Elon Musk’s startup xAI has restricted the image generation function on its Grok chatbot on social media platform X to paid subscribers, after the tool’s use of AI to create sexualised images sparked a widespread backlash. The chatbot’s image generation had allowed users on X to
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering calling a snap election for parliament’s lower house in the first half of February, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Friday, citing political sources. The move would allow Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, to take adva
Defence contractors are seeking legal advice after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to tie share buybacks, dividends and executive pay to weapons delivery schedules, three sources said. Trump’s executive order “Prioritising the Warfighter in Defence Contracting,&rdqu
EU ambassadors gave provisional approval on Friday to the signing of the bloc's largest ever free trade accord with South American group Mercosur, over 25 years since negotiations began and after months of wrangling to secure key member states' backing, according to three EU diplomats and sources.
Kurdish councils in Syria’s Aleppo said on Friday they would not evacuate neighbourhoods under their control as part of a ceasefire deal to end days of fighting between Kurdish forces and Syrian government fighters. In a statement published by Syrian Kurdish outlets, the local councils of th
