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AI ‘arms race’ risks human extinction, warns top computing expert

Tech CEOs are locked in an artificial intelligence "arms race" that risks wiping out humanity, said computer science researcher Stuart Russell.

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Gen Z meets business leaders: Are apprenticeships the answer to the concerns of both?

To help address Gen Z's career anxieties and support more young people into the industry, apprenticeships are pat of the solution.

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Oil in spotlight as Trump’s Iran warning rattles sleepy markets

Oil prices were in focus Tuesday as US President Donald Trump ramped up threats towards Iran, shaking up markets subdued by holidays in Asia...

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India’s tougher AI social media rules spark censorship fears

India has tightened rules governing the use of artificial intelligence on social media to combat a flood of disinformation.

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AI chatbots to face UK safety rules after outcry over Grok
TikTok faces a ban in the United States unless it finds a new non-Chinese owner

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ByteDance vows to boost safeguards after AI model infringement claims
Gadget makers are seeing prices soar for memory chips needed for smart features, forcing tough decisions when it comes to costs and designs

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Job threats, rogue bots: five hot issues in AI

Generative AI threatens to disrupt myriad industries, from software development and factory work to music and the movies.

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India hosts AI summit as safety concerns grow
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Vietnam had allowed blockchain technology to develop in a legal grey area

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US President Donald Trump (L) features in a German carnival float as a heavy-handed ICE immigration agent

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German carnival revellers take swipes at Putin, Trump, Epstein

From Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin, no one is safe when Germans celebrate carnival with floats that satirise politicians.

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Greece experts to examine Nazi atrocity photos find

Greece’s culture ministry said Monday that a trove of photographs that appear to capture one of Nazi Germany’s worst atrocities in the country appear...

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EU investigates Shein over sale of childlike sex dolls

Shein came under greater scrutiny in November after French authorities condemned the giant for featuring sex dolls resembling children.

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US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84: family

Veteran US civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson, one of the nation’s most influential Black voices, died peacefully Tuesday morning, his family said in...

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A conservative media critic picked by President Donald Trump to be US ambassador to South Africa has arrived to take up his post, the...

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Everyone in Europe agrees the EU needs to rescue its industry but the bloc is split over how far it should push a ‘Buy...

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Slovakia revamps bunkers with Ukraine war uncomfortably close

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