WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the White House on Thursday, touting their close friendship but appearing to make little progress on key issues that fuel tensions between their countries, such as trade and artificial intelligence.来源 1
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Trump told reporters, without elaboration, that he had a "great meeting" with Xi.来源 1
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On the eve of the summit, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the two countries would extend their fragile trade truce by two months to Jan. 10. It was due to expire on Nov. 10.来源 1
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The two countries have decided to engage in dialogue on AI. The United States has proposed to China the creation of a notification system for AI incidents that could impact national security, Bessent told reporters on Sunday.来源 1
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WASHINGTON: A who’s who of American technology and business leaders is expected at the White House on Thursday (Sep 24) for United States President Donald Trump’s state dinner for Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping – but who will represent corporate China remains far less clear.来源 2
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Donald Trump has welcomed Xi Jinping to the US, taking the unusual step of greeting the Chinese leader on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews to kick off his state visit to Washington.来源 4
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Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, announced that the US and China agreed on Wednesday to extend the so-called Busan agreement – a temporary trade truce between the world’s two biggest economies.来源 4
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Bessent, who met the Chinese vice-premier He Lifeng earlier on Wednesday, told Fox News the agreement would be extended until 10 January, two months after it was due to expire.来源 4
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BEIJING—China's Commerce Ministry confirmed Thursday that its senior trade negotiators had held their first talks with the U.S. on artificial intelligence.来源 3
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Spokesperson He Yadong told reporters the two sides also discussed plans for reducing tariffs, and extending trade arrangements agreed in Kuala Lumpur last October.来源 3
U.S. Treasury yields continued their upward momentum after hitting a 19-year high on Wednesday.来源 1
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Treasury yields were trading at multidecade highs on Thursday, as investor bets on another rate hike from the Federal Reserve mounted.来源 1
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The 30-year Treasury bond yield was last about 10 basis points higher, hitting a high of 5.501%, a level not seen since June 2004. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield, which is tied to rates on mortgages, surged more than 10 basis points to 5.223%, to levels not reached since June 2007. The 2-year note yield rose more than 4 basis points to 4.941%.来源 1
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The data drove expectations of more rate hikes, with traders last pricing in a more-than-75 % chance that the Federal Open Market Committee will increase rates again at its October meeting, per the CME Group's FedWatch tool. That compares to a roughly 49% probability just a week ago.来源 1
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The yield on benchmark US 10-year notes fell 0.18 basis points to 5.112 per cent after earlier reaching 5.1497 per cent, the highest since 2007.来源 2
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The 30-year bond yield rose 0.89 basis points to 5.4109 per cent and earlier peaked at 5.4461 per cent, the highest since 2004.来源 2
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Fed funds futures traders are now pricing in 66 per cent odds of a Fed hike next month, up from around 53 per cent before the S&P data was released on Wednesday.来源 2
KYIV — A barrage of Russian drone and missile strikes pummelled Ukraine on Thursday, killing six agricultural workers in the east alongside two in the capital, Kyiv, the latest in an intensifying exchange of attacks.来源 1
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The strikes, which triggered air raid sirens and sent locals scurrying underground for shelter, came after both Kyiv and Moscow were at the United Nations and vowed no let-up in their long-range attacks, dimming any immediate prospects for peace in Europe's worst conflict since World War II.Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was in New York seeking more Western support for stronger sanctions against the Kremlin, accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure.The increase in attacks, particularly on Kyiv, has prompted residents to consider contingency plans for the winter, if Russian strikes once again knock out the energy system vital for heating in bitter sub-zero temperatures.Burnt-out cars and the smouldering remains of buildings were seen in Kyiv, emergency service images showed, after the early morning attacks that the authorities said included powerful ballistic missiles.At least two people were killed across the city, Prime Minister Sergiy Koretsky said.In the Kharkiv region, the regional prosecutor's office published images showing the inside of a destroyed warehouse, with what appeared to be piles of apples strewn on the floor and a gaping hole in the roof.The storage facility in the Chuguiv district, southeast of Kharkiv, was hit as employees were sorting vegetables, it added.Drone-missile hybrid"Preliminary data indicate that the enemy used a small-sized cruise missile known as 'Banderol'," a statement read.A Banderol is a low-cost hybrid weapon combining characteristics of a cruise missile and an attack drone. The Russian military has used them on a large scale, notably to overwhelm Ukrainian air defences.Eight settlements in the region had been attacked in the last 24 hours, its governor Oleg Synegubov said.In and around Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa, officials said Russian strikes caused a fire at a shopping mall and also hit houses and businesses.The latest attacks came a day after a series of Russian strikes killed at least seven people in Ukraine and sparked fires in Kyiv.The capital, which is home to some three million people, has been the target of particularly intense drone attacks in recent days, hitting petrol stations and the rail network.The Nova Post postal and courier company said one of its branches was destroyed and its sorting depot was damaged in Thursday's strikes.Agence France-Presse (AFP) analysis of data from the ACLED armed conflict monitor showed that there were more Russian strikes on the Kyiv region in the first 18 days of September than in any full month since the start of the war apart from March 2022.Zelensky met North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) Secretary General Mark Rutte in New York to brief him on the latest security situation, and made a renewed push for US-made interceptors against ballistic missiles and tougher sanctions on Russia.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has urged both sides not to target the other's energy sector.But Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said there would be no "pause" in the war, while Zelensky said Moscow would leave Kyiv "no choice" but to do likewise if the Kremlin again weaponised the region's brutal winter with attacks on energy facilities.来源 1
