May 22, 2023
Regulators dust off rule books to tackle generative AI like ChatGPT

By Martin Coulter and Supantha Mukherjee LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - As the race to develop more powerful artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT accelerates, some regulators are relying on old laws to control a technology that could upend the way societies and…

May 18, 2023
Twitter alleges “unauthorized” data usage by Microsoft

(Reuters) -Twitter Inc has alleged that Microsoft Corp violated an agreement over using the social media company's data, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday. Twitter owner Elon Musk's lawyer leveled accusations of "unauthorized" usage of Twitter's data…

May 18, 2023
Debt default could trigger recession, Harris and Brainard warn

By Doina Chiacu and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vice President Kamala Harris and top White House economic adviser Lael Brainard said on Thursday that a default on the U.S. debt of $31.4 trillion would throw the American economy into a…

May 18, 2023
Applied Materials forecasts third-quarter revenue above estimates

By Tiyashi Datta and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Semiconductor manufacturing tools maker Applied Materials Inc forecast third-quarter revenue above market estimates on Thursday, as governments around the world pour funding into chip factories. Companies such as KLA Corp, Applied Materials…

May 18, 2023
Genome data sheds light on how Homo sapiens arose in Africa

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Our species arose in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with the oldest-known Homo sapiens fossils discovered at a site in Morocco called Jebel Irhoud, located between Marrakech and the Atlantic coast. But the…