Amazon founder Jeff Bezos defended his vision for artificial intelligence during an extended Fox News interview on Wednesday.

The discussion ranged from the future of American families and criticism aimed at billionaires to Bezos’ long-term proposal to turn Blue Origin satellites into orbital data centers.

“Yes, we can put data centers in space. And there’s a good reason to do that,” Bezos told Bret Baier during the roughly 20-minute interview on Special Report.

Bezos also said he has personally invested $28 billion in Blue Origin over the years and indicated that the space company could eventually pursue an initial public offering.

At one point, Baier asked Bezos whether the United States would reach the moon before China.

“We have to beat China to the moon, and I believe we will beat China to the moon. It’s a very important thing to do. NASA is very focused on it,” the 62-year-old Bezos responded.

Bezos became visibly animated when Baier introduced the subject of artificial intelligence, interrupting the anchor as he began outlining the technology’s economic potential.

“It’s going to drive huge productivity in the economy, by the way, huge productivity,” Bezos said.

Baier asked him to be more precise, pressing for a figure that could illustrate the expected economic gains.

“I don’t know what number to put on it, but, I mean, we could see double-digit productivity gains in the economy,” Bezos said.

“Double digits?” Baier replied, appearing surprised.

“Yes, it’s very, very, very possible,” Bezos answered with a smile. He said AI advances could give people more freedom and opportunity to pursue creative work.

“That’s what these AI tools are going to allow,” he said. Baier then asked about Donald Trump’s preferred rebranding of AI as “super intelligence,” or SI.   

“By the way, the President says SI. Are you into SI or AI?” Baier asked.

After briefly stumbling over his response, Bezos said he “like[d] SI.”

“Because artificial is not a very flattering thing. Like, nobody wants an artificial sweetener or artificial flavoring.”

Baier followed by asking whether the alternative terminology might sound “a little scary.” In a Thursday post on Truth Social, Trump described people who continue using the more common term as “THE ENEMY!”

‘Artificial sort of means – artificial sort of means fake,’ Bezos stammered.

He admitted it would be ‘a big road to change everybody getting to say superintelligence only because they’re so used to AI at this point.’

The President signed an executive order last month urging federal agencies to adopt the change when mentioning the technology in future communications. 

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‘It may be a long road, but I do understand the desire to get away from the word artificial,’ Bezos noted.

Turning to the actual tech, the Washington Post owner predicted AI would allow families to live on one income while also ushering in a labor shortage.

He maintained increased levels of ‘productivity in the economy’ would allow ‘many people’ to decide to ditch the increasingly typical two-earner household setup for just one.

‘Some people will also decide, you know what? I can support my family by working three days a week,’ he added. ‘That’s what productivity in the economy means.’ 

‘It’s going to actually be difficult to hire people because the productivity in the economy is going to make it so that if people don’t want to work two jobs, they won’t have to.’

‘You hear the fear out there, though,’ Baier lightly pressed.

‘Oh, yes,’ Bezos answered, adding that he ‘understand[s] it.’

‘Because a lot of smart people are prognosticating that,’ he continued. ‘I just happen to disagree with those smart people.’

A clip of Trump touting the agreement reached between six major AI companies to adopt safety policies that include audits and third-party evaluations and risk reviews at the White House last month followed.

Baier asked Bezos what he thought about AI regulation.

‘You don’t want to regulate knives. You want to regulate murder,’ Bezos said. He added that ‘a light hand’ would be ‘appropriate’ early on.

The conversation then steered toward politics. Bezos recently batted back claims that Amazon’s Melania Trump documentary was an attempt to curry favor with the President.  

Baier, 56, asked about Bernie Sanders. He prefaced the question by pointing out how Bezos complained to CNBC’s Squawk Box in May about politicians using the ‘age-old technique of picking a villain and pointing fingers’ rather than seeking solutions.

‘Bernie Sanders is always out on the trail. And Senator Sanders talks about billionaires a lot. How do you see that?’ 

