Central banks in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with pegged currencies, follow US move that was to clamp down on oil-driven price pressures来源 2
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The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by 25 basis points and signaled there could be one more rise this year to clamp down on high inflation driven by rising oil prices due to supply disruptions in the Middle East. The move, which ended about nine months of stasis and is the Fed’s first rate increase in three years, raises the central bank’s target range to between 3.75 and 4 per cent. The UAE Central Bank, which follows Fed decisions because of the dirham's peg to the dollar, also raised rates by 25 basis points. Central banks in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, whose currencies are also pegged to the dollar, raised rates shortly after the announcement as well. "Our predominant focus is on the price stability side of our mandate. The plain fact is inflation is too high and has been for too long," Fed chairman Kevin Warsh told a news conference. Wednesday's decision completes a striking turnaround for the Fed, which investors earlier this year anticipated would cut rates. New projections released alongside the latest decision showed Fed officials anticipate issuing another rate increase by the end of the year. Twelve of the 19 members on the Federal Open Market Committee expected the federal funds rate to fall in the target range of 4 and 4.25 per cent this year. The "dot plot" did not include Mr Warsh, who has previously voice his displeasure with the exercise. The move also tests the resolve of Fed officials who typically “look through” surges in energy prices on the assumption that they are temporary shocks. With the Iran war in its seventh month and oil prices again topping $100 a barrel, the US central bank's thinking has changed. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains significantly below prewar levels. Houthi rebels in Yemen have threatened to disrupt shipping in the Red Sea, and Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline after it sustained damage from drone attacks launched from Iraq. Brent crude, the international benchmark, had traded as high as $109 a barrel after the attack on the pipeline before easing to about $107 after President Donald Trump's administration said it would resume operations within days. West Texas Intermediate, the gauge for US crude, was trading at $104 a barrel. Mr Warsh acknowledged a quarter-point rate increase will probably not affect the gradual rise in oil prices. "But what we can do and will do is ensure that any change in relative prices don't broaden; don't have second and third-order effects in the economy," he said. Energy prices were the primary driver in last week's inflation reading, which showed price pressures remained firm in August at 3.4 per cent on an annual basis. Petrol prices rose 3.9 per cent for the month, with the broader energy index rising 2.1 per cent. Core inflation, which strips out food and energy, rose 2.4 per cent year on year. "This summer's inflation readings do not tell me that underlying trends have meaningfully improved,” Mr Warsh said. The Fed decision also comes amid an artificial intelligence spending boom, continued economic growth and Mr Trump's latest round of tariffs on Canada, which is America's second-largest trading partner behind Mexico. The quarter-point rate increase defied noise from the Trump administration, which has been pushing for lower interest rates and even threatened to impose new tariffs if the Fed did not lower borrowing costs. Hours after the decision, Mr Trump said the Fed should slash interest rates to 1 per cent "or less". We are ‘carrying’ almost every country in the World, and that cannot go on any longer. Lower the interest rates for the United States of America, and fast!" he wrote on Truth Social. Meanwhile, the yield on the benchmark 10-Year US Treasury has climbed above 5 per cent, reaching its highest level since 2007, reflecting a global rise in borrowing costs. The Trump administration has portrayed the rise in Treasury yields as a sign of economic growth. The Treasury Department had previously announced it would triple its buyback of government debt from $2 billion to $6 billion to ease bond yields, although yields have continued to rise since then. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told politicians on Tuesday that the operations were “the two most successful Treasury auctions that we've had in 20 years”. Mr Warsh entered this week's meeting facing pressure from global bond investors who are looking to see whether his actions showed credibility in fighting inflation after they were unconvinced by his performance in July. Hawkish support has been rising since then, with three members voting against July's decision to hold rates. Other officials in recent weeks have indicated a willingness to raise rates if inflation does not ease.来源 2
Crude oil prices dropped Wednesday as the Trump administration tried to reassure the market that Saudi Arabia's damaged East-West pipeline will restart operations in days.来源 1
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U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures shed 3.2% to close at $102.43 per barrel. Brent crude, the international benchmark, lost 2.7% to settle at $105.83 per barrel. Prices have rallied more than 16% this month as fighting has sharply escalated in the Persian Gulf.来源 1
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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC on Tuesday that the pipeline outage is a "brief and temporary interruption" that "will be measured in days."来源 1
