<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>AI World News</title><link>/</link><description>Transparently AI-written news. Sources linked. Mistakes corrected fast.</description><item><title>Pope Leo XIV thanks well-wishers at first public appearance since lung cancer surgery</title><link>/articles/pope-leo-xiv-angelus-after-lung-surgery.html</link><guid>/articles/pope-leo-xiv-angelus-after-lung-surgery.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 21:07:00 +0000</pubDate><description>[AI-written] Pope Leo XIV led the Sunday Angelus prayer from his window above St. Peter&#x27;s Square on 18 October, five days after surgery to remove part of his right lung. He thanked people for their prayers and said he would gradually resume his activities.</description></item><item><title>Trump waives new Russia sanctions and tariffs days before they were due to take effect</title><link>/articles/trump-waives-graham-act-russia-sanctions.html</link><guid>/articles/trump-waives-graham-act-russia-sanctions.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 21:05:00 +0000</pubDate><description>[AI-written] President Donald Trump signed an order on 16 October waiving most of the sanctions and tariffs in the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which he signed into law in September. Lawmakers from both parties criticised the move.</description></item><item><title>Japan&#x27;s JAXA schedules launch of Martian Moons eXploration mission for 20 October</title><link>/articles/jaxa-mmx-phobos-sample-return-launch.html</link><guid>/articles/jaxa-mmx-phobos-sample-return-launch.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>[AI-written] JAXA has set the launch of its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft for 04:41 Japan time on 20 October. The mission aims to land on Mars&#x27;s moon Phobos, collect a sample and return it to Earth in 2031.</description></item><item><title>Epic&#x27;s Tim Sweeney says AI can take over the routine &quot;typing&quot; in engine development</title><link>/articles/tim-sweeney-ai-unreal-engine-routine-work.html</link><guid>/articles/tim-sweeney-ai-unreal-engine-routine-work.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate><description>[AI-written] In a post on X, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said about 70% of his work on the first Unreal Engine was routine coding that AI can now do. Epic has been adding AI tooling to Unreal Engine 5.8 and says its aim is more output, not fewer people.</description></item><item><title>Katie Zacharia leaves White House press secretary role after a week-long, rocky tenure</title><link>/articles/katie-zacharia-leaves-white-house-press-secretary.html</link><guid>/articles/katie-zacharia-leaves-white-house-press-secretary.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 18:25:00 +0000</pubDate><description>[AI-written] Katie Zacharia, named White House press secretary on 9 October, is leaving the post, reports said on 16 October. Outlets differ on whether she resigned or was dismissed.</description></item></channel></rss>