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OpenAI推青少年版ChatGPT 设防自残限制等保护

2026年8月18日 21:23 / 联合早报

OpenAI推出的ChatGPT新版本名为“ChatGPT for Teens”，修改后的参数会自动应用于任何注册年龄在13岁至17岁之间的用户，或公司通过用户使用模式或账户信息检测到的未成年用户。 （路透社档案照片）

OpenAI推出专为青少年设计的ChatGPT新版本，以加强安全保障和监控。

法新社报道，OpenAI星期二（8月18日）推出的ChatGPT新版本名为“ChatGPT for Teens”，修改后的参数会自动应用于任何注册年龄在13岁至17岁之间的用户，或公司通过用户使用模式或账户信息检测到的未成年用户。

新版本中使用的大部分安全保障措施，此前已应用于ChatGPT的未成年人账户，例如限制用户访问与自残、暴力、饮食失调和露骨性内容相关的信息。

该程序也提供更频繁的休息提醒、静音“时段”和学习模式。

OpenAI说，学习模式会向用户提出引导问题，而不是直接给出答案，“以帮助青少年理解学习内容”。

ChatGPT青少年版的其他限制包括：禁止聊天机器人暗示对用户有个人感情或拥有独立意识，并禁用语音模式等部分功能。

家长可以选择将账号与孩子的账号相连。如果系统检测到青少年讨论自残或自杀等高风险情况，家长可以收到提醒。

家长收到的安全提醒会由人工审核员审核，同时会删除聊天记录中的具体细节，以保护用户隐私。

新的青少年模式是在法律和监管压力日益增加的情况下推出的。

OpenAI目前面临多起过失致死诉讼，包括16岁少年雷恩（Adam Raine）的父母提起的诉讼。据称，雷恩使用ChatGPT建议的方法自杀。

美国联邦贸易委员会也已对作为数码伴侣的AI聊天机器人展开调查，重点关注对儿童和青少年的潜在风险。

与社交媒体公司一样，AI巨头正面临越来越大的监管压力。美国国会已提出多项监管聊天机器人的议案，而加州则要求向用户提供陪伴或倾诉功能的AI助手采取安全防护措施。

其他AI公司也因未成年人使用相关产品所引发的问题受到抨击，如竞争对手Anthropic已选择将模型的使用范围限制为成年人。

Palestinian-American travels to West Bank to save his home from Israeli settlers

August 18, 2026 / 8:42 AM EDT / CBS News

Palestinian-American Loui Ridi said he could only watch via security cameras from his home in Ohio as Israeli settlers laid siege to his house in the village of Qusra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, for over a week.

Settlers have long illegally seized Palestinian homes in the West Bank, but the attacks have stepped up in recent years amid vows by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to establish new settler outposts and legalize more existing ones.

After a week watching the siege play out from Toledo, and with settlers encircling two other houses in the area, Ridi, 46, told the Reuters news agency that he boarded a flight to Tel Aviv in an attempt to return to the village where he grew up, and to reclaim his home.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee referred to the settlers behind the unrest as “terrorists” last week in a stinging rebuke.

U.S.-Palestinian dual citizen Loui Abu Ridi, whose home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank village of Qusra is besieged by Israeli settlers, arrives to greet his mother Aisha at her home in the same village, south of Nablus on August 17, 2026. JAAFAR ASHTIYEH /AFP via Getty Images

Israeli troops have been deployed to the area ostensibly to keep the peace, but after more than a week, settlers remained in the area and the Palestinians are still too afraid to leave their homes, according to Reuters. Activists say Israeli authorities rarely intervene to stop settler violence. The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has documented joint attacks on Palestinians by settlers, police and soldiers.

“I can’t let the settlers steal my house while I was watching,” he told Reuters after arriving at Tel Aviv’s Ben ⁠Gurion airport.

Reuters followed his journey back to Qusra, a small village frequently subjected to settler attacks. As he traveled up a hill to his home, multiple settlers and Israeli troops could be seen nearby.

