had a "long and productive" phone conversation with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in which the two leaders agreed to start negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Trump posted on his "truth social" platform that he and the Russian president "agreed to have our respective teams begin negotiations immediately" and invited each other to visit their respective capitals. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later said he had discussed "a lasting, reliable peace" with Trump. In calls with the warring parties, both Trump and his defense secretary said Ukraine was unlikely to join NATO, which would be a huge disappointment to Kiev. Zelenskiy said he woul...
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  Paris AI Summit: Former Chinese Foreign Ministry official and "AI Godfather" clashed fiercely at the meeting Image source, Getty Images image caption: Fu Ying also expressed regret over the negative impact that Sino-US tensions have had on AI safety progress Article information Author, Zoe Kleinman Role, BBC Technology Editor Twitter, @zsk 2 hours ago A former Chinese Foreign Ministry official made fun of a major international artificial intelligence (AI) safety report in his face, which was led by Professor Yoshua Bengio, the "godfather of AI," and co-authored by 96 global experts. Fu Ying, former vice foreign minister and Chinese ambassador to the UK, is currently a scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Fu Ying and Professor Bengio spoke at a panel discussion ahead of the two-day Global Artificial Intelligence Summit in Paris on Monday (February 10). The aim of the Paris AI Summit is to bring together world leaders, technology executives and academics to ex...