‘Well, I think we live in an environment where some people have come to – they have been taught, I think incorrectly, but they have been taught that – into this whole kind of oppressor-oppressed framework, and that success is villainy,’ Bezos replied.

He argued that ‘success is not villainy.’

‘You can be a billionaire if you start a hamburger stand.’

‘There’s nothing wrong with making unbelievably good chicken that people love,’ he added, citing the success of chicken finger chain Raising Cane’s. ‘And it doesn’t make him a bad person.’

Bezos has an estimated net worth of roughly $370 billion, according to Forbes – behind only Elon Musk.

Last year, Bezos revamped the Opinion section of the Washington Post, to focus on ‘personal liberties and free markets.’ 

Bezos also pulled a last-minute Post endorsement of then-candidate Kamala Harris at the eleventh hour, causing anger from both staff and readers.

A female prison officer secretly carried on a six-month relationship with an inmate at a maximum-security jail, sending him sexually explicit selfies via Snapchat, a sentencing hearing was told.

Jade Morris, 37, and Jerome Nunes, 35, exchanged more than 5,000 messages during their intimate relationship, which lasted from July 2022 until January 2023.

Morris was working at HMP Long Lartin, a Category A prison in Worcestershire, while Nunes was serving a 12-year sentence there.

The court heard that prison bosses became suspicious after Nunes attempted to conceal the affair by throwing a mobile phone from his cell window.

Police later recovered thousands of social media messages, along with explicit photographs exchanged by the pair.

Morris, a mother of two from Holmer, Herefordshire, was going through a divorce from her husband, who was serving in the Armed Forces, during the relationship.

She pleaded guilty in March to misconduct in public office and encouraging Nunes to use an illegal mobile phone.

At her sentencing hearing at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday, prosecutor Cathlyn Orchard said Morris had been employed as a prison custody officer at HMP Long Lartin, a Category A prison.

Nunes was serving a 12-year prison sentence at Long Lartin after being convicted in 2019 of conspiring to supply cocaine, the court heard.

West Midlands Police investigated Morris’s conduct in 2022.

The investigation found that she had been involved in an intimate relationship with Nunes and had used multiple mobile numbers to communicate with him.

On October 25, 2022, officers searched Nunes’s cell. He threw a sock containing a mobile phone out of the window.

The phone was recovered, along with a charger and a phone reader.

Morris was seen speaking with Nunes the following day and called in sick after completing her shift.

Orchard said the investigation showed the pair had communicated through WhatsApp and Snapchat, with more than 5,000 messages recovered.

Much of their contact took place late at night or during the early hours of the morning.

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Police also recovered a letter written by Nunes to Morris that confirmed the two had been in an intimate relationship.

She said it had been ‘implicit’ they had been sharing explicit images.

When officers went to Morris’s home she had refused to give them the PIN for the device and later denied she had been in phone contact with a prisoner at Long Lartin.

In another interview she claimed Nunes’s number had been passed on to her and that she had been ‘intimidated and frightened’ into contacting him.

Miss Orchard said: ‘There was a very substantial amount of communication between the two using multiple phones and numbers.

‘Attempts were made to keep the contact secret by using fake names and deleting messages.’

Nunes was jailed for 12 years in 2019 for his involvement in an eight-man gang which was responsible for bringing in and distributing £2million of cocaine throughout Newport, South Wales, and the surrounding areas.

Nunes of Newport, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court to two offences under the Prison Act 1952 for possessing and using an unauthorised mobile phone.

Holly Sims, defending Morris, a mother of two young children, aged eight and nine, said at the time she had been caring for her father who had died and that she was going through a divorce with her husband.

She said there was no evidence of any physical contact between her and Nunes. She added Morris had also been struggling with her job in the prison and was ‘ashamed and embarrassed’ about her behaviour.

Matthew Bolt, defending Nunes, said he had already been punished in prison for what he had done and that since being released from his sentence, almost two years ago, he had settled in well and had started a small food business.

Judge Peter Carr adjourned sentence until Friday morning and remanded both defendants in custody.

