内容摘要：Though the number of tornadoes is nearly at a record pace, Thompson and other experts said the tornado outbreak of the last few days is mostly normal for this time of year.

Though the number of tornadoes is nearly at a record pace, Thompson and other experts said the tornado outbreak of the last few days is mostly normal for this time of year.

Oklahoma experienced multiple rounds of thunderstorms characterized by their long, circular structure and prolonged rainfall in recent weeks, said Jennifer Thompson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.“Tonight and tomorrow morning we’re concerned about another round of severe weather and potential flooding,” Thompson said Thursday.

At least seven Oklahoma cities, including capital Oklahoma City, set April rainfall records, said Oklahoma State Climatologist Gary McManus. The statewide average rainfall totaled 8.74 inches, surpassing the previous April record of 8.32 inches set in 1942, according to data kept since 1895, McManus said.The record rainfall comes just four months after Oklahoma set an all-time rainfall record in November.The wet weather did result in some good news: Drought conditions that covered 48% of the state dropped to a little more than 14% through April, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Only parts of the Oklahoma Panhandle and the far northwestern corner of the state remained in drought conditions on Thursday.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports to the United States, its largest single trading partner, fell nearly 2% in April as tariff hikes imposed by President Donald Trump hit home.Globally, exports rose just 2% year-on-year, down from 4% in March, leaving a

for the first time in three months.

Imports from the United States fell more than 11% in April, while total imports slipped 2.2%.to a for-profit business.

They’re concerned about what happens if the ChatGPT maker fulfills its ambition to build AI that outperforms humans, but is no longer accountable to its public mission to safeguard that technology from causing grievous harms.“Ultimately, I’m worried about who owns and controls this technology once it’s created,” said Page Hedley, a former policy and ethics adviser at OpenAI, in an interview with The Associated Press.

Backed by three Nobel Prize winners and other advocates and experts, Hedley and nine other ex-OpenAI workers sent a letter this week to the two state attorneys general.The coalition is asking California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings, both Democrats, to use their authority to protect OpenAI’s charitable purpose and block its planned restructuring. OpenAI is incorporated in Delaware and operates out of San Francisco.