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STORY: From yet another record for Nvidia, to Apple hitting a snag in Europe, this is AI Weekly. Nvidia became the world’s most valuable firm, at least for a while. The AI chip champion overtook Microsoft, with a market value of over $3.3 trillion. Though the Windows maker later regained top spot, it’s all another sign of Nvidia’s relentless rise, with its stock price up over 150% just this year. Apple is delaying the launch of some AI products in Europe, and it’s blaming EU rules. The bloc requires it to ensure rival products and services can function with its devices. Separately, media reports say Apple is also talking to Facebook parent Meta about integrating its AI model. TikTok owner ByteDance is working with U.S. chip designer Broadcom on an AI processor to power its products. Reuters sources say the move would comply with Washington’s export controls, and secure an adequate supply of silicon for the social network. AI is running for parliament, sort of. Businessman Steve Endacott is standing in Britain's general election - with an AI-chatbot to do the talking for him. “Hi, I’m AI Steve, standing to be MP for Brighton and Hove. I’d love to hear what policies you’d like me to adopt.” Watchdogs say if Endacott wins, it will be the human, not the bot, that takes a seat. And OpenAI’s co-founder is starting his own firm. Ilya Sutskever says it will focus solely on making a model that is safe for humanity. He left OpenAI after playing a central role in the drama over the firing and rehiring of boss Sam Altman last year.

President Biden and former President Trump will participate in first debate of the 2024 election on Thursday. Mr. Biden is preparing at Camp David with a group of current and former advisors. Willie James Inman has more.

Anna Coren speaks to CNN European Affairs Commentator Dominic Thomas about how antisemitism in France could affect the upcoming Parliamentary elections.

The Supreme Court has 15 cases left to decide, several of which could have an impact on the 2024 election.

STORY: A Spanish-language billboard in Miami, Florida featuring Donald Trump and former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has generated significant debate in the lead up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election… The ad, which translates in English to “No to dictators, no to Trump" was installed by Mad Dog PAC, and is part of a campaign targeting battleground states to raise concerns about a potential dictatorship. “I thought, what better place to try to provoke a little conversation than Miami?” Claude Taylor, the chair of Mad Dog PAC, says the aim of the billboard is to alert the Cuban-American community to the risks of authoritarianism, drawing comparisons to 1959 Cuba. “I firmly believe that Donald Trump wants to be a dictator. And so if I'm speaking to a Cuban-American audience, it seems pretty obvious to me to make the comparison. I think it's an apt comparison. [FLASH] I'm opposed to dictatorships. I don't like them, I like democracy. And one of the tenants of democracy is free expression.” Local Trump supporters have criticized the billboard and rejected the comparison. JOHN: “You know, whatever you do to Trump backfires. Now he's getting free publicity and it's going to the Cuban community...” MAURICIO ECHEVERRY: "Oh, no, that, that. You can't compare Fidel Castro to Trump because it's not the same thing. Trump is not a communist. Well, I voted for Trump. I'm going to vote for him again." The billboard highlights the intense discussion expected in the upcoming CNN debate in Atlanta, as Trump and current President Joe Biden are neck and neck in national opinion polls, with a considerable slice of the electorate still undecided five months before the Nov. 5 vote.

Ahead of the GOP primary election in the state, Colorado voters share their feelings on supporting Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO). CNN’s Lucy Kafanov has the report.

Rep. Bob Good (R) declared Thursday that he will pursue a recount and a “full investigation” in his Virginia House election. Good, the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is facing a close election against his primary challenger, state Sen. John McGuire. McGuire declared victory Tuesday night, though the race had not been called. Virginia observes Juneteenth, and the remaining ballots were not counted Wednesday, The Associated Press reported.

STORY: :: June 20, 2024 :: York, United Kingdom :: Pictures from BBC news :: UK's Rishi Sunak says he's 'angry' over alleged election betting by his own party members :: Rishi Sunak, British Prime Minister :: "Well, like you, I was incredibly angry, incredibly angry to learn of these allegations. It's a really serious matter. It's right that they're being investigated properly by the relevant law enforcement authorities, including, as Fiona said, a criminal investigation by the police. And I want to be crystal clear that if anyone has broken the rules, they should face the full force of the law. And that's what those investigations are there to do. And I hope that they do their work as quickly and thoroughly as possible." :: "But what I can tell you is if anyone is found to have broken the rules, not only should they face the full consequences of the law, I will make sure that they are booted out of the Conservative Party." On another chaotic day for the governing Conservatives, the party's campaign director took a leave of absence, linked to an investigation around bets being placed on the timing of the vote before it was announced. The allegations that a second Conservative candidate was being investigated by Britain's gambling regulator and may have attempted to profit from their political knowledge of the timing of the election is the latest setback in Sunak's faltering efforts to stay in Downing Street.

The Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone means the drug’s future is now firmly tied to the 2024 presidential election. The Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision Thursday upheld a provision in then-President Trump’s sweeping 2017 tax bill while sidestepping a far-reaching question about Congress’s broader taxing authority. Justice Neil Gorsuch chastised the Supreme Court majority for ruling against a drug trafficking defendant Thursday, arguing the decision gives the government too much prosecutorial power.

Senate Democrats have added language to the annual defense authorization bill to require women to register for the draft, prompting a backlash from Republicans and social conservatives and complicating the chances of moving the bill on the Senate floor before Election Day.

CNN’s Rosemary Church talks to AAPI Data executive director Karthick Ramakrishnan about why the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) vote could play a critical role in November’s election.

STORY: :: File Polish authorities have fined a hospital for denying an abortion to a woman whose pregnancy may have endangered her life. It marks a shift in the country with some of the strictest termination rules in Europe. :: October 2020 The country’s previous nationalist government introduced a near-total ban on abortion in 2021. They were only allowed in cases of rape, incest or threat to the woman’s health or life - but even then - doctors could still refuse to perform them on moral grounds. The issue has sparked massive protests in recent years. In 2023, women’s rights were front and center in the election campaign that ushered in a pro-European coalition government. It recently introduced a regulation to penalize publicly funded medical centers that refuse legal procedures. At the Foundation for Women and Family Planning in Warsaw, Antonina Lewandowska explains what happened in this case, to the 41-year-old woman who was 14 weeks pregnant: “The woman presented a certificate from a psychiatrist, which clearly stated that continuing this pregnancy was a threat to health or life. And this is a sufficient legal basis to terminate the pregnancy.” :: File The hospital requested more documentation and ultimately refused to perform the abortion. The woman ended up getting it at a different hospital. That was unlawful, according to Poland’s National Health Fund... which fined the hospital nearly $137,000. LEWANDOWSKA: “The aggrieved person contacted us as a foundation and informed us about the situation." // "…we think this is the first of many wins. We currently have a dozen or so cases that are pending before the patient ombudsman or have already been won. It is the beginning or signal of some upcoming change.” :: File The medical center plans to appeal the decision. The country’s health minister has warned there could be additional penalties coming at other facilities.

STORY: OFF-CAMERA VOICE: “Can you tell them apart? Which one’s which?” ENDACOTT: “The better-looking one is AI!” Businessman Steve Endacott is on a mission to give the world its first AI lawmaker. :: Brighton, England This is “AI Steve,” an AI-generated avatar of Endacott. When voters head to the polls in Britain’s national election, Endacott’s name will be on the ballot… Though it’s AI Steve that’s the face of his campaign. Endacott says AI Steve would be an improvement from the current political climate. :: Steve Endacott, Candidate “I think Britain will be a better place. Having politicians controlled and influence and in direct contact with all their voters would mean we have better policies and policies for the people, by the people. That is exactly our aim.” But are Brits ready to vote for AI Steve? On Brighton Pier, Endacott is AI Steve's best canvasser. ENDACOTT: "Have you ever spoken to an AI MP before?" His company Neural Voice powers his AI alter ego. Holding a mobile phone out, he’s encouraging residents to give the technology a try. ENDACOTT: “What we’re doing is creating an MP who can be talked to 24/7, 365 days a year…” The avatar engages in real-time with locals on topics ranging from LGBTQ rights and housing to bin collection and immigration. It then puts forth policy ideas before asking them for their suggestions. AI STEVE: “My policies are shaped by the views of constituents like you.” ENDACOTT: “It discusses policies with you, and then it feeds back to me, a human being, to say this is what policies people want, and when I go to parliament, I have to vote – every single time – what my constituents say.” On the security front, Endacott said the policies formulated by AI Steve would be put forward to a group of 500 validators for vetting. “So if we had some rogue voices in there, one rogue voice, hopefully 99 real voice will weigh it out. And even when a policy is created, it's got to get past the validators. Nobody can hack the validators.” When asked about AI Steve, the Electoral Commission stated that the MP would be the elected candidate, not "any AI-generated application they choose to use." In the run-up to, and since Brexit, public trust and confidence in the government have been at record lows in Britain. The governing Conservatives are potentially facing an “electoral extinction." It was the frustration with so-called “standard politics” that Endacott said led him to run as an independent. ENDACOTT: “We want democracy reformed, we want people connected to their MPs because the current system is broken and not working." But despite his legwork - voters might not be convinced yet. :: Andy Clawson, Brighton resident “I think as a concept it's really interesting. It's incorporating AI, which is apparently the future, but, also AI and politicians I guess have the one thing in common, is they can't be trusted either one of them. ”

Thousands of people held a protest in Jerusalem for a second day on Tuesday, calling for fresh elections and an end to the war in Gaza. Many Israelis, anguished over the hostages still held in Gaza and the ongoing war, accuse Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of putting political interests ahead of all else. They say the government has lost control of the 8-month-old war and have been demanding an agreement to stop the fighting and return the hostages.