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Prince Harry Runs Into Trouble During Major New York Speech
He warned that AI is already harming children online before a technical issue stopped his remarks at about seven minutes, organizers said.
Prince Harry addressed the Clinton Global Initiative at CGI2026 in New York on Wednesday, where a teleprompter failure forced him to pause his speech for roughly 40 minutes.
The Duke appeared at the two-day annual meeting hosted by Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton to discuss technology's impact on children, connecting to his Archewell Foundation's Parents Network.
Warning that artificial intelligence is "learning how to enter our relationships," Harry argued it is more persuasive and intimate than social media, which previously sought only to capture attention.
Returning to the stage after roughly 40 minutes, Harry urged the world not to wait before protecting children from online harm, emphasizing he was speaking "as a father."
Describing the threat as "the same playbook that built the last crisis," Harry noted current litigation and settlements fail to address dangerous technology design flaws affecting a generation of children.
The Duke of Sussex made a speech about the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) in New York when a problem in the telepoint shortened the intervention.