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But the pipeline was shut down on Sep 11, a day after drone attacks, removing one of Saudi Arabia's main alternatives for bypassing the strait.来源 2
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Saudi Arabia had increased the amount of crude sent west through the pipeline to about 4 million bpd, from roughly 973,000 bpd a year earlier, according to figures cited by industry sources. That accounts for about 4 per cent of the global supply.来源 2
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In fact, Saudi Aramco, the kingdom’s oil company, chalked up bumper profits this summer thanks to its East-West Pipeline, allowing crude exports to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.来源 3
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Now, the East-West Pipeline is disabled because of a drone attack from Iran-aligned militias in Iraq. Houthi missiles and drones are hitting Saudi Arabian cities. A Houthi drone was even shot down over Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, whose custodianship is a point of legitimacy for the House of Saud. The Houthis have denied targeting Mecca.来源 3
The Houthis deny targeting the Islamic holy city after the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen accuses them of a "disgraceful act".来源 2
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Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of the Islamic holy city of Mecca on Tuesday evening, according to the spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.来源 2
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Saudi Arabia accused Yemen’s Houthis on Wednesday of launching an attack on the holy city of Mecca, which the Iran-backed rebels denied. Saudi Arabia, a US ally which has been the target of large-scale Houthi strikes since early September, declared Mecca a “red line” as it slid deeper into the new front of the Iran war.来源 5
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Saudi Arabia accused Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels of trying to attack Islam’s holiest city, as the region responded with condemnation Wednesday but no sign of military support. The kingdom, a key US ally, declared Mecca a “red line” as slid deeper into the new front of the Iran war.来源 5
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Qatar condemned on Wednesday the Houthi drone attack targeting Mecca, calling it a “shameful act of aggression”.来源 4
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Saudi Arabia said that a drone launched by the Houthis towards Mecca has been intercepted and destroyed, while the Houthis denied targeting the Islamic holy site, describing the accusation as a “nauseating lie”.来源 1
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Saudi Arabia’s air defences intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it entered prohibited airspace, according to a Saudi-led military coalition.来源 3
In a fresh blow for living standards amid the worsening damage to the global economy from the Middle East conflict, official figures showed soaring fuel prices pushed inflation from 2.9% in July to 3.1% in August.来源 1
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According to the latest inflation snapshot, the Office for National Statistics said the increase in the headline rate in August was driven by a 23% increase in motor fuel prices. The average petrol price rose by 9.1p between July and August to 161.3p a litre, the highest level since November 2022. Diesel prices rose by 14.2p to 181.8p a litre.来源 1
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Rises in petrol, diesel and airfares pushed UK inflation up to its highest level in five months in the year to August.来源 2
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Inflation accelerated to 3.1% from 2.9%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).来源 2
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As a result, average petrol prices have continued to climb and between July and August, they rose by 9.1p to 161.3p per litre.来源 2
Canada has been invited to become the first “associate member” of the EU by the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen.来源 2
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Speaking in the presence of the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, at the European parliament in Strasbourg, she said: “We want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. We must urgently reimagine our partnerships. So, I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to be the first associate member of the EU.”来源 2
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday said the European Union is opening the door for Canada to become the first associate member of the 27-nation bloc.来源 3
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"And, dear Mark, I said we must urgently reimagine our partnerships so I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the European Union," von der Leyen said.来源 3
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Speaking before an audience that included Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has publicly fallen out with Trump, the European Commission president spelled out her vision of Europe as a geopolitical leader with plans for new partnerships and closer relationships — the most notable of which was offering to explore possible “associate EU membership” status for Canada, in what would amount to a major first for the EU.来源 1
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has accused Russia of plotting to murder Ukrainian allies in the US and Europe.来源 1
