Sarah Silverman sues Meta, OpenAI for copyright infringement

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against Meta Platforms and OpenAI for allegedly using their content without permission to train artificial intelligence language models. The proposed class action lawsuits filed by Silverman, Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden in San Francisco federal court Friday allege Facebook…

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Indian court turns down PepsiCo’s appeal against revocation of potato patent

By Mayank Bhardwaj and Sumit Khanna NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court rejected PepsiCo Inc’s appeal against an order that revoked a patent for a potato variety grown exclusively for the New York-based company’s popular Lay’s potato chips. The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPVFR) Authority in 2021 revoked intellectual protection granted…

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Colombia gov’t risks incompliance with fiscal rule – committee

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia risks falling out of compliance with its fiscal rule through greater spending proposed for 2024 and the financial impact of reforms being debated in Congress, an independent committee warned on Monday. Finance Minister Ricardo Bonilla has said the government would respect the 2011 rule which imposes constraints on fiscal policy to…

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European stocks start week on steady footing, China worries linger

By Matteo Allievi and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) -European shares inched higher on Monday with the travel & leisure sector leading gains, helping to limit the impact of weak inflation data from China that highlighted sluggish demand in the world’s second-largest economy. The pan-European STOXX 600 index ended 0.2% higher after recording its worst weekly performance…

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Fertilizer company OCI bets big on climate-friendly ammonia

By Rod Nickel and Victoria Klesty (Reuters) – Without a single sales contract in hand, Dutch fertilizer company OCI is building a $1 billion plant in Texas to produce ammonia with low greenhouse gas emissions, a gamble requiring heavy government subsidies, new markets and a contingency plan. OCI’s plant would be the world’s first new…

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