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At least six agricultural workers were killed and 12 others were wounded in a strike on the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv, Interior Minister Ihor Vyhivskyi said.来源 2
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Ukrainian authorities said that the warehouse had been hit by a small-sized cruise missile of the "Banderol" type.来源 2
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Meanwhile, at least two people were killed across the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, Prime Minsiter Serhiy Koretsky said.来源 2
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Strikes were also recorded in and around the southwestern port city of Odesa, with officials reporting they sparked a fire at a shopping mall.来源 2
出于极度谨慎，联合包裹（UPS）服务公司向负责执行出口管制法律的国务院国防贸易管制局（Directorate of Defence Trade Controls）披露了这一事件。来源 1
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Chinese authorities are reportedly in possession of F-35 stealth fighter parts after components of the aircraft were "inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong."来源 2
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Shipping giant UPS was sending a cockpit canopy and weapons bay door to the U.S. from Australia in late May when it was diverted, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing sources.来源 2
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Marles also said it was his understanding that no sensitive parts were in the missing shipment, according to CNN.来源 2
The yield on the country's 10-year government bonds — known as OATs — popped above 4.5% on Friday for the first time since 2008, and has since held above that threshold. It was last seen trading with a yield of 4.6696% on Thursday.来源 1
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France's 10-year yield is now more than one percentage point higher than the payout on German 10-year bonds for the first time since the height of the euro zone sovereign debt crisis in 2012. The market continues to demand greater compensation for lending to France than it does to Italy or Greece — the problem children of the crisis.来源 1
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's fragile minority government will submit a draft proposal for the 2027 package to parliament in early October, which will be debated through the month ahead of a Nov. 17 vote.来源 1
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Lecornu has said he will target 54 billion euros ($61.8 billion) in spending cuts, insisting that greater fiscal discipline is needed to quell France's ballooning debt load and reduce one of the euro area's biggest budget deficits. Some economists say France is on an unsustainable path after Fitch's downgrade of the country's credit rating last year.来源 1
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On Saturday, the French finance ministry said it expects national debt to reach a record high of 119.3% of gross domestic product in 2026, with a projected debt-to-GDP ratio of 121.7% in 2027.来源 1
The US sanctions aim to stop Iranian airlines from flying worldwide, while Iran warned this could increase tensions in the region.来源 2
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DUBAI: Iranian airlines were barred from neighbouring countries including the UAE and Oman on Thursday (Sep 24) in response to new US sanctions, the first big impact of a shift in US policy to target companies in third countries that do business with Iran.来源 2
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The General Civil Aviation Authority of the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East's biggest travel hub, said that as a result of the new US policy it was suspending all flights by Iranian airlines until further notice.来源 2
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Iran's Tasnim news agency reported that flights had also been shut down to Oman, Georgia and Azerbaijan, and to the Iraqi capital Baghdad. It said authorities were working to route flights to another Iraqi airport, in Najaf, a major Shi'ite Muslim religious pilgrimage site.来源 2
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Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport listed scheduled arrivals and departures on Thursday to and from countries including Afghanistan, Armenia, China, Iraq, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Türkiye. But no flights appeared to be listed to or from the nearby Gulf states, with which Iran has long had some of its most important business and travel ties.来源 2
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Iran has suggested that enforcement of a US-mandated air blockade would lead to potential escalation. On Wednesday, a senior Iranian official threatened to make airports "unusable" in any regional country that abides by the US ban.来源 2
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Flights between Iran and the United Arab Emirates have been suspended, following tighter US sanctions on Iran's aviation industry. The move effectively cuts Tehran off from Dubai, one of the region's most important commercial hubs. There are also huge backups near Iran's border with Turkey, as overland shipping routes struggle to fill the gaps. Also in this edition - Donald Trump and Xi Jinping hail strong ties between the US and China as they discuss AI, trade, and energy.来源 1
The EU has warned Donald Trump against plans to ban US diesel exports to the global market, saying the move would negatively affect Europe and the US.来源 1
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The European Commission has reacted with “concern” to reports this week that the US president could prevent diesel from reaching the global market.来源 1
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Olof Gill, a spokesperson for the EU’s executive arm, said on Thursday “any disruption would risk negatively impacting both sides” and the EU expected “close partners to consult each other before taking measures that affect shared markets”.来源 1
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The biggest business groups in the U.S. warned President Trump against a diesel export ban this week, saying in a joint letter that such an action would prove counterproductive and raise fuel prices rather than lower them.来源 2
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, National Association of Manufacturers, American Petroleum Institute and dozens of other groups told Trump that an export ban would "lead to less fuel production, tighter supplies and rising costs for American families, farmers and truckers."来源 2
