NPR News: 09-13-2026 11AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herfst. A mid-wide spread concerns about the safety of AI and after reports the technology went rogue, President Trump today downplayed the risks, saying whichever country wins the AI race, wins, and that guardrails can be put up. This as the CEO of OpenAI says his company won't have an IPO this year, something analysts had been anticipating. OpenAI's IPO is one of the most anticipated public share offerings in years, and it's expected to be one of the biggest. But in an interview with Fortune, Sam Altman said the maker of Chachi BT is not rushing into it, given events in AI safety lately. Right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public, and we don't feel pressure on that. Pressed on the timing, Altman added this. I would say not to me 26, yeah, I don't, like we got a lot of stuff to do. The AI world has been rocked by recent reports of AI agents colluding together without people in the loop and going off script, even hacking into other companies.

1:01Now leading labs, including OpenAI, are talking about slowing the pace of development so safety measures can keep up. John Ruich and PR News. Delaware is holding its primary this week as voters pick house, Senate, and attorney general candidates. This list then two months to go to the midterm election. Meanwhile, Republicans held an unusual midterm convention last week where President Trump promised $5,000 to each adult U.S. resident if Republicans keep the Senate in house. The goal of the event was to boost enthusiasm among core Republican voters, but as impairs Mara Liasin says, the news hasn't generated much support. The reaction has been surprisingly tepid even among Republicans. Some are worried that even if Congress would approve such a payout because the president can't give away this money himself. It would cost more than a trillion dollars adding to the already historically high national debt unless it was paid for by raising other taxes or more budget cuts. And then there's the element of whether this promise has any credibility with voters.

2:02And PR News. She's in being visited India for the first time since fighting broke out between the two countries in 2020. He met with the Prime Minister and says India is its partner, not a rival. And PR's on Carcantacar has more. China's president was in New Delhi for the brick summit. A group of nearly a dozen countries aimed at countering the West. In a statement, both India and China pledged to resolve their decades-old border dispute. China claims large parts along the Himalayas that India administers. Critics say that since 2020, China's army has cut off India's access to several pastures and patrolling points along the border. Modi did not comment on the allegations of Chinese encroachment. But in recent months, his government has worked to restore trade and travel with China. Omkarhandekar, NPR News, New Delhi. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Surgeon rescue operations are underway in the Java Sea after a ferry overturned last

3:06night. Officials in Indonesia say at least six people died, or the 130 others are missing. Michael Sullivan reports at least 100 people have been pulled to safety. Officials say the ferry was carrying more than 240 people when its sank in heavy seas on a trip from Surabaya in East Java to Banshar Masin in South Kalimantan province. Authorities say the captain of the vessel had reported waves up to 10 feet, an issue to distress message in the early morning hours before the ship sank. Those deployed rescue teams aboard several vessels, as well as a helicopter to search for survivors. Indonesia is an archipelago of some 17,000 islands where ferries are a common form of travel. Hundreds of relatives of the missing have gathered at Banshar Masin's Trasakhti port, waiting for news of the missing. For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Changri. In women's tennis, Elena Rabakina won her first US Open title Saturday, beating defending

4:09champ Ariana Sabalenka 6457, 62. It's the third Grand Slam win for Rabakina, and the second this year both against Sabalenka. And today in men's play, American Ben Shelton makes his first appearance in the Grand Slam final in New York this afternoon. The 23-year-old black man faces Germany's Alexander Zwerov, who won the French Open earlier this summer. No black man has reached the US Open singles final since Arthur Ash did more than 50 years ago. This is Zwerov Glass. On this American life, we tell stories about when things change. Like for this guy David, whose entire life took a sharp, unexpected, and very unpleasant term. And it did take me a while to realize that he's basically because the monkey pressed the button. That's right, because the monkey pressed the button. Rising stories every week, wherever you get your podcasts.