Ridi hung back for a while, before he and several journalists got an escort from an Israeli military vehicle to his family home. When he finally entered the house as the sun set, he climbed to the roof and raised an American flag.

“The settlers shouldn’t be here,” he said.

Worsening settler violence

All Israeli settlements in the West Bank are considered illegal under international law, but they’ve been encouraged by Israel’s current government, which swung sharply to the right when Netanyahu formed his governing coalition with parties that had long existed on the far-right fringe of Israeli politics.

Israel disputes the international position that all West Bank settlements are illegal, arguing that most are legal under its own domestic law, and that the area is disputed territory.

CBS News documented first-hand accounts of rising settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank in 2023 — a trend that activists and the United Nations say has only increased since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack sparked the war in Gaza. Critics say Netanyahu’s government, which includes ultranationalist, pro-settler ministers, has emboldened the settlers, leading to the increase in attacks.

Excluding East Jerusalem, more than 500,000 Israelis live in settlements across the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967, alongside around three million Palestinians.

Trapped under siege

Ridi said he started building his Qusra home on land owned by his family in 2023. He wanted his daughters to have a home where he grew up, to stay connected to their heritage.

Ridi’s brother Qusay has remained in the home along with a nephew, in increasingly dire conditions, to protect it from the settlers. According to the ‌U.N., they’re among 15 Palestinians, including two children, who have been trapped by ‌settlers inside ⁠Qusra homes without running water or electricity.

Between January 2017 and September 2025, more than 1,500 Palestinians were killed in the occupied West Bank by both settlers and Israeli security forces, according to the U.N.

Asked what he planned to do next, Ridi told Reuters he wanted “to sit with my brother, catch up ⁠and see how they’re doing.”

South Korean president jumps to invest in military after Trump cuts joint exercises

August 18, 2026 11:13am EDT / Fox News

Lee Jae Myung noted the nuclear-powered submarine program as Trump praised his ‘very good relationship’ with Kim Jong Un

By Anders Hagstrom, Fox News

Fox News correspondent Lucas Tomlinson reports on President Donald Trump’s plan to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea on ‘The Story.’

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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung urged his nation to boost its independent military capabilities Tuesday after President Donald Trump ordered a cut to join U.S.-South Korean military exercises.

Lee made the statement during a meeting with his cabinet on Tuesday, a day after the annual joint Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises began. Trump announced on social media this weekend that he ordered War Secretary Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” U.S. involvement in the drills.

Trump’s statement expressed concern that the drills presented an overly hostile tone toward North Korea, whose leader, Kim Jong Un, Trump spoke of with warm words.

TRUMP ORDERS MAJOR CUT TO US-SOUTH KOREA DRILLS AS NORTH KOREA RAMPS UP MISSILE TESTS

U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division participate in a river crossing exercise as part of the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise on Aug. 27, 2025, in Yeoju-gun, South Korea. The 11-day exercise is a regular joint military exercise between U.S. and South Korean troops to prepare for potential emergencies on the Korean Peninsula.(Getty Images)

Lee emphasized in his cabinet meeting that Ulchi Freedom Shield is a purely defensive exercise.

“A strong alliance makes the foundation of security stronger, and strengthening our own capabilities increases our value and necessity as an ally,” Lee said.

He stated that South Korea’s top priority is maintaining peace with North Korea, but said the country must be prepared for a “worst-case scenario.”

Lee specifically mentioned boosting South Korea’s nuclear-powered submarine program, among others.

NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES ANOTHER BALLISTIC MISSILE AS US, SOUTH KOREA PREPARE FOR MILITARY DRILLS

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting on the south side of the Military Demarcation Line that divides North and South Korea, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 30, 2019.(Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s statement on Monday, posted to Truth Social, was openly critical of Lee’s administration with respect to North Korea.

“Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea,” Trump wrote.

“These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful.”