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Trump is facing growing political pressure from Republican lawmakers in farm states including Iowa to take action to lower fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. Diesel cost a national average of $6.51 per gallon Thursday, $2.82 more expensive than the same period last year, according to data from AAA.来源 2
Sales of Chinese hybrid cars have rocketed in the EU in the past four and a half years, data shows, underlining growing concerns in Brussels over the future of the European car industry.来源 1
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In 2022, just 659 Chinese-made fully hybrid cars (vehicles in which the petrol or diesel engine charge the motor and battery) were sold in the EU. However, after Brussels imposed anti-subsidy tariffs on fully electric cars from China in 2024, sales of hybrids have shot up to 160,662 in the first seven months of this year.来源 1
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Eurostat figures show that sales of Chinese-made plug-in hybrid vehicles – models popular for longer driving distances that can recharge via both the fuel engine and an external power source – have also soared, rising from 56,706 sold in 2022 to 217,764 from January to July this year.来源 1
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The volume of Chinese hybrids on the roads is now spooking the car industry and Brussels, which has asked China to voluntarily reduce its hybrid exports to the EU or face safeguards, likely to be quotas.来源 1
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On Thursday the German car industry for the first time indicated it would be willing to consider tariffs on Chinese hybrids specifically.来源 1
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The German Association of the Automotive Industry, VDA, called on the European Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the impact of any trade safeguards, which can range from quotas to price floors and tariffs.来源 1
Oil prices lurched upwards again on Thursday, creating a growing headache for UK policymakers ahead of John Healey’s budget next month.来源 1
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While Healey has been keen to present an upbeat picture of the UK’s economic prospects, Treasury sources concede the sharp jump in oil and gas prices means they have “less room” than a month ago.来源 1
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The price of a barrel of Brent crude was up almost 5% at $108 on Thursday after reports of more military clashes between Saudi Arabia and Houthi forces.来源 1
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The Bank’s chief economist, Clare Lombardelli, said in a speech on Thursday that the longer oil prices remained elevated as a result of the war, the more likely it was that rates would have to rise.来源 1
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“The longer higher energy prices persist, the greater the risk that indirect effects build and that inflation expectations, wage bargaining and price-setting behaviour begin to adjust in response,” she told an economic conference in Warsaw, Poland. “On that basis, policy is increasingly likely to need to tighten if elevated energy prices persist, absent clear evidence of disinflation or weaker activity.”来源 1
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The yield – in effect the interest rate – on 10-year UK bonds, known as gilts, rose to 5.39% on Thursday, approaching the 19-year high set last week.来源 1
CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The death toll from Typhoon Dujuan, which barreled by eastern Japan earlier this week, rose to 11 on Thursday, local authorities said.来源 1
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The body of Akemi Numata, a resident in her 70s of Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture, which neighbors Tokyo, was found after she had been reported missing following a landslide triggered by the typhoon. The death toll now stands at four in Kanagawa and seven in nearby Chiba Prefecture. Three more people remain missing.来源 1
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East Japan Railway Co., known as JR East, was forced to suspend services on certain sections of many lines and reduce the number of trains running.来源 1
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On the Uchibo Line, the service between JR Anegasaki Station and JR Kisarazu Station, both in Chiba, is not expected to resume for about three months, the operator said.来源 1
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According to Chiba prefectural authorities, as of Thursday afternoon, 989 buildings had been damaged, including 27 that were totally destroyed and 517 with water damage above floor level.来源 1
The White House on Thursday began readmitting journalists from three media outlets — MS NOW, CNN and Politico — after a federal judge temporarily lifted President Donald Trump's ban on those outlets.来源 1
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The move came after Secret Service officers initially barred some journalists from those outlets from entering the White House earlier Thursday despite the order by Judge Timothy Kelly.来源 1
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Kelly issued his restraining order, which will last for at least 14 days, late Wednesday night. It directed the White House to "immediately" restore access to the three outlets.来源 1
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In his order Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, Kelly said the three outlets had shown they were likely to win their lawsuit challenging Trump's ban, "at least on their Fifth Amendment due process claim."来源 1
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The judge, whom Trump appointed in 2017, said the ban appeared to clearly violate two federal appeals court rulings that require advance notice and an opportunity to be heard to journalists whose White House press passes are targeted for revocation.来源 1
The Italian government has approved a ban on the burqa and niqab in schools, along with a limit on the share of pupils who speak little Italian in any one class.来源 1
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A 30% cap will be imposed on children without Italian citizenship or poor knowledge of the Italian language in the first year of primary, middle and high school.来源 1
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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the measures as "common-sense tools that do not divide but really help to integrate".来源 1
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Opposition parties accuse the government of pandering to the policies of the hard-right Futuro Nazionale party, ahead of a general election next year.来源 1
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The veil ban would apply to the burqa and niqab, but not the hijab, which leaves the face visible.来源 1
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The measure is a decree law, meaning it can take effect immediately, but must be ratified by parliament within 60 days.来源 1
