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European Union opens investigation into Musk’s AI chatbot Grok over sexual deepfakes
The European Union opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X on Monday after his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok spewed nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images on the platform.
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Who owns TikTok in the US now?
TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, just spun out an American venture to operate the popular video app in the United States.
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Kushner’s vision for rebuilding Gaza faces major obstacles
Modern cities with sleek high-rises, a pristine coastline that attracts tourists and a state-of-the-art port that jut into the Mediterranean. This is what Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and Middle East adviser, says Gaza could become, according to a presentation he gave at an economic forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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TikTok finalizes a deal to form a new American entity
TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years on the platform now used by more than 200 million Americans.
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Trump backs down on Greenland and cancels tariff threat after NATO agrees to future Arctic deal
President Donald Trump on Wednesday scrapped the tariffs that he threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over Greenland, pulling a dramatic reversal shortly after insisting he wanted to get the island "including right, title and ownership.”
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Ryanair CEO dismisses Elon Musk’s idea of buying the airline as verbal feud escalates
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary on Wednesday dismissed Elon Musk's idea of buying the budget airline and shrugged off insults from the billionaire, in a war of words that erupted over installing Starlink systems on aircraft.
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Trump’s Greenland threats spark outrage from EU and test longtime NATO alliance
President Donald Trump's pledge to provoke a sweeping tariff fight with Europe to get his way in taking control of Greenland has left many of America's closest allies warning of a rupture with Washington capable of shattering the NATO alliance that had once seemed unshakable.
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Trump is on his way to Davos, where his quest to own Greenland could overshadow his other goals
President Donald Trump is heading to the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps where his ambitions to wrest control of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark could tear relations with European allies.
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Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out how he’ll make housing more affordable
President Donald Trump plans to use a key address Wednesday to try to convince Americans he can make housing more affordable, but he's picked a strange backdrop for the speech: a Swiss mountain town where ski chalets for vacations cost a cool $4.4 million.
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Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products
Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.