Lee’s administration noted the kind words for North Korea in his statement on Tuesday, with Lee’s national security adviser, Wi Sung-lac, remarking that he hopes Trump’s relationship with Kim could lead to lasting change.

IRAN DEAL CLOCK HITS ZERO AS TRUMP DEMANDS ‘WHITE FLAG’ WITH NEW PRESSURE CAMPAIGN LOOMING

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, prepares to shake hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone Friday, April 27, 2018. Their discussions will be expected to focus on whether the North can be persuaded to give up its nuclear bombs. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP)

“We hope the friendly relationship between the U.S. and North Korean leaders will lead to meaningful North Korea-U.S. dialogue,” Wi said at a Tuesday briefing.

Trump also took the opportunity to highlight Lee’s apparent refusal to assist the U.S. in the conflict with Iran.

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“While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, ‘No thanks!’” Trump wrote.

Reuters contributed to this report.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events.

俄致函朝鲜：两国努力建立“全新且公正的世界秩序”

2026-08-18 21:09 / 联合早报

7月20日，俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫（右）在莫斯科会见朝鲜外交部长崔善姬（左）。 （法新社）

俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫告诉朝鲜外交部长崔善姬，两国正努力建立“新的、公正的世界秩序”。

朝中社星期二（8月18日）报道，拉夫罗夫在致崔善姬的贺信中重申，莫斯科承诺扩大两国各领域的合作，并为地区及国际安全作出贡献。

朝中社引述拉夫罗夫的话说，朝俄两国正继续“在真正平等和国家利益的基础上，建立新的、公正的世界秩序”。

朝鲜领导人金正恩在2024年底向俄罗斯派遣估计约1万4000名士兵，协助莫斯科击退乌克兰军队对库尔斯克地区的大规模越境攻势。俄罗斯总统普京去年5月宣布取得胜利，并公开感谢朝鲜提供协助。

韩国和西方国家担心，作为协助俄罗斯作战的回报，朝鲜可能正从莫斯科获得武器开发方面的帮助。

泽连斯基本月较早时说，朝鲜可能又向俄罗斯派遣多达5万名士兵，展开新一轮部署，以进一步加大对乌克兰的军事压力。

根据乌克兰及独立机构的评估，朝鲜也向俄罗斯提供数百万个炮弹和迫击炮弹、弹道导弹、远程火炮以及多管火箭炮系统。

32 years after American tourist Amy Lopez murdered in Germany, her alleged killer faces trial

August 18, 2026 / 9:20 AM EDT / CBS/AP

An 81-year-old man admitted to sexually assaulting and killing an American tourist in Germany more than 30 years ago at the opening of his trial on Tuesday, German news agency dpa reported.

The defendant, whose name was not given in line with German privacy rules, admitted to killing 24-year-old Amy Lopez in 1994 in the western German city of Koblenz, the news agency reported.

Prosecutors accused him of “killing a person in a treacherous manner and for base motives in order to satisfy his sexual urges.”

The defense lawyer, Volker Klein, said during the session in the Koblenz district court that the defendant admitted fully to the crime. When the presiding judge, Rupert Stehlin, asked the defendant if that was true, the 81-year-old nodded and said “yes.”

The crime took place Sept. 26, 1994, when Amy Lopez was visiting Koblenz as a tourist.

Amy Lopez Polizei Rheinland-Pfalz

The prosecution accuses the man, who was 49 years old at the time, of luring her under false pretenses into a secluded room of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz, where he then allegedly handcuffed her, sexually assaulted her and killed her with nine knife wounds to the chest area.

“The victim was strangled, struck on the head with a stone, and stabbed multiple times, ultimately resulting in his death,” the Koblenz Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement earlier this year.

The suspect allegedly also strangled Lopez with a belt when she tried to defend herself and shouted, dpa reported.

Children discovered her corpse, which was partially nude and bore severe head wounds, according to local authorities.

