Key Developments

• The deal with Russia to buy millions of tons of diesel fuel marks a sharp policy reversal amid pressure to reduce energy costs before the elections.
• Delta Air Lines expects to spend six billion dollars more on fuel this year and has raised ticket prices by about 20 percent.
• Researchers found that 60 percent of tested AI models gave unsafe responses when asked for help by someone posing as a terrorist.
• Flock Safety, an AI surveillance company, plans to lay off about 270 employees due to privacy backlash and legal challenges.
• Utah is expanding its AI regulatory sandbox to allow AI to perform some medical tasks under supervision to test safety and effectiveness.
• A study showed that AI coding assistants increase lines of code but do not improve software project completion due to longer review times.