(Reuters) – Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT are complicating governments’ efforts to agree laws governing the use of the technology. Here are the latest steps national and international governing bodies are taking to regulate AI tools: AUSTRALIA * Seeking input on regulations The government is consulting Australia’s main science…
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Ford has found what it described as a major international investor for the U.S. carmaker’s German plant in Saarlouis and has signed initial agreements together with the western state of Saarland, it said at a works meeting at the plant on Friday. “This is an excellent basis for further negotiations, with the…
By Joseph Ax, Daniel Wiessner and Tom Hals (Reuters) – The Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday barring race-conscious admissions policies will force universities to find new ways to attract a diverse student body – but experts said such efforts will likely open a new front in what has been a decades-long legal battle over race…
By Jason Lange and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two groups allied with former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have pumped more than $30 million into the 2024 Republican presidential race, more than five times the spending by all outside groups at the same point in the 2020 campaign, according to a…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The glass appears half full at half time. The U.S. economy and markets look to be in rude health as they hit the midyear mark on Friday, with both stock prices and interest rates climbing in tandem and the dollar on…
By Hyunjoo Jin and Akash Sriram SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla is set to report record vehicle deliveries, after the top electric vehicle maker increased discounts and other incentives to boost sales in the face of economic uncertainty and rising competition. Tesla is expected as early as this weekend to report global deliveries of 445,000…
(Reuters) – A severe storm that hit a Mercedes-Benz plant in the central German city of Kassel last week is estimated to have caused damage in the mid-double-digit-million euro range, said Daimler Truck in a statement on Friday. The June 22 storm and flooding that followed damaged roofs, buildings and offices at the plant, which…
(Reuters) – A severe storm that hit a Mercedes-Benz plant in the central German city of Kassel last week is estimated to have caused damage in the mid-double-digit-million euro range, said Daimler Truck in a statement on Friday. The June 22 storm and flooding that followed damaged roofs, buildings and offices at the plant, which…
By Orathai Sriring and Kitiphong Thaichareon BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s economy continued to recover in May as tourism gathered momentum and private and public spending increased while exports remained weak, the central bank said on Friday. Economic activity was seen rising steadily with tourist arrivals still increasing, said Sakkapop Panyanukul, a senior director at the…
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund and Pakistan have struck a staff-level agreement for the provision on $3 billion in bailout funds under a stand-by arrangement (SBA). The deal comes under an SBA instead of Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme that the country entered in 2019 and which was set to expire…