The fossil fuel industry secured an estimated $190bn in tax breaks and subsidies over the next decade after responding to Donald Trump’s pre-election call for major campaign donations, leaving American taxpayers to shoulder higher bills and public health costs associated with pollution, according to a new report.来源 1
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Released on Thursday by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, ranking member of the Senate environment and public works committee, and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, the report details what the senators describe as the fossil fuel industry’s expansive influence over the Trump administration.来源 1
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In exchange, the report said Trump appointed 26 senior officials – all of whom had previously worked for fossil fuel, chemical, or other polluting industries – across various government agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the energy and interior departments.来源 1
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As part of Trump’s “big, beautiful” domestic spending bill, signed last July, the government created a $1bn direct subsidy fund for fossil fuels, using the Defense Production Act authority to “funnel taxpayer money into propping up fossil fuel projects” considered economically risky by private capital markets.来源 1
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The act also provides a permanent 20% business income deduction for oil and gas companies, which the report said would cost the government an estimated $737bn overall.来源 1
The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday requested public comment on two proposals related to establishing a regulatory framework for Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act.来源 1
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The first proposal would require that Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers fully back their stablecoins with certain permissible reserve assets, such as short-term Treasury bills and certain other high-quality, liquid assets. The proposal would also establish standardized capital requirements to address certain credit and operational risks of payment stablecoin activities, as well as risk management standards, in accordance with the law. Separately, the proposal would introduce rules for Board-supervised firms that safekeep the assets backing payment stablecoins. It would also clarify the permissibility of stablecoin and related activities for Board-supervised banks.来源 1
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The second proposal would establish a tailored application process for Board-supervised banks applying to issue payment stablecoins. These applicants would be required to submit a business plan and financial information, among other documents. The proposal would also create a process governing appeals, hearings, and final determinations for applications.来源 1
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The comment period will close 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.来源 1
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 : The White House has asked OpenAI and Anthropic to hold new models from British testers until a US review, Politico reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the matter and a senior US administration official.来源 1
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The White House wants to take steps to make sure US systems are secure before the models are shared with partners, according to the report.来源 1
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The development comes as the White House weighs cybersecurity risks posed by increasingly capable AI models, following a series of incidents in which AI systems gained unauthorized access to real-world computer systems.来源 1
Google is taking its first step toward making Project Suncatcher a reality. Announced last year, Suncatcher is Google’s “moonshot” effort to design orbital AI data centers, which AI boosters like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have pitched as an alternative to divisive terrestrial data centers. Google’s first experimental satellite will launch on October 1 with the aim of validating Google’s vision for a constellation of AI satellites.来源 1
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MVP is starting small, with solar panels that supply only about one kilowatt of power, The New York Times reports. That’s enough to power a microwave or a hair dryer. Google did not build the satellite from scratch. While the AI hardware inside is Google’s, the spacecraft comes from a satellite imagery firm called Planet Labs. The initial plan was to launch two custom satellites in 2027, but Google wanted to accelerate its efforts. So the company opted to integrate its chips into a satellite that Planet Labs had already built for an early test.来源 1
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Google’s AI test will launch as part of the upcoming Transporter-18 rideshare aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Eventually, Google wants to have networks of orbiting satellites that communicate over high-speed laser connections, probably requiring expensive dedicated launches. This lone satellite will serve as a test of several technologies and will operate for just a few months.来源 1
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Sept 24 : Alphabet's Google said on Thursday it will launch a prototype satellite next week in its first in-orbit test of Project Suncatcher, a research effort to explore whether space could potentially host large-scale AI computing infrastructure.来源 2
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The new mission, scheduled to fly on SpaceX's upcoming Transporter-18 rideshare launch in partnership with satellite company Planet Labs, will assess how Google's AI hardware withstands launch forces, radiation and extreme temperatures in LEO.来源 2
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After the launch, it will send a prototype satellite carrying Google Tensor Processing Units into low Earth orbit to assess if the AI chips can operate reliably in space.来源 2
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It aims to launch two satellites in 2027 to test the high-bandwidth laser links needed to connect future computing clusters.来源 2
It would be "reasonable" to expect another interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve by the end of the year, New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said on Thursday.来源 1
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Williams said investor sentiment suggests that "it's likely that another rate hike may be appropriate by the end of the year."来源 1
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Williams also said the time for explicit forward guidance was "over," echoing the approach of Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, who has said the central bank will refrain from directly signalling to the market what it intends to do at coming meetings.来源 1
