World Business
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Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI make their final case in a trial that could shape AI’s future
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI made their final arguments Thursday in the landmark trial whose outcome could shape the future of artificial intelligence.
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BRICS foreign ministers meet in India as Iran war, oil prices and divisions test the bloc’s unity
Foreign ministers from the BRICS nations began a two-day meeting in New Delhi on Thursday as the expanding bloc faces divisions over the war in Iran, rising energy prices and growing global economic uncertainty.
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China’s Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict
China’s Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Thursday that their two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue is not handled properly, an unusually harsh admonition that stood in contrast to the American leader’s praise for his counterpart.
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Fuel prices drive sales of EVs, just not in the US
The war in Iran has not yet led to a significant increase in electric vehicle sales in the United States, despite signs that consumers are trying to avoid soaring fuel prices.
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Meta launches WhatsApp ‘incognito’ mode to address privacy concerns for AI chats
Meta Platforms said Wednesday it's rolling out an “incognito” mode for WhatsApp users to have private conversations with its AI chatbot, a move intended to ease privacy concerns about sensitive information that users share in chats.
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Americans love their iPhones (though sometimes they wish they could live without them)
The American obsession with the iPhone is complicated, as most love-hate relationships are.
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Trump and Xi appear intent on keeping deep differences over Iran war from overshadowing China summit
President Donald Trump is set to leave Tuesday for Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping after weeks of trying, and failing, to persuade the Chinese government to use its considerable leverage to prod Iran to agree to U.S. terms to end the two-month war — or at the very least, reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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Oil prices rise as the Iran war drags on, but US stocks inch to more records
Oil prices rose Monday as the war with Iran threatens to drag on for longer, but the U.S. stock market nevertheless inched toward more records.
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Google disrupts hackers using AI to exploit an unknown weakness in a company’s digital defense
Google said Monday that it had disrupted a criminal group's attempt to use artificial intelligence to exploit another company's previously unknown digital vulnerability, adding to heightened worries across government and private industry about AI's risks for cybersecurity.
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US stocks rise to records after a solid jobs report overshadows higher oil prices
The U.S. stock market rose to records Friday following the latest sign that the nation’s job market is doing better than economists expected.