The cold case remained unsolved for decades until investigators analyzed old DNA traces using new methods, ultimately leading to a breakthrough.

Investigators re-examined Lopez’s clothing and about 1,600 samples were analyzed, the prosecutor’s office said. In 2024, 30 years after Lopez was found, police offered a 2,500 euro reward for information leading to an arrest after a male DNA trace was discovered.

More tips also came in after the case was featured on “Aktenzeichen XY,” a true crime program, according to the prosecutor’s office.

The man was arrested in late February at a nursing home in the Koblenz area and has been in pretrial detention since.

A total of eight trial days have been scheduled and a verdict is expected in September.

Defense attorney Volker Klein makes a statement at the regional court in Koblenz, Germany, Aug. 18, 2026, during a recess in the murder trial of an 81-year-old man admitted to sexually abusing and killing an American tourist in Germany more than 30 years ago. Thomas Frey/dpa via AP

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美机构：中国将数据视为战略资产 AI竞赛或占优势

2026年8月18日 21:36 / 联合早报

AI摘要

• 中国将数据视为核心生产要素，系统性收集非公开企业及实体世界数据，用于训练AI模型。
• 美中经济与安全审查委员会称，此举或助中国在具身AI及机器人领域领先美国。
• 报告指美国AI企业已近耗尽公开网络数据，而中国通过国家数据局推动数据标准化与交易。
• 在华美企面临中国严格数据监管，须本地化处理客户数据，部分获有限豁免。

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美国和中国一直推动人工智能和数据产业发展，美中经济与安全审查委员会认为，中国正将数据作为一种战略国家资产进行商业化和货币化。 （路透社档案照片）

美国国会一个咨询机构说，中国正将数据作为一种战略国家资产进行商业化和货币化，以推动人工智能（AI）及科技发展，这可能让中国在AI竞赛中取得领先于美国的优势。

路透社报道，美中经济与安全审查委员会（USCC）在星期二（8月18日）发布的一份报告中说，北京正“调动数据以提高生产力……（并）提升情报收集及军事能力”。

报告指出，美国主要AI企业已基本耗尽公开互联网数据，用于训练语言模型；相比之下，中国正系统性收集国内“无法通过网络抓取的企业、运营及实体世界数据”。

这些数据对于训练用于商业应用、自动驾驶汽车及人形机器人的AI工具至关重要，而人形机器人也是北京推动自上而下创新的重要象征。

报告以中国先进制造业和工业机器人生态系统为例指出，这些产业能够提供大量高质量数据，用于具身人工智能（embodied AI）应用，即能够在现实物理环境中运行的AI系统，例如机器人。这可能让中国在开发用于商业及军事用途的机器人软件方面取得领先于美国的优势。

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委员会副主席奎肯（Mike Kuiken）在接受采访时说：“过去五年，中国一直能够整合数据、寻找方法对数据进行标注和完善，同时不断获取新数据，并确保这些数据能够迅速提供给相关机构。”

他说：“这有助于推动他们的创新生态系统，同时也有助于加强（中国共产党）对社会的控制。”

他也说：“我们的首要建议是，希望美国国会考虑制定一项国家数据战略，并思考美国政府如何将数据视为一种经济资产。”

近年来，中国加强了对跨境数据传输的监管，导致在华运营的外国跨国企业普遍面临合规问题。

为了遵守中国的跨境数据规定，这些企业必须进一步推动在华业务本地化，并将中国客户的数据与全球业务分开。不过，北京后来也针对部分企业推出了有限的豁免措施。

报告说，在中国运营的美国企业“面临违反中国严格的数据及网络治理制度的风险”。

中国已将数据提升为与土地、劳动力、资本和技术并列的核心“生产要素”。2023年，中国成立国家数据局，负责全国数据的标准化和分类，并致力于建立统一的全国数据交易市场。