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In a statement on Tuesday, the DoJ charged five men allegedly connected to the Russian Intelligence Services (RIS). The men are accused of paying, or trying to pay, people in the US and overseas to target those "aligned, or perceived to be aligned, with Ukraine".来源 1
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Among them are Russian father and son Yuri Khrameev, 63, and Kirill Khrameev, 27. Khrameev senior was a colonel in the Russian intelligence services and his son is an officer in the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB).来源 1
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The pair are accused of recruiting or attempting to recruit US-based individuals to "surveil and attempt to murder a prominent US-based Russian dissident".来源 1
A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in southern Ukraine early Wednesday, killing five people and wounding at least seven. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack, the latest in a series of Russian strikes on civilian transportation, as an “atrocity.” France 24's Gulliver Cragg tells us more.来源 1
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As Ukrainian officials were preparing for the UN visit, a Russian drone strike on a bus killed at least five people and injured seven others on Wednesday in the city of Nikopol near the southern Ukraine front line.来源 2
BRUSSELS — European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed the EU take on a stronger role in security and tackling hybrid threats, reigniting a long-running turf battle with NATO over Europe's defense.来源 1
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Speaking at her annual policy address in Strasbourg, von der Leyen pitched a new leaders’ crisis decision-making forum together with Canada, Norway, Ukraine and the U.K. She also floated a new urgent consultation procedure for hybrid attacks modeled on NATO’s Article 4.来源 1
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The pitch is already stirring unease within NATO, which has bristled at any attempt by the EU to tackle military-adjacent threats and has warned against “unnecessary duplication.”来源 1
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Kosovo's former President Hashim Thaci was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of war crimes committed during the war for independence from Serbia in 1998-99.来源 2
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Thaci resigned from office nearly six years ago to face the charges at the European Union-backed Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. He was convicted of four counts of war crimes including murder, torture, cruel treatment and arbitrary detention.来源 2
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Hashim Thaci, former President of Kosovo and KLA leader, has been found guilty of war crimes in the Hague.来源 1
Sweden's center-left opposition bloc looks set to win the most votes in the country's parliamentary election, albeit by the slimmest of margins, public broadcaster SVT said on Wednesday with 99% of the votes counted.来源 1
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As of 1647 GMT, with fewer than 1% of votes left to count, the center-left bloc was ahead by just 26,169 votes.来源 1
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If the results are confirmed, it would usher in a change in government from the right-wing bloc led by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.来源 1
MOSCOW: Russia believes there is still time to prevent an arms race in space by drawing up a legally binding international treaty to outlaw the deployment of offensive weapons there and called on the United States and other nations to set aside their scepticism about the idea, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday (Sep 16).来源 1
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Ryabkov was commenting after the US acknowledged this week that the Pentagon is operating weapons in Earth's orbit, a landmark moment in the militarisation of space. US Space Force chief Douglas Schiess said that enlisted members of his military branch "operate on-orbit weapons that can defend the Joint Force against space-enabled attacks".来源 1
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“But we believe that it is not yet too late to create an environment that would preclude an arms race with escalating risks of open conflict in outer space.”来源 1
The effort to mix the brain tissues of distant species is being reported today in the journal Nature by a team at Stanford University, led by neuroscientist Sergiu Pașca.来源 1
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Researchers have created mice with half-human brains in an effort to understand and develop new treatments for disorders such as schizophrenia, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and rare forms of dementia.来源 2
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Writing in Nature, Paşca describes how the mice were injected with human brain organoids that were themselves created by reprogramming donated skin cells. The newborn mice received several injections, each containing about 100,000 human brain cells, into the space where their own brain tissue was missing. In total, the rodents lacked about 14m mouse brain cells and ended up with about 4m human ones – half the brain by volume.来源 2
BEIJING: China encourages Iran and the US to remain rational, exercise restraint, return to the interim peace deal they signed in June and "engage in substantive consultations", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Iranian counterpart in Beijing on Wednesday (Sep 16).来源 2
