[ Chinese regulators have reportedly told the country’s tech giants not to offer access to AI chatbot ChatGPT over fears the tool will give “uncensored replies” to politically sensitive questions. That’s according to a report from Nikkei Asia citing “people with direct knowledge of the matter.” Nikkei says Chinese regulators told tech firms Tencent and Ant […]
[ Canada’s spy service warns that adversaries will turn to espionage and foreign interference tactics to target the country’s increasingly important artificial-intelligence sector. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says in a newly released analytical brief that countries including China and Russia can be expected to “pursue Canada’s AI through all available vectors” _ from state-sponsored […]
[ LONDON: Copper prices slumped on Wednesday on worries of more central bank rate hikes that could curb economic activity and sluggish demand in top metals consumer China. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 1.1% to $9,097 a tonne at 1030 GMT after rising on Tuesday to its highest since Feb. 2. […]
[ Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Joe Biden\’s \”protectionist\” Inflation Reduction Act won\’t help the U.S. counter the rise of China and could create a \”single point of failure\” in key supply chains, Britain\’s trade chief Kemi Badenoch warned. Speaking at a POLITICO event Tuesday night, Badenoch […]
[ A team from China\’s Fudan University apologised on Tuesday after a ChatGPT-like chatbot platform they developed crashed hours after it launched to the public, due to a sudden surge of traffic. The team\’s announcement on Monday of the platform they called MOSS instantly went viral on Chinese social media, generating tens of millions of […]
[ The Board of the China Development Bank (CDB) has approved the disbursement of $700 million for Pakistan, said Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar on Wednesday. “Formalities completed and Board of China Development Bank has approved the facility of $700 million for Pakistan,” Dar announced in a post on Twitter. “This amount […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have reached a deal for a $700 million commercial loan, reviving prospects for a total of $2 billion injection from the friendly country — a move that might temporarily stabilise the extremely thin foreign currency reserves until the International Monetary Fund (IMF) money started pouring in. The development came days before […]