Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said common concerns about AI are overstated and overlook the full range of potential positive outcomes.

CHINA STATE PLANNER and the National Energy Administration released the coal industry's 15th Five-Year Plan, directing an accelerated rollout of AI+ across the coal sector. The plan mandates strengthened aggregation of coal-sector AI data and systematic AI deployment in exploration and design, construction and production, operations and maintenance, and safety management. It calls for fast-tracked R&D and deployment of coal-specific large models, targeting breakthroughs in intelligent sensing, autonomous decision-making and intelligent control. Authorities will build AI-integrated pilot mines to raise safety standards, accelerate intelligent retrofits of disaster-prone and major-accident mines, and promote robotic replacement of hazardous, high-risk roles.

RNC chair Joe Gruters said he expects Republicans to hold majorities in both the House and Senate after this fall’s midterm elections, citing 212 GOP-leaning House seats and 18 toss-ups; Republicans need six of those toss-ups and he said he expects to win 10, adding he is very optimistic about the forecast.