Harry Returns to Finish AI Speech After Teleprompter Fault

Prince Harry’s speech at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York was interrupted by a teleprompter fault, and he returned about 40 minutes later to complete it, according to his spokesperson and event coverage. In the address, Harry urged action to protect children from online harm and warned that artificial intelligence could affect children’s relationships with technology in ways that social media has not. Harry was speaking during a session called Getting Disruption Right on Wednesday. The teleprompter stopped displaying his speech, and he paused before ending that part of his address and leaving the stage. After other presentations, he returned and joked that AI had got into his speech, adding that he had been asked to come back and finish it. His spokesperson confirmed that a teleprompter fault caused the interruption. Harry said he was speaking as a father and urged people not to wait to address risks to children online. He argued that social media had been designed to capture attention, while AI could become more intimate by entering users’ relationships and becoming something a child confides in.