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The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point earlier this month, taking the overnight funds rate to a target range of 3.75%-4%.来源 1
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Commentary from Warsh and from other central bank officials following that decision has fueled market expectations that another hike will follow in the coming months. CME Group's FedWatch tool put the probability of an October raise at 77.5% on Thursday, up from around 53% on Wednesday.来源 1
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 : The US government said on Thursday it had formally sought to join a legal challenge filed by billionaire Elon Musk to dismiss a fine of €120 million ($136.51 million) by the European Union against his social media platform X.来源 1
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EU tech regulators fined X late last year for breaching online content rules, the first sanction under a landmark legislation that has drawn criticism from Washington.来源 1
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The US Department of Justice said it had filed an application with the EU's General Court in support of X's effort to annul the case.来源 1
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"The European Commission inappropriately attempted to expand its regulatory authority to reach American companies not present or operating within its jurisdiction," Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate of the US Justice Department's civil division said.来源 1
Sept 24 : Akamai Technologies signed an $11.6 billion cloud services deal with Anthropic on Thursday, and issued a warrant that could give the AI lab up to 5 per cent stake in the cloud company, sending its shares surging 22 per cent in extended trading.来源 1
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The agreement secures a long-term commitment from one of the fastest-growing AI companies, and adds to more than $2.8 billion in multi-year cloud infrastructure deals Akamai announced across its customer base this year.来源 1
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Under the seven-year contract, the warrant would give Anthropic the right to purchase Series B shares at $111.33 each that converts into about 7.7 million shares of Akamai's common stock.来源 1
Germany's economy is growing again, but recovery remains on shaky ground. High government spending is keeping the economy afloat, while energy prices, a shortage of skilled workers and debt continue to weigh on it.来源 1
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After several difficult years, the German economy has regained its footing. Leading economic research institutes now expect the economy to grow by 1.3% in 2026 and by 1.1% next year — significantly more than was forecast back in the spring.来源 1
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However, researchers believe it will not last. For 2028, the institutes expect growth of only 0.4%.来源 1
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"The drivers of growth will continue to dwindle," said Stefan Kooths of the Kiel-based research institute IfW. High energy prices, a shortage of skilled workers, an aging population and years of low investment by many companies are slowing growth. The institutes therefore warned against misinterpreting the latest positive figures as the beginning of a new economic boom.来源 1
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Economic analysts agree that this spending has had a positive effect on the economy. The government has been an important engine of growth, especially at a time when consumers are tightening their belts and many companies are postponing investments. But this is also where economists are raising concerns. That's because the spending is financed through debt.来源 1
At Meta's annual Connect conference, which landed a week before OpenAI's big event for developers, the company said that by the end of 2026, "there will be over 100 styles of AI glasses," and Zuckerberg on Wednesday revealed a pendant called the Muse Charm, though he didn't offer a price.来源 1
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Meta was late to the generative AI game, badly trailing OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, which all have popular AI models and a host of services used by consumers and businesses. Zuckerberg is trying to make up for lost time with Muse, an app that can act as a personal assistant, responding to emails, booking travel and shopping on a user's behalf.来源 1
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At Meta Connect, the Facebook co-founder revealed on Wednesday the Meta VR Glasses, a smaller and slimmer device compared to the company's older Quest-branded family of VR headsets, and a handheld device called the Muse Charm that works with the company's recently released Muse AI personal agent. He revealed the products while speaking on stage at the annual Connect conference for developers.来源 2
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Zuckerberg shared few details about what Muse Charm can do, only to say that people will be able to speak to the gadget to interact with their Meta AI agents "without having to unlock a phone or open an app." He didn't say how much it would cost, but said that Meta needs to "finalize laying out the components" and is "planning to have this ready to ship in time for the holidays in December."来源 2
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The Meta VR Glasses are slimmer and lighter than the company's older Quest-branded VR headsets, but they are also more expensive, costing $1,299 when they go on sale in spring 2027. They represent Meta's first VR device since 2024, when the company debuted the $299 Quest 3S.来源 2
A huge datacentre project hailed by the UK government will miss its launch date next year and could be delayed into the mid-2030s.来源 1
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The site in Loughton, Essex, was described as the country’s largest AI supercomputer when it was announced in 2025, but power supply problems mean it now faces a lengthy wait before coming online.来源 1
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Now there are further concerns about the project due to its inability to obtain enough power before its planned 2027 debut. The Loughton supercomputer is being built by Nscale, a UK-based startup seeking a $35bn (£26bn) flotation this year.来源 1
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UK Power Networks (UKPN), the company that will connect the site to the local power grid, has reportedly told Nscale the grid will not be able to supply sufficient power to the datacentre until the early to mid-2030s.来源 1
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Keir Starmer’s government cited the Loughton project when announcing the UK’s AI strategy in 2025, describing the site as the “largest UK sovereign AI datacentre”. Datacentres are the central nervous system of AI technology such as chatbots.来源 1
