Year: 2023

This is under way. Several governments that had signed up for high-level voluntary principles, such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development AI Principles, are moving to formulate and enact regulation. Global consensus is emerging with the convening of the two-day AI Safety Summit in Britain. The November event brought together government and business representatives from 28 nations, including the United States, China and India, as well as the European Union. A landmark declaration pledged cooperation in ensuring AI is used in a “human-centric, trustworthy and responsible” way. Much…

As extreme weather events battered China’s traditional breadbaskets and abrupt geopolitical shifts made reliable grain prices a thing of the past, Beijing has ramped up its campaign to safeguard food security, employing a variety of methods to expand yields and cultivate more efficiently. To guarantee its 1.4 billion people can be fed without despoiling its limited stocks of arable land – a paradox that has always been a major hurdle to self-sufficiency -the country has explored ways to grow in soils dense with plant-killing salts and minerals. These efforts have,…

“During the drafting process, we received suggestions from the government, industry associations and companies in many ways,” the National Press and Publication Administration told the China Press and Publication News, its official paper. “The regulator will take public concerns on the … clauses into account and amend the regulations accordingly,” it said, adding the draft would be open for public comment until January 22. 32:53 The resurrection of China’s video gaming industry The resurrection of China’s video gaming industry Shares in Tencent Holdings, the world’s biggest video gaming company by…

According to data by the Automotive Business Council or Naamsa, Haval and Chery had some of the bestselling family SUVs and crossovers in the first 11 months of this year. In fact, analysis done by South African car advertising site Cars.co.za, based on the Naamsa data, showed that while previously the Volkswagen Tiguan had been the country’s top selling SUV, in the first 11 months of 2023 the Haval H6 was ahead with 5,032 units, while Tiguan was in second place with 3,165 units. Meanwhile in third place was the…