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India's payment firms jump as UPI fee boosts revenue outlook
Sept 16 (Reuters) - Shares of Paytm, One Mobikwik, Yes Bank advanced on Wednesday after India's payments authority introduced a 0.4% fee on select person-to-merchant transactions above 2,000 rupees (about $20) from October 15.
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Meta’s Zuckerberg favours evaluators over slowdown for AI safety
Meta Platforms Inc chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said artificial intelligence labs should rely on independent evaluators and advisers to ensure that models are safe.
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AI
AI giants pursue self-regulation as safety fears mount
The world's biggest AI companies are working on creating a standards body, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said on Sept 15, as fears rise about the dangers of AI and pressure is on to create a safer version of the technology.
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AI
AI could help spare brain tumour patients MRI dye injections
Brain tumour patients could be spared contrast dye injections during MRI scans with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).
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Technology
US data centres set to burn more natural gas than most nations
Data centres in the United States will consume more natural gas than most countries within a decade, according to a new outlook from BloombergNEF.
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OpenAI mulls funding round at $1.2 trillion valuation ahead of IPO, FT reports
Sept 15 (Reuters) - OpenAI has recently held discussions with large investors about a fresh capital raise that would increase the ChatGPT maker's valuation to about $1.2 trillion before it goes public, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Technology
Meta plans camera-free smart glasses for fall launch, The Information reports
Sept 15 (Reuters) - Meta plans to release a camera-free pair of smart glasses, internally code-named Luna, this fall, following growing scrutiny of smart glasses over their recording capabilities, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Technology
Nvidia CEO to attend Trump dinner for Xi, source says
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to attend U.S. President Donald Trump's state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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Technology
Spanish data watchdog publicises first AI agent-linked data breach report
MADRID, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Spain's data protection watchdog said it has received the first reported notification of a personal data breach allegedly carried out by an artificial intelligence agent, a case that suggests autonomous systems are beginning to play a direct role in cyberattacks.
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Technology
Bitcoin and crypto stocks remain down after US senate fails to advance regulatory bill
Sept 15 (Reuters) - Bitcoin and crypto-related stocks remained lower on Tuesday after the U.S. Senate failed to advance comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation in a major blow for digital asset companies and Republicans who had championed the bill for months.
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Technology
US agency orders Tesla to answer questions on Cybercab certification
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday said Tesla must answer a series of questions by September 30 on whether it properly self-certified its autonomous Cybercab robotaxi as part of the government's investigation.
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Technology
AI coding agent startup Factory triples valuation to $5 billion in latest funding round
Sept 15 (Reuters) - Factory, a startup developing AI agents for enterprise engineering teams, said on Tuesday it had raised $200 million in a funding round that more than tripled its valuation to $5 billion.
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OpenAI is working with Anthropic, Google on AI safety, Bloomberg News reports
Sept 15 (Reuters) - OpenAI is working with rivals Anthropic and Alphabet's Google DeepMind on AI safety, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing the ChatGPT maker's global policy chief Chris Lehane.
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FTC chair suspicious of calls for AI antitrust exemptions
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday that "everyone should be deeply suspicious" about AI companies seeking antitrust exemptions while they also lobby for new regulations.
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Technology
Silver Lake, Intel-backed Altera confidentially files for US IPO
Sept 15 (Reuters) - Chipmaker Altera said on Tuesday it has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, making the Silver Lake- and Intel-backed company the latest semiconductor firm seeking to tap investor appetite for AI-related businesses.
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Technology
Delos Data, a chip startup founded by Intel veterans, raises $100 million for AI networks
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Delos Data, a startup founded by veterans of Intel Corp, on Tuesday said it has raised $100 million to develop chips and software that can move data around faster inside AI data centers that are quickly becoming more complex than ever before.
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Amazon's AWS is unable to restore access to Bahrain, one UAE cloud data zone after war damage
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US Senate fails to advance sweeping cryptocurrency bill in blow for industry
Sept 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate failed on Tuesday to advance comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation backed by President Donald Trump in a major blow for digital asset companies and Republicans who had championed the bill for months.
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Technology
Exclusive-Indian consumer regulator escalates probe into Apple's software warranty terms
NEW DELHI, Sept 15 (Reuters) - India's consumer regulator is examining Apple's software warranty terms in an investigation of the iOS 18 update alleged to have damaged iPhone functionality, compelling users to pay "exorbitant" sums for repairs, documents show.
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Indian police to query Google over 500,000 fake Gmail IDs linked to bomb hoax
NEW DELHI, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Indian police will question Google over a lack of safeguards after smashing a criminal network that set up and managed more than 500,000 fake Gmail accounts to send hoax bomb threats to government offices, a police official told Reuters on Tuesday.
