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Government chiefs and tech leaders gather in Paris for AI summit
Paris (AFP) - Political and tech industry leaders were set to descend on Paris Monday for a two-day summit on...
Elon Musk says has no plans to acquire TikTok’s US operations
Washington (AFP) - Elon Musk, the world's richest person and a top advisor to US President Donald Trump, said he...
PlayStation outages frustrate users around the world
Washington (AFP) - From the United States to Thailand, users of the popular Sony PlayStation consoles might encounter "difficulties," the...
Macron says AI should not be ‘Wild West’
Paris (AFP) - Development of artificial intelligence (AI) should not be an unregulated "Wild West", French President Emmanuel Macron said...
OpenAI’s Altman warns EU regulation may hold Europe back
Berlin (AFP) - OpenAI chief Sam Altman on Friday suggested European regulation could hold back the development of artificial intelligence...
Emigration and war hit once-booming Belarus tech sector
Minsk (AFP) - A project manager in Belarus's once-flourishing tech industry, Andrei Dorin admits his sector is in "crisis". Thousands...
Amazon profits double, but cautious outlook disappoints
San Francisco (AFP) - E-commerce giant Amazon reported Thursday its fourth-quarter net income nearly doubled to $20 billion, driven by...
OpenAI says to host some customers’ data in Europe
Paris (AFP) - ChatGPT developer OpenAI said Thursday that it would allow some European customers to store and process data...
What Elon Musk’s Twitter tactics may bode for US government
San Francisco (AFP) - As Elon Musk and his aides take control of the US Treasury's payments system, the drastic...
Australia bans DeepSeek AI program on government devices
Sydney (AFP) - Australia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices on the advice of security agencies, a top official...
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