The African Union has become the second regional group to be admitted to full membership of the Group of 20 leading industrialized and developing countries, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday at the start of the two-day G20 leaders’ summit in Delhi. The widely expected move underscores India’s broad agenda to shift the…
Elon Musk discussed his plans on Twitter, now called X, in a live discussion with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Musk said, “The social network is moving to get a small monthly fee to use the X system to fight big robot armies.” Musk did not say how much the new plan would cost users…
The Group of 20 countries on Saturday overcame differences over references to the war in Ukraine and agreed on a joint declaration that paves the way for debt repayment frameworks and country-based climate finance solutions, among other pledges to boost development in the global south. In an 83-paragraph joint communique aimed at deepening the inclusion…
Chinese tech giant Tencent will launch its “Hunyuan” artificial intelligence model for enterprises at its annual summit on Thursday, said Dowson Tong, chief executive of Tencent’s cloud and intelligence industry group. The news comes a few days after Baidu unveiled a slew of AI-powered apps on Tuesday because of more supportive regulation. Tencent said it…
