Welcome to our guide to the commodities markets moving the global economy. Today, reporter Dan Murtaugh takes a look at Washington and Beijing’s strategies to fuel the artificial-intelligence boom. The US and China have starkly divergent visions of the future of energy, and they’re bringing them to play in the race to power artificial intelligence….
China’s Premier Li Qiang cautioned on Saturday that artificial intelligence development must be weighed against the security risks, saying global consensus was urgently needed even as the tech race between Beijing and Washington shows no sign of abating. His remarks came just days after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled an aggressive low-regulation strategy aimed at…
Samsung was one of the first smartphone makers to go all-in with AI, thanks to the Galaxy AI stack. The Galaxy flagships didn’t only ship the usual Gemini features, but also delivered their own unique AI experiences with tools like Now Bar, Now Brief, and Interpreter, among others. The company has no plans of stopping…
Earthquakes have haunted humanity for millennia – their sudden violence leaving civilisations scrambling for early warning. Even today, when a Japanese manga implausibly predicted “The Big One” hitting the country on July 5, it sparked widespread panic. Scientists today rely on satellites, supercomputers and artificial intelligence to monitor seismic activity. But nearly 2,000 years ago,…
China has proposed a new global artificial intelligence co-operation organisation amid a patchwork of regulations among countries, as Beijing’s competition with the US over the critical technology heats up. Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Saturday called for an international framework to regulate AI as its governance is fragmented, he said at the opening of the…
China will lead the establishment of an international organization to collaboratively develop AI, according to the country’s premier, aiming to ensure that this transformative technology doesn’t become controlled by only a few nations or companies. Artificial intelligence harbors risks from widespread job losses to economic upheaval that require nations to work together to address, Premier…
Washington has imposed export restrictions on advanced technology to China, including the most high-end AI chips made by companies such as Nvidia and chipmaking equipment, citing concerns that the technology could enhance China’s military capabilities. Despite these restrictions, China has continued making AI breakthroughs that have drawn close scrutiny from US officials. China’s Vice Foreign…
Meme stocks. They’re back! This time around it’s GoPro, Beyond Meat, Kohl, Krispy Kreme and Opendoor Tech. Think short squeezes, sudden price moves (Opendoor up 300% in a few months and down 50% in a week), lots of Reddit chat and much money made and lost. It’s all a lot of fun (bar the losing…
Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink Corp. is collaborating with researchers in California and Spain on a clinical trial to study visual prosthetics. Neuralink’s participation in the trial was disclosed in late July on ClinicalTrials.gov, a government website listing medical studies. The study is sponsored by the University of California at Santa Barbara. Source link
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk is now a driving force in prediction markets. Musk’s xAI on Thursday announced a partnership to integrate its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok with Kalshi‘s prediction markets service. In June, xAI announced a similar deal with Polymarket, a Kalshi rival. Kalshi, the company that turned heads with a made-with-AI…