- Ms Schnabel to remain a member of the ECB’s Executive Board and Governing Council until transitioning to the new role来源 1
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Isabel Schnabel, member of the Executive Board and the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), has informed President Christine Lagarde that she will step down from her position on 3 January 2027.来源 1
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Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has announced today her intention to appoint Ms Schnabel as the Fund’s Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, effective 4 January 2027. Until then, Ms Schnabel will remain in her current position and continue to exercise her responsibilities.来源 1
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Following an opinion from the ECB’s Ethics Committee, the Governing Council has decided that no cooling-off period is required. Ms Schnabel will not be involved in any matters related to the IMF for the remainder of her term at the ECB.来源 1
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A successor will be appointed by the European Council in accordance with the procedure set out in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. If necessary, Ms Schnabel’s Executive Board responsibilities will be temporarily reassigned among the remaining members of the Executive Board after her departure.来源 1
Oracle is reportedly looking to delay payment on Project Jupiter if the data center fails to come online in 2028来源 1
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Oracle shares fell more than 3% on Thursday following news that the company sent a "force majeure" notice tied to its New Mexico data center project to protect itself from higher expenses.来源 1
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"Project Jupiter remains on our planned schedule," Oracle said in a statement to CNBC. "We are fully committed to New Mexico and confident in our path forward."来源 1
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The company is looking to delay payment on the campus, dubbed Project Jupiter, if it fails to come online as expected in 2028, according to the report.来源 1
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The New Mexico data center project, which is part of the broader Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out with President Donald Trump, has been riddled with setbacks and regulatory hurdles.来源 1
Some 60 commercial vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday carrying the highest daily volume of crude oil since early July, despite the US war on Iran, a US official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.来源 1
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About 40 of those vessels coordinated with the US military for protection, the US official added. About 22 million barrels of oil exited the maritime chokepoint.来源 1
The EU and several Southeast Asian nations are nearing the finish line on bilateral trade deals, and if the current deadlines hold, the European bloc will have agreements in place with six out of 11 ASEAN states by the middle of next year.来源 1
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Free trade agreements with Singapore and Vietnam are already in force. Negotiations with Indonesia have concluded, and Jakarta aims to sign the agreement in October, with implementation targeted for early 2027.来源 1
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Talks with Thailand, relaunched in 2023, have reached nine negotiating rounds, while Malaysia resumed negotiations in early 2025 after a 13-year pause. Both are expected to be finalized by the end of the year or early 2027.来源 1
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Earlier this week, the EU and the Philippines announced that they had reached "substantial agreement" on their free trade agreement, putting it on course for formal conclusion in the coming months.来源 1
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EU-Southeast Asia goods trade reached €274.9 billion ($313.7 billion) last year, up around 6% from the previous year and more than 50% from the €177.9 billion recorded in 2016, according to EU data.来源 1
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Optical lattice clocks developed by a Japanese scientist have emerged as a leading candidate in discussions by an international body to redefine the second.来源 1
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The General Conference on Weights and Measures to be held in France next month will identify remaining issues, with a new definition and implementation schedule to be proposed as early as 2030.来源 1
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The clocks, which use atoms such as strontium and ytterbium, lose or gain only about one second over 30 billion years, far surpassing the precision of cesium atomic clocks currently used to define the second.来源 1
Sept 24 : OpenAI is set to preview a cybersecurity-focused artificial intelligence model, GPT-6 Cyber, within days and launch a new product designed to help customers deploy it more securely and automatically, Fortune reported on Thursday, citing myltiple sources familiar with the plans.来源 1
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Reuters could not immediately verify the report. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment outside regular business hours.来源 1
Researchers at Brazil's State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) found that popular chatbots shifted their answers when prompted with hypothetical users' political views. The scientists warn that users could mistake this tailored agreement for an independent assessment, potentially deepening polarization.来源 1
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In their study published in the journal Scientific Reports, the UNICAMP team tested 21 large language models from developers including OpenAI, Meta, Google, xAI, DeepSeek and Microsoft.来源 1
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When information was provided, every model shifted its answers toward the political orientation described in the prompt.来源 1
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"The most striking finding was how widespread this behavior was," study co-author Zanoni Dias, a UNICAMP computer scientist, told DW. "All 21 models we evaluated shifted their expressed positions toward the user's stated political orientation, although the magnitude varied substantially."来源 1
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"Our study establishes a change in model responses under controlled conditions," Dias said. "It does not establish that users became more polarized, radicalized or likely to engage in conflict. Those are distinct outcomes, and the steps connecting them cannot be assumed."来源 1
The BBC has been warned it risks entering a “doom spiral” of endless cuts and weaker public support for its services, as insiders anticipate the imminent closure of some TV and radio services.来源 1
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Morale at the corporation is said to be extremely low as a series of cuts are slowly revealed to staff. In the latest announcement, the BBC said it would be reducing the number of local specialist correspondent roles.来源 1