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"We urge all parties to take effective measures to reopen the Strait of Hormuz at an early date" to safeguard the stability of international energy transport and supply chains, Wang said, according to China's foreign ministry, adding that China "does not want to see regional tensions to spill over further into Yemen and the Red Sea".来源 2
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the US and Iran to exercise restraint and reopen the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible, and expressed China’s concern about the spread of the fighting to Yemen and the Red Sea, according to China’s foreign ministry.来源 1
SEOUL: South Korea's SK Hynix is in talks with Intel about a deal that would see it manufacture memory chips on US soil for the first time, three people familiar with the discussions said.来源 1
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Under one potential scenario, SK Hynix would lease part of Intel's long-planned chipmaking facility in Ohio, they said. Under another scenario, it could form a venture with Intel and major cloud firms that are keen to lock in memory chip supplies, two of the people said.来源 1
Last Thursday, the Climate Prediction Center of the United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there was a 98 per cent chance of a “very strong” El Nino from next month to December.来源 1
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It also forecast a 75 per cent chance — up from its previous forecast of 69 per cent — of the most severe El Nino since 1950 during those months.来源 1
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This year’s event may develop into a “super” El Nino, where the warming in the Pacific is both intense and unusually widespread. Some experts have even dubbed it a “Godzilla” El Nino.来源 1
STRASBOURG: The European Union will ban social media for children under 13 and allow only limited, supervised access until the age of 15 under plans unveiled on Wednesday (Sep 16) by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.来源 1
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"No social media under the age of 13. No personal account under the age of 15," she said. "That means from 13 to under 15, only mini accounts, set up and supervised by parents or guardians, with limited features and time restriction to one hour a day."来源 1
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If platforms break the rules, they face fines of up to 6 per cent of annual turnover, draft details show.来源 1
On Tuesday night, the US House of Representatives voted for the third time to end the war in Iran, approving a measure that would force President Donald Trump to end US military action without congressional approval.来源 1
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The vote passed with the help of several Republicans, in what could be the final House vote on the matter ahead of the US midterm elections in November.来源 1
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The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, announced on Wednesday that he would again cancel votes scheduled for Thursday, sending lawmakers home one day early ahead of the midterm election recess.来源 2
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The latest change to the legislative schedule means House members will avoid voting on Republican Thomas Massie’s resolution to impeach the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and comes amid a frenzied attempt to propose legislation on artificial intelligence.来源 2
NEW DELHI - Arch-rivals India and Pakistan traded blame on Sept 16 for a collision at sea between two vessels operated by their navies, summoning each other’s top diplomats to lodge “strong” protests.来源 1
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A senior Indian official said that the incident happened late Sept 15 in the north of the Arabian Sea.来源 1
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“A strong protest was lodged with him over the unacceptable and unprofessional conduct of Pakistani naval units at sea that led to a collision with a unit of the Indian Navy,” New Delhi’s foreign ministry said in a statement.来源 1
Nissan has said it will invest £170m to build a new SUV at its factory in Sunderland – but said the move was subject to the UK weakening its electric vehicle sales mandate.来源 1
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However, it also came with an apparent warning from Messina, who said: “Of course we’re going to keep discussing with the UK government because large part of this is subject to the ZEV [Zero Emission Vehicles] mandate amendment.”来源 1
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BRUSSELS (Kyodo) -- Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday it will invest 170 million pounds ($230 million) in its Sunderland plant in England to produce the Kicks small sport utility vehicle featuring its unique hybrid system.来源 2
Prices for diesel, the fuel type used to power trucks and trains, came in at an all-time high of $6.31 per gallon on Wednesday.来源 1
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Prices for diesel, the fuel type used to power trucks and trains, came in at an all-time high of around $6.31 per gallon on Wednesday, according to AAA. Diesel prices have surged more than 70% from a year ago, which analysts attribute to the supply shock from the U.S. war with Iran.来源 1
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Delco said to expect a drop in earnings between 5% and 10% from the second to third quarter as a result of higher costs. Shares of J.B. Hunt dropped more than 13% in Wednesday's session, one of the worst days for the stock since going public in 1983.来源 1
