The BRICS group wrapped up its two-day leaders’ summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The summit’s final communique is a 16,000-word doorstop that covers numerous issues from economics to education.
The communique avoids any direct mention of the United States, and references to “unilateralism” and other coded criticism are also relatively scarce. Rather, the communique keeps the focus on the BRICS’ vision of the strengthening and reform of the global multilateral system ...
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China and Brazil Sign Nuclear, AI Agreements
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Fake War Footage Clouds Israel-Iran Conflict, Say Chinese Fact-Checkers
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Trend Tracker: China’s AI Outreach to the Global South
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Malaysia to Target Chip Flow to China Under U.S. Pressure
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Singapore Probes Final Destination of Possible Nvidia Chip Servers
Servers that may contain AI-powering Nvidia chips shipped from the United States to Singapore ended up in Malaysia, but their actual final destination remains a mystery, the city-state's interior minister said Monday. The United States is cracking down on exports of ...
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South Korea Says DeepSeek Removed From Local App Stores Pending Privacy Review
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By Talek Harris The United Arab Emirates is planning to launch new artificial intelligence models inspired by China's DeepSeek, a senior official told AFP, calling the system's disruptive emergence "fantastic news." Faisal Al Bannai, the ...
Kenyan-Chinese Robotics Partnership Breaking AI and STEM Barriers for Schoolchildren
China is the world’s factory, but for one Kenyan company, it has become more than just a source of goods—it is a gateway to affordable technology for education. Afribot Robotics, a Nairobi-based firm specializing in STEM education, discovered this advantage ...
Introducing ChatCGSP (beta)
Regular listeners of our podcast may have heard me discuss some of my anxieties about artificial intelligence and the threat that tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard pose to small independent news organizations like ours. In April, when U.S. Secretary of ...