Georgina Davies, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said previously: ‘Prison officers hold positions of significant trust and responsibility.

‘The public are entitled to expect that those working within the prison system will act with integrity and always maintain clear professional boundaries.

‘This case involved a sustained and deliberate breach of that trust. Jade Morris knew that prisoners should not have access to mobile phones yet chose to engage in a prolonged relationship with Nunes, directly facilitating his criminal offending and undermining the security of the prison in which she worked.

‘The Crown Prosecution Service worked closely with the police to build a case which reflected the seriousness of this misconduct, leaving both defendants no option but to plead guilty.

‘We hope this case sends a clear message that those who abuse positions of public trust will be held to account.’

Under-pressure Sydney Swans midfielder Isaac Heeney has returned to the Maroubra home he once shared with former fiancée Steffie Waters, who ended their relationship after the hotel stripper scandal.

The 30-year-old was seen shirtless outside the property on Thursday morning as he accepted a delivery from online retailer The Iconic.

Heeney appeared relaxed and smiled during a brief, friendly exchange with the delivery driver before taking the package inside.

His Great Dane, Nala, was by his side. The dog had been shared by Heeney and Waters during their relationship.

It remains unclear whether Heeney now has sole custody of Nala following the couple’s split, first revealed exclusively by the Daily Mail last month.

Heeney and teammates Chad Warner, Nick Blakey, James Jordon and Riley Bice were stood down by the Swans after attending a late-night gathering at the Pullman East Melbourne involving three strippers, following Sydney’s victory over Essendon on August 16.

The three women later made police complaints alleging sexual assault. No charges were laid, and the women have since engaged civil lawyers.

The Mail is not suggesting that any of the named players is personally under investigation. Their suspensions stemmed from alleged breaches of the club’s code of conduct, including drinking and bringing women back to hotel rooms, and were separate from the police investigation.

Heeney has largely stayed out of the public eye since the scandal emerged. He requested not to attend the Swans’ end-of-season awards at Sydney Town Hall on October 1, despite winning the club’s best-and-fairest medal for a third consecutive year. The award was renamed Most Valuable Player on this occasion.

In recent days, however, he has taken his first cautious steps back into public view.

On Wednesday afternoon, Heeney was seen walking Nala along the Maroubra coastline with a male friend. Waters was not with them.

Nearly two months after the Pullman gathering became headline news, Waters was reportedly unable to forgive what she regarded as Heeney’s betrayal after he attended the party with strippers.

Within hours of the hotel scandal becoming public, she left the couple’s $4 million Maroubra home and travelled interstate to Noosa to escape the media attention.

Sources familiar with the split said Heeney spent weeks attempting to repair the relationship and remained in regular contact with Waters, hoping she would change her mind.

Friends said Waters ultimately could not move beyond what she considered an act of infidelity after Heeney partied with exotic dancers.

‘She is dealing with the breakdown of her relationship, which has nothing to do with the allegations made to police. It is only about the fact that Isaac has been unfaithful, in her eyes,’ a source previously said.

According to friends, the ongoing investigation is why Waters has been grieving the break-up away from public view. 

She felt unable to make a public statement about their engagement out of respect for the official process.

‘There are a lot more people involved than just her and Isaac so she is trying to be mindful of everyone,’ added the source.   

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The Daily Mail makes no suggestion that Heeney acted unlawfully, only that Waters viewed his partying with strippers as a breach of trust in their relationship.

When the news of the strippers’ accusations first broke, trolls targeted Waters with abusive comments under some of her loved-up photos with Heeney.

Friends say the public backlash was particularly difficult for Waters to deal with while navigating her own heartbreak.

‘She is lying low as much as she can and she has support around her. We wish she could do that in private, but she can’t,’ said a confidante. 

On Wednesday, Waters had left the country altogether, re-sharing a friend’s posts to her Instagram Story from Austin, Texas.

In one snap, she was pictured outside Allen Boots, a shop specialising in cowboy boots.