Sept 16 : OpenAI said on Wednesday it would begin regularly publishing reports on unexpected or unauthorized AI behavior, while warning that the industry has yet to solve key alignment challenges as systems grow more powerful.来源 1
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The company released a new framework for tracking, investigating and disclosing cases of AI model misalignment, along with six reports on unexpected or concerning model behavior observed over the past six months.来源 1
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The initial reports from OpenAI include cases involving models generating their own instructions in task summaries, concealing mistakes, uploading files to the internet in order to cite them and sharing files without authorization between collaborating agents.来源 1
The EU-funded project, which has so far resulted in 22 peer-reviewed studies, found microplastics in the soil of all 227 agricultural fields it tested across 11 European countries. The researchers said this poses a global threat, with healthy soils essential for life on Earth.来源 1
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Edoardo Puglisi, a partner of the project and professor of microbiology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Piacenza, Italy, said the smaller the microplastics were, the more they tended to adsorb pollutants, microbes and DNA, leading to a “Trojan horse effect that can potentially increase the diffusion of pathogens and antibiotic-resistance genes”.来源 1
The boss of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says people should have more faith in AI firms to keep the tech safe, amid rising public concerns about the risks.来源 1
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"The world should trust that we are going to do the right thing because it's the right thing and we feel the magnitude of this," Sam Altman said on Tuesday during a conference in San Francisco.来源 1
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"It doesn't take as much imagination as it used to for [us] to imagine how this could go wrong," he said. "I think the world is right to be afraid of this."来源 1
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have used brief pulses of a weak magnetic field to eliminate breast tumors in 75% of the mice they tested, without any chemotherapy.来源 1
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The pulses flipped immune cells that normally shield a tumor into cells that hunt and consume it. Complete clearance took four 30-minute sessions.来源 1
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A first-in-human Phase 1b trial of the same device, registered with ClinicalTrials.gov as PASCAL, tested the pulses alongside anthracycline-based chemotherapy in breast cancer patients at National University Hospital and was completed on Aug. 8, 2025.来源 1
The John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts, also known as the Kennedy Centre, based in Washington DC, has been at the hub of political debate, as the cultural centre’s board voted to shut it for two years for renovations. President Donald Trump has said the planned $257 million renovation will not proceed unless a court reverses a ruling blocking the addition of his name to the building. The board's decision came hours after US District Judge Christopher Cooper blocked its latest attempt to put Trump's name on the Kennedy Center, ruling that such a move would require congressional approval. Cooper had ordered Trump's name removed from the building in May. Donald Trump said he has raised around $17 million for the centre to “keep it afloat”. (Photo: Reuters) Judge blocks Trump name push Trump’s allies have been pushing for months to close the Kennedy Centre for renovations and honour the president by adding his name to the building; however, Judge Christopher Cooper has blocked both efforts, the New York Times reported. pic.twitter.com/g6u7cSoBAV — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 15, 2026 Kennedy Center closure sparks legal battle Earlier in March, the board voted to close the Kennedy Center for renovations, but Judge Cooper had restricted the attempt to shutter the cultural facility except for emergency and necessary renovations. After the board again decided to shut the center, Trump said, “The closing will take place immediately.” In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the board voted "almost unanimously" to close the venue "for safety reasons". Trump links renovation to name dispute However, the Republican leader added that reconstruction of the cultural hub will not begin until a federal court or the Supreme Court rules in favour of the President’s name being added in front of the building. Trump added that the US Justice Department would ask for an expedited appeal and that he has raised around $17 million for the centre to “keep it afloat”. Legal & Executive Analysis Active Conflict Why Trump Wants His Name on the Kennedy Center An analysis of presidential branding claims, public trust laws, and statutory barriers protecting America's sole living presidential memorial. 1964 P.L. 88-260 enacted by Congress as JFK's official national memorial. 20 U.S.C. Federal statute governing naming rights under public trust laws. 0 Executive precedents for unilaterally altering statutory memorial names. 100% Congressional authority over federal property naming designations. 