Bank of England governor BAILEY warned the G20 that new-generation artificial intelligence models pose a threat to stability and said urgent measures are needed to ensure their safe development and deployment.

Week of Aug 24–30 — Ministry of Transport data: China national railway freight 76.10 mln tonnes, down 4.72% week-on-week. National expressway truck passages 54.995 mln, down 2.14% WoW. Monitored ports handled 252.92 mln tonnes of cargo, down 8.07% WoW; container throughput 6.322 mln TEU, down 9.81% WoW. Civil aviation operated 135,000 flights, down 4.64% WoW, including 4,961 cargo flights (3,254 international, 1,707 domestic). Postal and courier sector collected ~4.00 bln items, up 5.54% WoW; deliveries ~3.922 bln items, up 4.11% WoW.

TASNIM News reported Iranian President Pezeshkian told the Indian prime minister that Tehran continues to seek a negotiated resolution to its conflict with the United States.