In another photo, also reposted to her Instagram Story, she was seen kneeling in prayer at a Baptist church, captioning it: ‘When you make it to Texas but our luggage did not and we need help.’ 

Waters and Heeney, who had been dating for several years, became engaged while on holiday in French Polynesia last October.

With their model looks and prominent standing within the club, the two soon became something of a Swans poster couple, regularly attending official events together.

Waters’ social media portrayed her as a dedicated WAG who attended many games and proudly cheered on her man, the club’s blond-haired golden boy.

She often posted happy snaps alongside other Swans WAGs and even designed her own unofficial supporter outfit with Heeney’s name across it.

On September 19, in what we understand was her first tentative step towards moving on, Waters deleted several of their photos together, including their engagement post.

‘She could have done that in private but she can’t so all we can do is try and focus on supporting her,’ said a friend.

‘It’s sad. She was engaged to be married, planning a wedding, building their dream home. He was the love of her life.’

According to insiders, Waters has not been seen at the couple’s Maroubra property in recent weeks, which they bought last year and set about an ambitious renovation, transforming the single-level three-bedder into a three-level, four-bedroom home.

Heeney has previously said he enjoys living in the Maroubra area for the ‘strolls’ along the clifftops with Nala.

‘I bought in Maroubra purely because it reminds me of Newcastle so that’s why I love living here, it’s my little getaway,’ he said.

The split news comes amid growing belief in AFL and legal circles that sexual assault charges may be difficult to prosecute following a review of the evidence.

No charges have been laid and there is divided opinion over whether a secret recording seized by police in early September, and hailed as shedding light on the case, would be admissible in court.

The Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions is expected to receive a brief of evidence from the sexual crimes squad by the end of October.

Two Utah parents have been arrested after their 3-month-old son died while they allegedly slept following a night of drinking whiskey and using marijuana. The infant was the second child to die while in their care in the past two years.

Christina Joy Patton, 39, and Nicholas Patrick Romero, 40, were booked Wednesday morning on suspicion of child abuse homicide. Police had gone to their home in Bluffdale, roughly 20 miles south of Salt Lake City, after receiving reports of an unresponsive baby.

Officers found the couple’s son, Atreyu Nick Romero, dead. Empty alcohol containers and drug paraphernalia were scattered around the room where he had reportedly been sleeping, according to a police affidavit reported by KUTV.

Investigators alleged that Patton and Romero had been drinking alcohol and using marijuana before falling asleep in the same bed as Atreyu, KUTV reported.

According to the police report, both parents acknowledged that they had been co-sleeping with their son, who was positioned between them in the bed.

The booking affidavits stated that the baby had been swaddled and placed in a nursing pillow between his parents.

Patton told police that Atreyu began crying at about 1 a.m. She said she removed him from the pillow, unwrapped his swaddle and held him in her arms, KSL reported.

At 5:15 a.m., Romero woke and found the infant pale, unresponsive and not breathing. He began CPR and called 911.

“Pink-colored fluid or matter was observed coming from the infant’s nose and mouth during CPR,” the affidavits stated.

“Officers observed multiple empty alcohol containers on or near the bedside table adjacent to the bed where the infant had reportedly been sleeping.”

The affidavits also alleged that police found drug paraphernalia at the residence that morning.

Romero told investigators that he had consumed four or five shots of whiskey and used marijuana that evening, according to KUTV. The outlet reported that he declined to take a breathalyzer test.

Patton did take a breathalyzer test, which recorded a blood-alcohol level of 0.011 percent. She also told police that she had taken her prescribed Adderall and buprenorphine earlier that day, KUTV reported.

The couple is also facing a pending case linked to a 2024 incident involving their 3-month-old daughter, Catherine Irene Romero. She was found dead, but the cause of her death has not been publicly clarified, according to KUTV.

The children, now deceased, were born almost exactly two years apart. Both passed away at three months old, as well. 

In a Facebook post celebrating her late son Atreyu’s birth, Patton wrote: ‘Feel like he was handpicked by his big sister in heaven and made sure she had her own day to celebrate her.’