{"id":858221,"date":"2026-09-23T21:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/858221\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T21:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:42:15","slug":"prince-harry-returns-to-the-us-to-cozy-up-the-clintons-and-warn-of-ai-only-to-be-forced-offstage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/858221\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry returns to the US to cozy up the Clintons and warn of AI \u2014 only to be forced offstage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Harry returned to the US<\/a> stage with a stumble on Wednesday \u2014 just weeks after jetting back to the UK<\/a> with American wife Meghan Markle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Duke of Sussex, 42, made his return to the spotlight at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City, sounding the alarm about artificial intelligence \u2013 especially for children.<\/p>\n

\u201cI come to this as a father,\u201d Harry said, the father of Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5. \u201cOne who has shared countless conversations with other parents as they mourned the loss of their children to recklessly built technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prince Harry attends the 2026 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. Janet Mayer\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex speaks onstage during the Clinton Global Initiative 2026 Annual Meeting at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. Getty Images for Clinton Global Initiative<\/p>\n

Just as he was taking shots at Big Tech and warning of the dangers of technology, Harry\u2019s speech was abruptly interrupted by a technical failure.<\/p>\n

The youngest son of King Charles III<\/a> and Princess Diana<\/a> was forced to exit the stage roughly seven minutes into his remarks. Only 40 minutes later could he return to finish up his doomsday outlook.<\/p>\n

\u201cHello again,\u201d Harry joked. \u201cSo AI got into my speech, so I was asked to come out and finish it. Interesting to see what it was so concerned about in part two.\u201d<\/p>\n

The prince warned that tech giants aim to \u201cfind you, hook you, exploit you, break and then blame you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSocial media learned how to capture our attention. AI is learning how to enter our relationships,\u201d Harry continued. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t just want your attention; it wants your attachment. It wants to be the thing you confide in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Hilary Clinton and Dr. Chelsea Clinton speak onstage during the Clinton Global Initiative 2026 Annual Meeting in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. Andrew Schwartz \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

Prince Harry attends the 2026 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. Janet Mayer\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Harry moved his family back to the UK in August for an \u201cextended period\u201d after he and Meghan failed to make it in America as Netflix celebrities or successful book authors during their six years of \u201cMegxit\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They are residing outside of London and won\u2019t return as working royals in the UK.<\/p>\n

Harry quickly came back to the Big Apple this week to cozy up to former President Bill Clinton, ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and daughter Chelsea for their annual gathering of world leaders.<\/p>\n

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Harry branded AI as the \u201cultimate sycophant,\u201d and warned that technology is advancing faster than researchers can keep up.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd as a father, I will remind you of the faces that accompanied me the last time I stood before you,\u201d Harry said while showing images of children. \u201cHundreds have become thousands. Thousands of parents grieving their children. Millions of families are living with the consequences of a digital revolution that moved faster than our willingness to protect them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The royal has made protecting young people from technology a recurring cause.<\/p>\n

In 2024, he also spoke at the forum, warning about the horrors of the \u201cdangerously powerful\u201d social media conglomerates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry returned to the US stage with a stumble on Wednesday \u2014 just weeks after jetting back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[181,791,88,111,9844,5416,200979,194],"class_list":["post-858221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-bill-clinton","tag-entertainment","tag-politics","tag-prince-harry","tag-royal-family","tag-the-clintons","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}