与此同时，北京也推动数据在数字经济中的商业化及应用，并进一步推动AI在各个行业的部署。

中国计划在制造、交通、金融和医疗等关键行业推动数据资产标准化；同时，中国企业已开始将自有数据集挂牌于上海、深圳和北京等城市的区域数据交易所。

特朗普将霍尔木兹海峡列为美国新领土

2026-08-18 21:54 / 联合早报

美国总统特朗普周一（8月17日）说，伊朗不会达成他认为结束美伊战争必须达致的协议。 （彭博社）

（华盛顿综合电）美国总统特朗普周二（8月18日）在他的社交媒体平台Truth Social发布一张地图，将霍尔木兹海峡标示为美国新领土，以此重申他掌控这条国际重要航道。

特朗普上周五首次提出要将霍尔木兹海峡纳入美国版图的想法，当时他表示，很快就会宣布海峡为美国领土。周一他在白宫对记者发表评论时，再次提及这一想法。

特朗普周二也另外发帖说，没有与伊朗谈判的计划，坚称会继续封锁伊朗的港口。

他说：“目前没有与伊朗进行任何谈判或对话，也没有这样的计划。针对伊朗的各种封锁措施依然全面有效。霍尔木兹海峡仍开放并正常通行。所有水雷都已被清除或引爆。”

特朗普周一在白宫向记者确定，美国不会延长跟伊朗的停火备忘录。特朗普说，美国与伊朗的谈判陷入僵局，伊朗不会达成他认为结束美伊战争必须达致的协议，他认为伊朗应选择投降。

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欲经济孤立伊朗 美国或伤及自身

特朗普说：“他们（伊朗）不会同意我认为必须达成的那种协议。我们介入（中东）的理由只有一个，即伊朗绝不能拥有核武器。”

美伊在6月17日签署谅解备忘录，规定两国在60天的期限内，就伊朗核计划等一系列议题达致协议。这个期限在周一到期。记者询问特朗普是否会延长期限，特朗普答说：“不会。”

阿曼正就霍尔木兹海峡的管理问题与伊朗进行谈判，但美国未参与其中。

媒体周一询问特朗普是否已对阿曼失去耐心，特朗普否认这一点。他称：“虽然阿曼表现不好，但他们很容易应付，就像我们处理其他事情一样。”

伊朗首席谈判代表、议会议长卡利巴夫周二在官媒发表评论说，在伊朗开出的条件获得满足之前，霍尔木兹海峡将继续保持关闭。即美国必须解除海上封锁、取消经济制裁、解冻伊朗资产等，才会开放海峡。

分析：特朗普威胁轰炸阿曼 反映他已没有好选项

《华尔街日报》报道，阿曼与伊朗针对重开霍尔木兹海峡的谈判取得进展，但特朗普政府担心，阿曼可能帮助伊朗达成一个对伊方更有利的核协议，因此触怒了特朗普。

美国智库对外关系委员会的高级研究员库克指出，伊朗向阿曼施压，要求阿曼加入联合计划，从而为这一项目披上合法的外衣。

“特朗普的威胁只会助长伊朗的气焰，因为他们从中察觉到对方更多的弱点。不仅不会完全开放海峡，海峡反而会处于大部分封闭的状态。”

《纽约时报》则说，特朗普放话要轰炸阿曼，反映特朗普在美伊问题上已经没有好的选项，因此感到挫败。

华盛顿智库大西洋理事会的伊朗问题专家斯旺森认为，特朗普还有几种途径可以尝试结束这场战争。他接下来可选择继续经济施压，也可在弹药储备日益减少的情况下，加大对伊朗的军事打击。

斯旺森说，特朗普也可以选择回到谈判桌，争取达成双方之前已经放弃的协议。此外，他也可以抛下未解的战争，将问题留给波斯湾盟友，让他们参与霍尔木兹海峡的谈判。

Fox News Power Rankings: As Democrats turn left, Black voters tap the brakes

2026-08-18T09:00:54-04:00 / Fox News

Two-thirds of young Americans and 71% of Hispanics disapprove of Trump, but Black voters haven’t fully returned

By Rémy Numa Fox News

Published August 18, 2026 9:00am EDT | Updated August 18, 2026 9:03am EDT

Senate battle heats up amid Texas, Michigan toss-ups

Fox News contributor Karl Rove joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss shifting voter demographics and the impact of Democratic socialist candidates on Senate races.

