By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU industry chief Thierry Breton will meet OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in San Francisco next month to discuss how the company will implement the bloc’s world-leading rules on artificial intelligence (AI), EU officials said on Tuesday. Breton will also discuss an AI pact with Altman with the goal …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand companies will start to benefit from the country’s new free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom with the pact now in force, the government said on Wednesday. “The benefits which begin flowing from the FTA today, provide a further big boost to our economy,” said New …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday he has formally conveyed his concerns over a new British migration law to the government, saying he was worried it would bar people from seeking asylum. Stopping small boat arrivals across the Channel from France is a priority for British Prime …
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By Supantha Mukherjee and Martin Coulter STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) – Top artificial intelligence (AI) executives including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday joined experts and professors in raising the “risk of extinction from AI”, which they urged policymakers to equate at par with risks posed by pandemics and nuclear war. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from …
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By Bart Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands is set for a major overhaul of its 1.45 trillion euro ($1.6 trillion) private pension industry, Europe’s largest, that will see funds ditch the promise of guaranteed benefits as they try to keep a lid on costs. Following years of debate, the Dutch Senate on Tuesday gave …
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s highest inflation in four decades failed to boost company profits last year, with the exception of oil and gas extractors who benefited from a surge in energy prices, official figures showed on Tuesday. The average net rate of return on capital employed by British companies not involved in …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hold talks with U.S. President Joe Biden next week when they will discuss improving economic ties and how to sustain military support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. Sunak will be in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday next week for meetings with Biden, …
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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s competition regulator told supermarkets on Tuesday it was looking at their earnings to identify which supply chains it needed to examine more closely as part of efforts to tackle food price inflation. Food prices are up more than 19% over the last year, after the most sustained inflation …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British ministers have been given more time to hand over unredacted messages from former prime minister Boris Johnson to a public inquiry looking into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a stand-off that could lead to criminal sanctions. Johnson’s government ordered an inquiry in 2021 to look into the …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s competition regulator said on Tuesday it had cleared supermarket group Asda’s 611 million pound ($771.14 million)acquisition of Co-operative Group’s Arthur Foodstores. Asda’s purchase of Britain’s seventh biggest supermarket chain Co-op’s 132 petrol stations and attached stores, which was completed in October, will therefore not be referred to an in-depth Phase 2 investigation. …
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