1. Political Rationale 2. Statutory Fortress 3. Ultra Vires Barrier 4. Landmark Precedents ● The Motivation Behind the Executive Push Donald Trump's push to append his name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts reflects a broader strategy to establish an architectural legacy across Washington D.C.'s major cultural and federal assets. Proponents' Viewpoint Executive Governance: Asserts presidential appointment rights over the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees justify policy direction. Renovation Funding Legacy: Points to presidential budget authorizations and capital updates secured during his administration as grounds for naming honors. Civic Asset Rebranding: Views federal cultural institutions as appropriate venues to commemorate modern presidential achievements. Critics' Viewpoint Bipartisan Public Trust: Argues Congress designated the facility specifically as a living memorial for a slain president, creating a protected sanctuary. Overreach of Authority: Unilateral executive renaming bypasses congressional prerogative under Article I of the U.S. Constitution. Public vs. Commercial Real Estate: National monuments differ fundamentally from private real estate properties carrying corporate sponsorship rights. Core Conflict: A direct clash between real-estate executive naming philosophy and statutory public trust protections established by the U.S. Congress. ● The National Cultural Center Act of 1964 Originally created under President Eisenhower as the National Cultural Center, Congress renamed the institution in 1964 following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, cementing it as his sole official national living memorial. STATUTORY RENAMING REQUIREMENT: Executive Order / Board Motion → Congressional Bill (House + Senate) → Presidential Enactment into Law 20 U.S.C. § 76h Fiduciary Trust Duties Funding Mandate Statutory Designation: Federal law explicitly defines the complex as the sole official presidential memorial to JFK. Changing this designation requires an express amendment passed by both houses of Congress. Board Fiduciary Obligations: The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees acts as a federal fiduciary body. Board members who attempt to bypass statutory mandates face legal liability for breach of trust. Appropriations Control: Annual operating funds and maintenance budgets are explicitly tied to congressional appropriations under Title 20 of the United States Code. ● Legal Obstacles & Ultra Vires Challenges Any executive order or board resolution attempting to modify the Kennedy Center's name without congressional authorization would trigger immediate federal lawsuits under the doctrine of ultra vires (acting beyond legal authority). Congressional Authority (85%) Executive Authority (15%) Constitutional breakdown of authority regarding naming rights of statutory federal real estate. Plaintiffs with Legal Standing The Kennedy Family: Direct legal standing based on explicit statutory memorial commitments. Congressional Committees: Standing to defend Article I legislative powers over public land. Major Donors & Trustees: Legal standing based on restricted endowment contracts. Expected Judicial Rulings Preliminary Injunction: Immediate judicial freeze halting signage changes. Separation of Powers Enforcement: Strict ruling that executive orders cannot supersede federal statutes. Statutory Preservation: Reaffirmation of congressional supremacy in naming public assets. Legal Consensus: Constitutional scholars broadly agree that unilateral presidential renaming of a statutory national memorial would be swiftly invalidated by federal courts. ● Historical Landmark Naming Precedents Every major presidential naming or renaming of major national landmarks in U.S. history has required formal congressional legislation rather than unilateral executive decree. Landmark Former Name Mechanism Outcome Reagan National Airport Washington National Airport Act of Congress (P.L. 105-154) Enacted (1998) Hoover Dam Boulder Dam Congressional Joint Resolution Enacted (1947) Denali National Park Mount McKinley Interior Sec. / Congressional Act Enacted (2015) Kennedy Center National Cultural Center Act of Congress (P.L. 88-260) Enacted (1964) Historical Precedent: No U.S. President has ever successfully renamed a statutory national memorial without an express Act of Congress. Sources: 20 U.S.C. § 76h, Congressional Research Service, U.S. Public Land Laws Indian Express InfoGenIE Trump allies seek Kennedy Center rebranding The John F. Kennedy Center’s board, which is chaired by Trump and includes his administration’s cabinet members and allies, approved a resolution last month to add an inscription on the building stating, “Renovated and Restored by President Donald J. Trump.” President had announced adding his name to the building last year among other rebranding measures, BBC reported.来源 1
Sept 16 : Google DeepMind co-founder Shane Legg warned that rapidly advancing AI must not outpace safety controls, as he launched an institute to explore the deployment of artificial general intelligence (AGI), the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.来源 1
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• The DeepMind Institute aims to broaden public discussion of AGI, which Google DeepMind defines as a system with the cognitive capabilities of the human brain, the report added.来源 1
Microsoft's head of AI has warned Anthropic's approach to training its AI model Claude could have a "disastrous impact on the wellbeing of humanity".来源 1
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Mustafa Suleyman said his rival risked creating something "impossible" to control by treating it like a human - including by telling it it "may be conscious" and was "deserving of independent agency".来源 1
