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Technology leaders attend a generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) meeting in San Francisco as the city is trying to position itself as the “AI capital of the world”, in California, U.S., June 29, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSTOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS/LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - EU lawmakers cannot agree on how to regulate systems like ChatGPT, in a threat to landmark legislation aimed at keeping artificial intelligence (AI) in check, six sources told Reuters.As negotiators meet on Friday for crucial discussions ahead of final talks scheduled for Dec. 6, 'foundation models', or...

European Union flags fly outside the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The European Union is considering broadening the scope of proposed cybersecurity labelling rules that would affect not just Amazon (AMZN.O), Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google and Microsoft (MSFT.O) but also banks and airlines, according to the latest draft of the rules.The EU move to set up such a system comes as Big Tech looks to the government cloud market to drive growth in the coming years while a...

'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X social media platform has just 2,294 content moderators to ensure users comply with EU online content rules, significantly fewer than Google (GOOGL.O) and TikTok, a senior European Commission official said on Friday.Adopted recently, the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) requires 19 very large online platforms and 2 very large...

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSTOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - European lawmakers are yet to agree on several issues related to new artificial intelligence rules ahead of a crucial meeting on Tuesday, leaving any deal off the table until December, according to four people familiar with the matter.The draft AI rules have to be agreed by the European Parliament and European Union member states. They have so far been discussed three times in trilogues,...

Oct 13 (Reuters) - As big U.S. corporations kicked off corporate earnings season this week, executives addressed the Israel-Hamas conflict and some companies launched fundraising efforts."I just want to say how deeply saddened that we all are about the recent horrific attacks on Israel ... Terrorism and hatred have no place in our civilized world," JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) CEO Jamie Dimon said on a post-earnings call before diving into results.He warned that the war in Ukraine, compounded by the attacks on Israel, could have "far-reaching impacts on energy and food...