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ChatGPT a mentor for Japan's 89-year-old app developer
Japanese 89-year-old Tomiji Suzuki started coding in retirement and is now making apps for the fast-growing elderly demographic, using ChatGPT to fine-tune his skills. As in other developed economies, the plummeting birth rate has raised fears of a looming demographic crisis with not enough workers to support the growing ranks of retired.
Oil and gas industry hops on generative AI bandwagon
Away from the Microsoft and Googles of the world, a century-old industry -- oil and gas -- is hoping that generative artificial intelligence will make producing petroleum more efficient and easier on its workforce.
Google to test AI phone theft features in Brazil
Google said Tuesday it has chosen Brazil, a country where nearly two cellphones are pilfered every minute, to test a new Artificial Intelligence system to automatically block stolen Android smartphones. "Brazilian user feedback inspired these anti-theft features, and the country will be the first to test them out," said Google.
Mexican president-elect says investors have nothing to fear
Mexican president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that investors had nothing to fear from proposed judicial reforms that have rattled confidence in Latin America's second-largest economy. "Their investments are safe in Mexico, within the framework, obviously, of our laws," said Sheinbaum, who was elected Mexico's first woman president by a landslide on June 2.
Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide
Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role of global warming in historic floods that have recently devastated countries from Brazil to Kenya. Still, the technique has become a recurring target for climate skeptics.
Oldest privately owned book sells for £3mn at UK sale
The world's oldest book in a private collection, and one of the earliest books in existence, sold at auction in London on Tuesday for more than £3 million. The Crosby-Schoyen Codex was previously owned by the Norwegian businessman and rare book collector Martin Schoyen, and contains the earliest complete copies of two texts from the Bible -- the book of Jonah and Peter's first epistle.
World Bank upgrades global growth outlook on resilient US economy
The World Bank raised its global growth outlook on Tuesday on the back of resilient consumer spending in the United States, but warned that growth remains weak by historical standards. The World Bank upgraded its 2024 growth forecast for the world's advanced economies to 1.5 percent -- up 0.3 percentage points -- due almost entirely to a sharp rise in its projected outlook for the United States.
Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 season
Iceland's government said Tuesday that it had granted a license to hunt 128 fin whales for the country's sole whaling company amid widespread criticism of the practice.
UK PM woos voters with tax cuts and home ownership
UK leader Rishi Sunak on Tuesday sought to get his lacklustre general election campaign back on track by promising voters tax cuts and lower immigration as he launched his Conservative party's manifesto.
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