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It immediately triggered concerns about the loss of expert, local knowledge. The cuts are part of a plan to save £500m and shed up to 2,000 jobs.来源 1
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“The more cuts the BBC makes, the more its services suffer. This makes it more difficult for the broadcaster to justify public spending, which in turn leads to further cuts. The BBC is at risk of entering an inescapable doom spiral if it continues in this direction.来源 1
Berlin has confirmed reports that it is withdrawing its bid to host the Summer Olympics and Paralympics.来源 1
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The decision means that only Munich and the western Rhine/Ruhr region are still in the running as potential hosts, with Hamburg having pulled out in May after failing to win support at a referendum.来源 1
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The withdrawal comes after the socialist Left Party's victory in Berlin's elections on Sunday. The party's lead candidate and potential mayor, Elif Eralp, said she did not support Berlin's bid.来源 1
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The current mayor, Kai Wegner of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), told reporters: "Today is a sad day for Berlin, because the Olympic and Paralympic Games would have been a tremendous opportunity."来源 1
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On Saturday, the German Olympic Committee (DOSB) is to choose a preferred region as part of a bid to the International Olympic Committee to host one of the 2036, 2040 and 2044 Summer Games.来源 1
When people reach out during a mental health crisis, a top priority for counselors is identifying those with a high risk of suicide. The distressed person’s language holds critical clues, and a new tool developed by scientists at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research is designed to pick up on and rapidly evaluate those signals.来源 1
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The language-processing tool was developed by Daniel Low, a former graduate student in Senior Research Scientist Satra Ghosh’s Senseable Intelligence Group who is now a research scientist at the Child Mind Institute, where he leads its AI, Risk, and Contemplative Science Lab, as well as a visiting scholar at Harvard University. It uses a custom-built list of words and phrases linked to 49 suicide risk factors, searching text for these and using them to estimate an individual’s risk.来源 1
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Ghosh, Low, and colleagues report today in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science that their tool accurately predicts suicide risk from text conversations with crisis counselors. It is already helping to clarify which suicide risk factors matter most in times of crisis. With more validation, it could help with risk assessment in clinical settings and crisis-support situations.来源 1
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Crisis Text Line, a global mental health nonprofit that provides free, 24/7, confidential mental health support for people in need, provided specialized training and controlled access to this restricted dataset. The researchers analyzed de-identified texts from approximately 16,000 conversations with Crisis Text Line’s volunteer crisis counselors. Based on Crisis Text Line’s assessments, those conversations were grouped into three different risk levels: non-suicidal, suicidal ideation without imminent risk, and imminent risk. It was this imminent risk group — those with a plan for suicide, or who have an intent to die within the next 48 hours — that the researchers most wanted to understand.来源 1
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Low stresses that while the team used the power of a large language model to develop its lexicon, its prediction model is a simpler, “lightweight” model. Unlike large language models, which require massive computational power, it can be run easily on a personal computer, reducing both cost and privacy concerns. Just as importantly, it is interpretable: Rather than merely generating a risk estimate like some deep learning models can do more effectively, it tells users how it got there. Words of concern can be flagged so users understand the basis for each assessment and act on that information. They are working on similar explainability approaches with large language models.来源 1
The largest combined bat genome and fossil study ever conducted is now bringing some clarity. Its findings indicate that these flying mammals first appeared in Europe about 65 million years ago, in the aftermath of the mass extinction event that doomed the dinosaurs, before spreading around the world, not in North America, Asia or Africa as previously hypothesized.来源 1
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The researchers assembled the largest collection of high-quality bat genomes to date, covering 103 species representing all 21 recognized families of bats. They integrated this data with an analysis of 44 fossil bats to decipher their evolutionary history and generate a bat family tree.来源 1
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They also concluded that, like flight, echolocation — the biological sonar system many bats use to navigate in the dark and catch flying prey — evolved near the dawn of bat evolution.来源 1
Four crew members from three space agencies will launch to the International Space Station no earlier than spring 2027 for a long-duration science expedition as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-14 mission.来源 1
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NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Chris Birch will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Makoto Suwa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Arutyun Kiviryan as mission specialists. After docking, Crew-14 will join the space station’s Expedition 75/76.来源 1
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This mission is the 14th commercial crew rotation with SpaceX under NASA’s Low Earth Orbit Program. The crew will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare humans for future exploration missions to the Moon and Mars and to benefit people on Earth.来源 1
Google is rolling out a new Live Avatar feature for its Gemini 3.8 Live model, which shows an animated AI persona that lip-syncs and makes different facial expressions when it responds.来源 1
