President Donald Trump on Thursday hinted at progress in his high-stakes trade battle with China, saying talks with Beijing's envoy had gone well. The remarks added to an atmosphere that had grown warmer during the day after Trump announced he would grant an audience at the White House to top Chinese trade envoy Liu He.

Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to say that advanced AI could be applied in the future, beyond basic bots, to manipulate social media. "Anonymous bot swarms deserve closer examination. If they're evolving rapidly, something's up," he tweeted. Notably, several past reports claimed that bot accounts impersonating Musk's Twitter account attempted to scam unsuspecting users.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered an unconventional speech at the UN General Assembly Tuesday that referenced "terrifying limbless chickens" and "pink-eyed terminators" but only mentioned Brexit once. During a late-night, 20-minute address that drew laughs and baffled looks from delegates, Johnson struck a light tone on a serious subject as he warned of technology's capacity to control citizens.