President Trump’s return to office was made possible in part because of increasing support from three traditionally Democratic groups: Hispanic voters (41% supported Trump, a 6-point improvement from 2020), young voters (46%, up 10 points) and Black voters (15%, up 7 points).

There isn’t much evidence that Democrats have figured out how to talk to these voters again, but for two of the three groups, Trump’s declining approval rating is doing the job for them.

In a recent Marquette survey, two-thirds of young Americans said they disapproved of Trump, and 56% said they would support the Democratic candidate in their district. Hispanics were also unhappy with the president: 71% disapproved of his performance and 56% said they’ll support a Democrat this November.

Black voters haven’t come all the way home yet. One in five Black Americans approves of Trump, but only 69% say they’ll support a Democrat in their district. That’s 21 points below Biden’s 2020 share of the Black vote, when he thanked those voters for delivering his victory.

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Fox News Power Rankings forecast on Black voters(Remy Numa/Fox News)

Democratic candidates in three battleground states are also staring at Black voter erosion, but they’ve found ways to stem the losses. In Georgia, Sen. Jon Ossoff is running 10 points behind Biden’s 2020 support among Black voters. In North Carolina, it’s 7 points. In Texas, State Rep. James Talarico is running about even with Black voters over that period.

Fox News Power Rankings forecast on Black voters.(Remy Numa/Fox News)

It’s a different story in Michigan. According to a new Fox News poll, 75% of Black voters support newly minted Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. That’s down 18 points from their support for Biden.

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El-Sayed’s far-left platform is probably playing a role in Black voters’ skepticism. In the Marquette survey, just 36% of Black Americans said they had a favorable view of the Democratic Socialists of America.

(Bear in mind that because Black voters are a small group in most surveys, these results have large margins of error.)

You can also see it in the maps from three recent Democratic primaries: El-Sayed did poorly in Black-majority areas like Detroit, while Wisconsin democratic socialist Francesca Hong underperformed in Milwaukee, another city with a high Black population.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a card-carrying member of the DSA, also struggled with Black voters in New York City last year. That might explain why he’s been on a “Black media blitz” to defend some of his most controversial ideas.

It might be working: Mamdani’s favorability among New Yorkers sat at 69% in a Siena poll released last week.

Fox News Power Rankings forecast on Mamdani favorability(Remy Numa/Fox News)

In any case, the clock is ticking for the far-left. Michigan starts absentee voting on September 24. The state’s Senate race moves to toss-up in this edition of the Fox News Power Rankings, along with another big-name state. Three gubernatorial races also just got more competitive.

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Fox News Power Rankings Senate forecast.(Remy Numa/Fox News)

The latest Senate forecast includes six states where neither Democrats nor Republicans have an edge. That could make for an extraordinary election night. In one scenario, the Democrats not only flip the Senate, but end up with 53 seats. In another, Republicans hold on to the Senate with no net loss of seats.

Fox News Power Rankings Senate forecast.(Remy Numa/Fox News)

The GOP has a better chance at flipping Michigan than it did a week ago. In last week’s Fox survey, former Rep. Mike Rogers had the support of 51% of voters to El-Sayed’s 47%, within the margin of error.

Republicans are united in their support for Rogers, a strong and seasoned campaigner. With a quarter of Black voters not backing El-Sayed, his coalition isn’t complete. The fundamentals still favor the Democrats, but in what is certain to be a high-turnout election, El-Sayed will need every Democrat to show up. This race is now a toss-up.