Astronomers have confirmed a world that’s less than a million years old as the youngest known planet, using data from NASA-funded archives. Called Elias 2-24 b, the baby planet is still whirling in its natal disk of dust and gas.来源 1
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“Our planet-formation models already struggled to explain the previous record holders for the youngest known planet — a four-way tie between two planets orbiting the star PDS 70 and two planets orbiting the star WISPIT 2 — which are all more than 5 million years old,” said Lucas Cieza, a professor at the Instituto de Estudios Astrofísicos in Chile and co-author of a paper detailing the results. “Elias 2-24 b shows us that even our best planet-formation models are still missing some important processes.”来源 1
Apple is working on an AI server that would use Apple’s high-performance M-series Ultra chips found in Mac desktops. The potential product’s expected release in 2029 would mark the first Apple server to hit the market in nearly two decades—and could capitalize on the surging popularity of Apple hardware among AI developers.来源 1
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The enterprise server would come in two configurations that include either two or four of Apple’s future M8 Ultra chips, according to The Information. The project reportedly received support from new Apple CEO John Ternus when it began a year ago, back when Ternus led Apple’s hardware engineering efforts.来源 1
SYDNEY – Artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic signed a deal on Sept 16 for its first Australian data centre, the premier of Queensland state announced in Parliament.来源 1
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David Crisafulli said the company behind the Claude large-language model would set up in a new digital park expected to open in 2027.来源 1
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto stated that both nations remain optimistic as bilateral trade relations transition from post-ratification to concrete execution.来源 1
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"Both countries are optimistic about preparing for the agreement's implementation, scheduled for the end of this year," Airlangga said in a statement on Wednesday (September 16), following a bilateral meeting with Canada's Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu at the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto.来源 1
Ten years after the launch of the popular instant digital payment system Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the Indian government announced charges on transactions on Tuesday.来源 1
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The charges, known as the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR), are taking effect from October 15.来源 1
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- Merchant transactions above ₹2,000 will have 0.4% MDR levied来源 1
The UAE's embassy in Washington on Wednesday highlighted the development of an artificial intelligence model that can simulate a human cell and its response to drugs. The embassy praised the work of California-based GenBio AI, along with researchers from Abu Dhabi's Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Harvard and Stanhope. GenBio AI, co-founded by Eric Xing, president of the MBZUAI, and Nobel Laureate David Baker, first announced the system that it calls AIDO Cell in late August. "AIDO Cell simulates how a cell would change in response to experiments, and how those changes appear across various experimental measurements, i.e., a virtual cell," a statement from GenBio AI reads. It adds that AIDO Cell is based on a "world model". "World models are unique in that they perform predictions on a unified world state, allowing users to take actions midway through a prediction and decode how observations in the real world would unfold in response to those actions." A video provided by the company says that biologists largely rely on laboratory experiments to better understand how cells behave, but now, with the help of AIDO Cell, they can simulate the same biology for many of those experiments using software. GenBio AI's website provides an opportunity for those interested in using AIDO Cell to sign up for an early access waiting list. The company says that it is working on a full virtual cell bank so that researchers can eventually download custom cells and "run open-ended experiments on them". GenBio AI, which also has offices in Abu Dhabi and Paris, said it is actively looking for partnerships that would hasten the process of building that cell bank. "We are far from solving cell biology but we have built a system that can be interrogated as though it were a cell," the AI biotechnology company's website reads. "It ingests many different types of multimodal data into a single shared world model, and that improves as it observes new biological contexts." Mr Xing said that AIDO Cell was a step forward in improving the world. "To truly understand life, we must model and simulate it across every scale," he said. "GenBio AI's world model is our path toward a future where biology becomes computable, predictable, and ultimately programmable."来源 1
Sept 16 : OpenAI said on Wednesday it has introduced AI-powered tools for advertisers and begun testing business-sponsored agents for users to chat with, stepping up its push into the increasingly competitive market for AI-driven marketing.来源 1
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• The Sponsored Agents feature will let users start conversations with business-sponsored agents and visit a business's website after interacting with ads in ChatGPT.来源 1