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Delegasi di acara di Cape Verde menyoroti peluang dari teknologi sambil menekankan bahwa AI bukan pengganti bakat. Juli lalu, penyanyi-penulis lagu Nigeria, Fave, terlibat dalam momen viral: versi tidak resmi dari sebuah lagu yang menampilkan paduan suara AI telah dirilis dan dengan cepat menjadi sensasi internet. Untuk mengantisipasi situasi tersebut, ia merekam remix-nya sendiri yang mengintegrasikan lagu berbantuan AI tersebut dan menambahkannya ke diskografinya. “Dalam pandangan saya, [hal itu] cerdas dan sangat sadar bisnis,” ujar Oyinkansola Fawehinmi, seorang pengacara hiburan yang berbasis di Lagos, beberapa bulan kemudian. “Dia pada dasarnya mengklaim kembali ‘versi AI’ tersebut dan merilisnya sebagai ekspresi resminya sendiri.” Baca selengkapnya...

• Niesr menyatakan bahwa bahkan dalam skenario terbaik, ekonomi akan tumbuh lebih lambat pada tahun 2026 dan 2027 karena konflik tersebut • Inggris menghadapi hantaman ekonomi sebesar £35 miliar dan risiko resesi tahun ini seiring dampak dari perang Iran yang menambah tekanan pada pemerintahan Keir Starmer, menurut peringatan sebuah thinktank terkemuka. • National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) mengatakan bahwa bahkan dalam skenario terbaik, ekonomi Inggris akan tumbuh dengan kecepatan yang jauh lebih lambat tahun ini dan tahun depan karena konflik Timur Tengah.

Refusal or silence would increase denial risk under new US guidance requiring applicants to confirm no fear of returnApplicants seeking a temporary visa to the United States must now tell a consular officer that they have not experienced harm and do not fear returning to their home country, according to new guidance issued from the state department. If they answer yes or decline to respond to either question, the chance they will be denied will skyrocket.The Guardian obtained a state department cable which instructs officers at every US embassy and consulate globally to amend their process and ask applicants to affirm they do not fear mistreatment if they return home as a prerequisite for the interview to continue. Continue reading...

Bank’s chief executive points to rising fraud as it sets aside a further £105m for motor finance compensationBusiness live – latest updatesBarclays is pulling back from lending to risky borrowers, as its chief executive warned of increasing numbers of fraud cases and the bank took a £228m hit from the failure of a mortgage lender.The mortgage lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) collapsed in February amid allegations of fraud and the UK’s financial regulator has since launched an investigation into the scandal. Continue reading...

Case centers on glyphosate, pesticide used in Roundup and other products that has been linked to cancer in some studiesThe US supreme court will hear arguments in a key pesticide regulation case on Monday, setting the stage for a ruling that could weaken the ability of consumers to sue companies for failing to warn of product risks.The case centers on glyphosate – a weed-killing chemical used in the popular Roundup brand and numerous other herbicide products. The chemical has been scientifically linked to cancer in multiple studies, and was classified a probable human carcinogen by an arm of the World Health Organization in 2015. Continue reading...

Experts fear losing ground to virus even as the end of the HIV epidemic is in sight, and say decline in infant testing is ‘particularly concerning’The US government released likely the last report from Pepfar (President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief) earlier this month and the chief science officer announced his resignation days later as the US moves to a patchwork of individual partnerships with each country, potentially driven by resource extraction.While more leadership with other countries has long been the goal with global HIV efforts, experts fear the US is moving too quickly without being able to monitor its efforts as well as it has done with Pepfar for more than two decades. They fear losing ground to the virus even as the end of the HIV epidemic is in sight. Continue reading...