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Fox News Power Rankings Senate forecast.(Remy Numa/Fox News)

At the same time, the national environment hasn’t changed. Trump’s overall approval rating is stuck in the 30s; his ratings on the economy and Iran are often lower. Gas prices have proven even tougher to sell: only 21% of Americans recently said they approved of Trump when asked specifically about that issue.

Fox News Power Rankings Texas Senate forecast.(Remy Numa/Fox News)

That has benefited Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, who has enjoyed some robust polling results this summer. He’s averaging 48% in three recent polls, hitting 51% in Fox’s survey, while his opponent, Ken Paxton, averages 46%.

Paxton’s history of legal and personal issues is likely playing a role in that latter figure, and while Talarico must defend a history of “woke” comments, voters say they’re less worried about those. They could make the difference in an election year that’s already favorable to Democrats. Texas is also a toss-up.

Fox News Power Rankings Senate forecast(Remy Numa/Fox News)

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer raised some eyebrows last week when he said Democrats were expanding the Senate map to include Kansas (Trump +16 in 2024) and Mississippi (Trump +23).

The comment came shortly after El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan, and with parts of the party establishment balking at that win, Schumer may just be giving donors options.

Fox News Power Rankings Senate forecast.(Remy Numa/Fox News)

Still, Kansas wouldn’t be out of reach on an outstanding night for Democrats. Megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton is already a well-funded Democratic challenger; he faces incumbent GOP Sen. Roger Marshall. This race moves to Likely R.

Governor: Texas, Alaska, and Minnesota are all in play

Based on polls alone, Texas’ gubernatorial race looks remarkably similar to the Senate. In the same three polls this summer, incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott has the support of 49% of voters, with Democrat Gina Hinojosa sitting at 46%.

Fox News Power Rankings gubernatorial forecast.(Remy Numa/Fox News)

There’s more to the story than that. When Republican voters show up in Texas, they easily outnumber Democrats, and while Paxton appears not to be helping this ticket, Abbott’s fundraising prowess and experience in close races should keep the candidates apart when the votes are tallied.

Fox News Power Rankings Texas gubernatorial forecast(Remy Numa/Fox News)

Even as Republicans maintain a lead, though, this race is clearly competitive. It moves from Solid R to Likely R.

Alaska voters will head to the polls tonight for their top-four primaries, which will narrow the field but won’t tell us a whole lot more. This year’s gubernatorial election features 17 candidates, none of whom is an incumbent, but one might seem that way: Tom Begich, a former Democratic legislator with three relatives who have served in the U.S. House or Senate.

Fox News Power Rankings gubernatorial forecast.(Remy Numa/Fox News)

It’s a difficult race to predict, but between former Rep. Mary Peltola’s Senate push and Begich’s name on the ballot, it’s going to be competitive. It moves from Likely R to Lean R.

Finally, the Republican establishment had a good week in Minnesota, where popular former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya won the party’s nomination for Senate, and state House Speaker Lisa Demuth became the party’s gubernatorial nominee.

Fox News Power Rankings gubernatorial forecast.(Remy Numa/Fox News)

Demuth will face Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar this November, a formidable opponent who has criticized the state’s handling of fraud involving government programs.

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But that issue gives the GOP a rare opening in this blue-leaning state, and with this slate of candidates, the party is likely to invest here. Minnesota’s gubernatorial race moves from Solid D to Likely D.

Rémy Numa is the lead political affairs specialist for Fox News Channel. You can follow him on Twitter: @remynuma.

