From 1h agoTrump postpones executive order on AI, citing need to keep 'lead' over ChinaThe US president Donald Trump postponed signing an executive order on AI because he did not like certain aspects of it and did not want to take any steps that might undermine the US position in its AI competition with China.The order would create a voluntary framework for AI developers to engage with the U.S. government before the public release of advanced AI models, two sources familiar with the order told Reuters.“I think it gets in the way of, you know, we’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to get in the way of that lead,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.Trump did not specify which parts of the executive order he objected to.It comes after the Trump became the first US president in nearly a decade to visit China, and described his meeting with his counterpart Xi Jinping as “very successful”.The administration’s plans were reportedly put on hold after a push from xAI founder Elon Musk and other big tech figures.Replying to a post on X about the reporting, Musk said, “this is false,” adding: “I still don’t know what was in that EO and the president only spoke to me after declining to sign.”President Donald Trump attends an event about loosening a federal refrigerant rule. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/APKey events1h agoOpening summary1h agoTrump postpones executive order on AI, citing need to keep 'lead' over ChinaShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureJesse HassengerHost Stephen Colbert and the CBS Late Show bid farewell to the silver screen on Thursday night after a controversial cancellation.The CBS Late Show leaves the air as the No 1 show in network TV late night, with that 11.35pm real estate immediately and ignominiously rented out to Byron Allen’s longtime syndication seat-filler Comics Unleashed. It’s a stunning streaming-era abdication that will for ever be tied with Trump, even as the network has insisted (as echoed by a dolphin in a finale gag) that the decision was purely financial, not political.With plenty of strong choices for last guests already sorted – David Letterman, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Stewart had already dropped by – the supersized 80-minute finale made a running gag out of a delayed reveal. Throughout the first half-hour, Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, Tim Meadows, Tig Notaro and Ryan Reynolds interrupted various usual Colbert bits. Finally, Colbert welcomed Paul McCartney, highlighting the show’s occupation (and CBS’s impending abandonment) of the refurbished Ed Sullivan Theater, where McCartney famously performed back in 1964 with the Beatles.Trump commented on Colbert’s departure early Friday morning on Truth Social: