Sky News Today With Matt Barbet

The boss of AI company Anthropic, Dario Amodei, called for a slowdown in the pace of AI development, warning that an AI swarm could take over the internet within a year. Tech bosses Elon Musk and Sam Altman backed his call for third-party reviewers inside leading AI firms. However, the transcript noted the challenge of slowing without letting Chinese models catch up, and that Amodei is calling for speed limits rather than a full pause.

The government faces pressure to cap political donations after Reform UK received a record £72 million from two crypto-billionaires, more than all UK parties received last year. Robert Jenrick said it would make the party battle-ready, while Labour's Angela Rayner said overseas donors cannot buy their way into UK democracy. A proposed law would impose a £100,000 cap on overseas donations backdated to 25 March 2026, which could affect one donor, Christopher Harborne, who is not a UK resident. The other donor, Ben Dello, is now a UK resident. There are also investigations into a £5 million gift to Nigel Farage and other controversies.

In Indonesia, a passenger ferry lost contact in the Java Sea during bad weather; one person died, over 100 were rescued, and many remain missing from 243 on board. Separately, strikes near the Saudi-Yemen border injured two and damaged a mosque, with Saudi blaming Houthis, and an Iranian commercial vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one. Iran's president insisted his country is not at war with Saudi Arabia. Other news included a fifth fire at a historic textile mill in West Yorkshire, government plans for clearer student loan information, an airport in Nashville to be renamed after Dolly Parton, and Celine Dion's emotional return to the Paris stage after six years.