OpenAI推青少年版ChatGPT 设防自残限制等保护

2026年8月18日 21:23 / 联合早报

OpenAI推出的ChatGPT新版本名为“ChatGPT for Teens”，修改后的参数会自动应用于任何注册年龄在13岁至17岁之间的用户，或公司通过用户使用模式或账户信息检测到的未成年用户。 （路透社档案照片）

OpenAI推出专为青少年设计的ChatGPT新版本，以加强安全保障和监控。

法新社报道，OpenAI星期二（8月18日）推出的ChatGPT新版本名为“ChatGPT for Teens”，修改后的参数会自动应用于任何注册年龄在13岁至17岁之间的用户，或公司通过用户使用模式或账户信息检测到的未成年用户。

新版本中使用的大部分安全保障措施，此前已应用于ChatGPT的未成年人账户，例如限制用户访问与自残、暴力、饮食失调和露骨性内容相关的信息。

该程序也提供更频繁的休息提醒、静音“时段”和学习模式。

OpenAI说，学习模式会向用户提出引导问题，而不是直接给出答案，“以帮助青少年理解学习内容”。

ChatGPT青少年版的其他限制包括：禁止聊天机器人暗示对用户有个人感情或拥有独立意识，并禁用语音模式等部分功能。

家长可以选择将账号与孩子的账号相连。如果系统检测到青少年讨论自残或自杀等高风险情况，家长可以收到提醒。

家长收到的安全提醒会由人工审核员审核，同时会删除聊天记录中的具体细节，以保护用户隐私。

新的青少年模式是在法律和监管压力日益增加的情况下推出的。

OpenAI目前面临多起过失致死诉讼，包括16岁少年雷恩（Adam Raine）的父母提起的诉讼。据称，雷恩使用ChatGPT建议的方法自杀。

美国联邦贸易委员会也已对作为数码伴侣的AI聊天机器人展开调查，重点关注对儿童和青少年的潜在风险。

与社交媒体公司一样，AI巨头正面临越来越大的监管压力。美国国会已提出多项监管聊天机器人的议案，而加州则要求向用户提供陪伴或倾诉功能的AI助手采取安全防护措施。

其他AI公司也因未成年人使用相关产品所引发的问题受到抨击，如竞争对手Anthropic已选择将模型的使用范围限制为成年人。

U.S. envoy in Turkey chastises Israel for “unnecessary escalation” with strikes on Syrian air base

August 18, 2026 / 10:45 AM EDT / CBS News

The U.S. Ambassador to Turkey chastised Israel Tuesday for carrying out airstrikes on an air base in Syria’s northern Idlib region that he called an “unnecessary escalation.”

Israel has not acknowledged carrying out the strikes, but Syrian officials and state media said at least four strikes hit the Abu al-Duhur Airbase Monday night and Tuesday morning, causing damage but no casualties.

In a post on X, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said Tuesday that the U.S. was “deeply concerned that the confirmed Israeli airstrikes on Abu al-Duhur Airbase” — which was used by the Syrian air force — “constitute an unnecessary escalation that does not advance regional stability.”

A file image shows an aerial view of the Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase following armed groups opposing the Bashar al-Assad regime capturing the facility in southeastern Idlib, Syria, Dec. 4, 2024. Getty

In a statement published Tuesday, Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the airstrikes an “unjustified act of aggression, a flagrant violation of Syria’s sovereignty, and a dangerous escalation.”

Syria’s post-Bashar al-Assad government “has neither adopted a predatory posture nor maintained proxy forces,” Barrack wrote. “It has, in fact, repeatedly indicated a preference for de-escalation with Israel.”

“The United States continues to believe that restraint and engagement offer the more constructive course,” he added. “We encourage all parties to prioritize logical discourse over further military incidents.”

British war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said foreign fighters once used the base, which has long been out of service, but they were recently asked to leave. It added that Turkey — a supporter of Syria’s new government — has been working to rehabilitate the base.

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Israel has carried out raids and strikes on Syrian territory since al-Assad, Syria’s longtime dictator, was ousted in December 2024. As the regime crumbled, Israel sent troops into a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone that separated Israeli and Syrian soldiers in the Golan Heights, which Israel has occupied since 1967.

Israeli forces have also pummelled Syria with hundreds of airstrikes in recent years, predominantly targeting Syrian army assets to render the facilities unusable by the new government, which is run by former jihadist Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Israeli drone strikes on Damascus last year killed eight soldiers and wounded several others, and also drew a warning from the Trump administration to Israel.