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We are CNN 10 and today we are covering a water crisis.

A wildfire creating its own weather and a school where hiphop isn't distracting you from class.

It's a part of class.

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We start with a big question.

When technology moves faster than ever, how do humans make sure we're still steering?

In the nation's capital, some of the biggest names in artificial intelligence are asking humans to pump the brakes.

The CEOs of some of the world's most powerful AI companies, including Open AI's Sam Altzman, XAI's Elon Musk, and anthropics Dario Amodi, are warning that AI capabilities may be advancing faster than the guard rails designed to control them.

And now researchers and tech executives are urging governments, even rivals, the United States and China, to work together to set industrywide standards.

And they're calling for safety testing as well.

Our Hadas Gold has more.

>> It's rare to see rivals like Elon Musk, Sam Alman, and Dario Amade all agree on something, but they are all coming out saying it is time, past time, to do something when it comes to the pace of AI development and some sort of safety standards.

Elon Musk and Sam Alman endorsing Anthropic CEO Dario Amade's proposal from over the weekend to embed thirdparty independent watchd dogs into AI companies who will help monitor things like safety.

Dario Amade telling our colleague Anderson Cooper that he believes this could be similar to how the financial system is regulated today.

>> There is precedent for this.

Um, if you look at how banks are regulated, right, there's there's all kinds of, you know, there's all kinds of rules about, you know, how banks are allowed to do their business, right?

Because, you know, we we don't want to have financial crisis.

And one of the things that are done in some cases is I think they're called supervisors in the financial industry, but they're they're folks who are independent of a company who are embedded in the company dayto day to check their practices.

Uh, and I think we can do the same thing in I think we can do the same thing in AI.

>> Sources familiar with the situation also tell me that Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google had already been in discussions for several weeks about setting up a sort of industry standards body that would help set some safety standards.

OpenAI CEO Sam Alman seemed to endorse that idea, writing in a post on X that they think shared standards for misalignment, monitoring, and safety will lead to better outcomes and that they look forward to collaborating with our colleagues across the industry to formulate the best versions of these.

Of course, that's not the message that's coming out of Washington.

President Trump seemingly brushing off concerns over what AI could do to humanity, calling it a hoax, and saying once again that the United States need to do whatever it can to beat China in the AI race.

So for now, it seems that any action on AI safety or regulations is not going to come from Washington, but instead it will come from the companies themselves.

>> So what do you think?

Who should be responsible for keeping AI safe?

governments, tech companies, or both?

And here's the tougher one.

When developing something this powerful, what matters more, moving fast or making sure it's safe?

And can the two goals coexist?

Feel free to press pause and let the debate begin.

Now to Puerto Rico, where hundreds of thousands of people have been dealing with something most of us probably don't even think twice about.

Turning on a faucet and expecting water to come out.

Residents in the US island territory are blaming severe drought, aging infrastructure, and mismanagement for the widespread service interruptions.

Our Isabelle Rosales filed this report from San Juan.

>> Right now, we're entering Luis Yuren Torres.

This is the largest public housing complex in Puerto Rico.

There's over 2,000 apartments here.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans in Puerto Rico have been without reliable water for months.

>> She tells me that she has been under this water crisis for over two months.

How do you shower?

She says she throws the gallon of water over her head.

That's how she showers.

Cold water.

Auafria.

Aua.

>> The government has mandated a water rationing plan for 180,000 households in the San Juan metro area.

2 days on, two days off.

But the water doesn't always come back when it's supposed to.

>> She's saying it's this is an abuse.

And you would think that right now based on the government's rationing schedule that she would have water, but as we saw, she turned on the faucet and there was nothing.

And it gets worse.

In some neighborhoods, when the water stops, homeowners call in water delivery trucks.

Puerto Rico's governor Jennifer Gonzalez has been blaming the severe drought for the water shortage.

The level of the water reservoir serving San Juan has been low.

The capital recorded its driest July on record in more than 120 years.

>> But many Puerto Ricans told me the drought is only half the story.

>> Pointing the finger at the government, their anger more visible by the day.

Check this out.

We've been uh going 139 days without water this year.

>> There's a drought.

The drought started in June and we are having problems with the water distribution since July 2025.

>> How does that happen?

>> Because they have leaks that they have not fixed for years.

The real issue is not even the damage they have caused.

It's that they don't know how to bring water to the people.

>> So you're saying mismanagement.

>> It's mismanagement.

>> The governor has said at least $7 billion has been committed to water infrastructure improvement projects.

Her office did not respond to repeated requests for an interview.

Meanwhile, the water shortage is putting small businesses at risk.

>> Tomorrow morning, we're going to be out of water.

We need to, you know, put waters in the tanks tomorrow morning.

>> Including Hector Rosa's restaurant.

>> Then the water goes up and we fill up the tank in the room.

>> We train every single employee with this.

Do you feel like an American citizen having to do all this?

>> Oh, no.

Definitely no.

No, no.

I feel like a Puerto Rican.

>> Pop quiz.

Hot shot.

An octa is a unit used to measure what clouds, rain, smoke, or wind.

If you said clouds, I'm seriously impressed.

Meteorologists use octas to measure cloud coverage.

Imagine dividing the sky into eight pieces.

Zero octas, clear skies.

Eight octas, completely overcast.

Cloud computing before computers.

A wildfire in Oklahoma is producing some frightening scenes.

And the fire has become so intense, it's helping create its own weather.

About 60 mi west of Oklahoma City, flames illuminated the night sky, orange and yellow, over Binger.

As of this taping, the Oklahoma Forestry Service says the fire has spread across 3,000 acres and is 0% contained.

And look at this.

Authorities with the National Weather Service said the blaze was so powerful that it actually generated a towering thunderstorm cloud above the fire known as pyrouumulo nimbus cloud.

Here's how it works.

Extreme heat from the flames act like a giant chimney and quickly drives a massive plume of hot air, smoke, and water vapor into the atmosphere.

Mother Nature creating weather from fire.

Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.

A hip-hop school, grab a pad and a pen.

The Bronx School of Hip Hop in New York City opened up its doors and the freshman seemed ready to learn all of their subjects with an added twist.

Hip hop culture used to teach academics.

Mayor Mand Donnie on the scene.

Grand opening scene packed.

Hip hop legend Fat Joe and his team now lean back.

>> Now I can understand what they mean when they say we're using the elements of hip-hop to learn >> because in English class we learned how to like interpret certain lyrics.

And that was really new for me, but I really loved it.

>> Now here's your knowledge bomb.

Hip-hop traces its roots to the Bronx in the early 1970s, eventually growing into a global culture built around elements including DJing, MCing, breaking, and graffiti art.

From a neighborhood movement to classrooms half a century later, talk about old school becoming new school.

And that is our 10.

But first order of business before we go, your word Wednesday.

Congrats to Mr.

Nance's home room at St.

Pas X Catholic School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Today's winning word, discombobulated.

Great one.

It's an adjective meaning deeply confused, disordered, or thrown completely off balance.

Thank you for boosting our vocab today.

And we do have a shout out going to Mr.

Johnson and Mrs.

Bailey at Rowan County Senior High School in Morehead, Kentucky.

Look at that head.

I don't know how you got my hair to do that, but it is incredible.

Thank you for learning with us.

And rise up.

The world will give you plenty you can't control, so make the most of what you can.

Effort, attitude, treating people well.

Let's eat.

I'm Ky Wire and we are CNN 10.