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Astellas Pharma buys Iveric Bio for $5.9 billion

Business2 years ago

Astellas Pharma buys Iveric Bio for $5.9 billion

The group of Seven advanced nations should adopt "risk-based" regulation on artificial intelligence, their digital ministers agreed on Sunday, as European lawmakers hurry to introduce an AI Act to enforce rules on emerging tools such as ChatGPT. But such regulation should also "preserve an open and enabling environment" for the development of AI technologies and be based on democratic values, G7 ministers said in a joint statement issued at the end of a two-day meeting in Japan. While the ministers recognised that "policy instruments to achieve the common vision and goal of trustworthy AI may vary across G7 members", the agreement sets a landmark for how major countries govern AI amid privacy concerns and security risks. "The conclusions of this G7 meeting show that we are not alone in this," European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager told Reuters ahead of the agreement. Governments have especially paid attention to the popularity of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by Microsoft Corp-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI that has become the fastest-growing app in history since its November launch. "We plan to convene future G7 discussions on generative AI which could include topics such as governance, how to safeguard intellectual property rights including copyright, promote transparency, address disinformation" including information manipulation by foreign forces, the ministerial statement said. Italy, a G7 member, took ChatGPT offline last month to investigate its potential breach of personal data rules. While Italy lifted the ban on Friday, the move has inspired fellow European privacy regulators to launch probes. EU lawmakers on Thursday reached a preliminary agreement on a new draft of its upcoming AI Act, including copyright protection measures for generative AI, following a call for world leaders to convene a summit to control such technology. Vestager, EU's tech regulation chief, said the bloc "will have the political agreement this year" on the AI legislation, such as labeling obligations for AI-generated images or music, to address copyright and educational risks. Japan, this year's chair of G7, meanwhile, has taken an accommodative approach to AI developers, pledging support for public and industrial adoption of AI. Japan hoped to get the G7 "to agree on agile or flexible governance, rather than preemptive, catch-all regulation" over AI technology, industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Friday ahead of the ministerial talks. "Pausing (AI development) is not the right response - innovation should keep developing but within certain guardrails that democracies have to set," Jean-Noel Barrot, French Minister for Digital Transition, told Reuters, adding France will provide some exceptions to small AI developers under the upcoming EU regulation. Besides intellectual property concerns, G7 countries recognised security risks. "Generative AI...produces fake news and disruptive solutions to the society if the data it's based on is fake," Japanese digital minister Taro Kono told a press conference after the agreement. The top tech officials from G7 - Britain, Canada, the EU, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States - met in Takasaki, a city about 100 km (60 miles) northwest of Tokyo, following energy and foreign ministers' meetings this month. Japan will host the G7 Summit in Hiroshima in late May, where Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will discuss AI rules with world leaders.

Tech2 years ago

G7 should adopt ‘risk-based’ AI regulation, ministers say

The group of Seven advanced nations should adopt "risk-based" regulation on artificial intelligence, their digital ministers agreed on Sunday, as European lawmakers hurry to introduce an...

pakistan2 years ago

US urges Pakistan to implement IMF reforms for sound economy

US has urged Pakistan to implement the conditions laid forth by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to put the country back on track leading...

pakistan2 years ago

Ambassador Masood wants US to restore military financing, sales for Pakistan

Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan said it was important that the US restores – for Pakistan – Foreign Military Financing and Foreign Military...

World2 years ago

NATO allies send 1,500 combat vehicles, 230 tanks to Ukraine

NATO countries have delivered more than 98% of the combat vehicles promised to Ukraine amid its war with Russia, the military alliance’s chief said Thursday, giving...

Business2 years ago

US terms Pak-Russia oil deal ‘a sovereign decision’

The United States has termed the recent oil deal between Pakistan and Russia a “sovereign decision” between the two states, saying the move doesn’t intend to...

pakistan2 years ago

Imran’s bailable arrest warrant issued in woman judge threat case

A local court of Islamabad on Tuesday once again issued bailable arrest warrants for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan in the case of threatening a woman...

Business2 years ago

US House to vote on bill to address potential Huawei, ZTE threats

The House of Representatives is set to vote next week on a bill to crack down on Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE Corp. that have...

World2 years ago

Nashville council to vote on restoring ousted state lawmaker

Nashville officials are poised to vote on Monday to reinstate one of the two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled by Republican colleagues for their gun control protest...

Adidas says Black Lives Matter design violates three-stripe trademark

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Adidas says Black Lives Matter design violates three-stripe trademark

Sneaker giant Adidas AG has asked the US Trademark Office to reject an application for a Black Lives Matter trademark featuring three parallel stripes, arguing it...