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Google’s new Gemini 3.8 Live update lets users have conversations with the model while watching an animated AI persona respond in real time. The “Live Avatar” will lip-sync and show different facial expressions during conversations, but it’s currently only available to Gemini Enterprise customers. As noted by Google, Live Avatar can transition between the 97 languages it supports “without degrading video fidelity or introducing visual drift.” One video shared by Google shows its Live Avatar talking in English and Japanese, with its mouth animation lining up with what it’s saying in both languages. It can also pull up information on-screen while it talks. [Video: Gemini 3.8 with Live Avatar] The launch of Live Avatar comes about a week after Google revealed its new Gemini 3.8 Live model, which the company says “processes visual inputs in near real-time.” Though Google will offer a library of preset avatars for customers to choose from, it will also allow organizations to create their own. Google says output from its Live Avatar comes with its invisible SynthID watermark alongside safeguards to “respect identity.”来源 1
With AI agents like Meta’s Muse and Instinct now able to make calls on users’ behalf, Google is now letting Gemini call businesses with a new feature called “Call for Me.”来源 1
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The feature will initially roll out to Pixel 11 owners who pay for a Gemini subscription in the U.S. It will also require the use of the beta version of Google’s Phone app for Android, as it’s still supposed to be an experiment.来源 1
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In addition, Google says users will be able to follow the call as it happens and take over at any time. “Call for Me” will also use your own personal phone number to make calls, which will be dialed directly from your phone.来源 1
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Google says the AI can handle complex tasks, like calling a store to ask if a product is in stock, making a restaurant reservation, moving a scheduled appointment to a different date, or placing items on hold.来源 1
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The AI can call a business and introduce itself, navigate automated phone menus, wait on hold, and then handle the conversation on the other end. Meanwhile, users can watch how the call proceeds via a live transcript of the conversation.来源 1
Meta announced two major new tools for Horizon development that will let you create games with AI prompts: Horizon Create, a mobile app, and Horizon Studio, a browser app that offers more granular controls.来源 1
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Meta has a new plan to get people to make games for its Horizon social platform. The company today announced two new development tools that will let you create games with AI prompts: Horizon Create, a mobile app, and Horizon Studio, a browser app that offers more granular controls. The apps will be available in early access, and interested users can sign up for a waitlist. Horizon has struggled as a platform, but Meta has a plan to give these new Horizon games significantly more reach: It’s going to let published games made with Horizon Create and Horizon Studio get recommended on Facebook and Instagram, where they also will be playable. “Someone scrolling through Instagram can tap a clip of your game and be in a multiplayer session within seconds, without needing to download an app or being redirected,” Meta says. “Your game lives natively in the feeds where people already discover content and connect with friends.” Games that are “engaging, stable, culturally relevant, and keep players coming back” will get more reach, according to the company. [Video: Horizon Create Demo] The company’s announcement comes as Roblox, a similar platform to Horizon that is vastly more popular, is also making a significant push into AI-powered development, including a feature in its mobile app that similarly allows users to generate games with a prompt. Meta’s news about Horizon, which launched as a VR app, follows a recent pivot to primarily focus on mobile. With Meta stuffing AI into basically everything it can, it’s perhaps no surprise that AI is becoming a big part of Horizon as well. Giving people the tools to quickly make those could give people more options for things to play. I’m pretty skeptical that a bunch of AI-generated games will be as engaging as a handcrafted experience, but the games made in Create and Studio sound as if they’ll at least have the elements of video games (unlike Google’s Project Genie, which can create brief but empty AI-generated interactive experiences). “Both enable creators to turn any idea into a complete 2D or 3D mobile game, complete with progression systems, balanced difficulty, art direction, multiplayer, and more, then refine every element to their standards,” Meta says in a blog post. Meta also likely has a very long way to go to reach the scale of Roblox, which has 123 million daily active users. Horizon, by contrast, hasn’t ever really taken off; The Verge reported in early 2022 that it hit 300,000 monthly users.来源 1
Sept 24 : BNP Paribas will keep some sensitive customer data and critical operations off public cloud infrastructure even after signing a five-year cloud and AI partnership with Google, the French bank said on Thursday.来源 1
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The agreement gives BNP access to Google public-cloud infrastructure and Gemini models as the bank develops AI agents for internal work including corporate credit memos, sales, trading, research and structuring.来源 1
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But the deal does not mark a wholesale move, BNP Group Chief Information Officer Marc Camus told reporters in a call.来源 1
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BNP plans to keep using open-source models and to maintain its partnership with French AI company Mistral, with the providers used for different applications.来源 1
BeReal promised Japan’s Gen Z an escape from curated online perfection. But in workplaces, the app’s two-minute timer to post photos has caused a wave of accidental data leaks.来源 1
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Yet what appears on the surface to be a harmless game of digital tag has triggered growing alarm over a wave of accidental corporate data leaks and privacy breaches in Japan, especially when users post photos from their workplace without thinking.来源 1
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An investigation by public broadcaster NHK found that over a 45-day window from April to May, at least 40 cases of institutional data leaks were traced directly back to the app.来源 1
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The most high-profile fallout engulfed Fukuoka-based regional lender Nishi-Nippon City Bank, where an employee snapped a BeReal photo inside a branch office that later appeared on X on April 29, amassing over 10 million views overnight.来源 1
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Captured on a whiteboard in the background were the names of eight private banking clients, a customer’s home address, details on 19 corporate accounts, and internal sales targets.来源 1
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The backlash was swift. Bank president Hideyuki Murakami was forced to issue a public apology as shares in parent company Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings dropped nearly 3 per cent, with the case triggering an inquiry by the Financial Services Agency.来源 1