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Soaring public debt, increased borrowing to fund AI investments, and ongoing Middle East tensions are fueling turmoil in global bond markets. Bond yields in the US, Europe and Japan have reached multi-decade highs.
Read the original →German companies are building an industrial AI advantage by combining existing models with proprietary data and engineering expertise. According to a study by IW, this generates more than EUR 120 billion in revenue from AI-enabled products.
Read the original →The Friday show considers how the growth of AI is affecting jobs in Greater Houston. It also covers The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week.
Read the original →On September 30, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed three laws regulating the use of AI in the employment context. The laws take effect in the new year.
Read the original →The article says the A.I. jobs apocalypse has not arrived and that something else is happening instead.
Read the original →New York has lost one-quarter of its film jobs. Richard Florida, the urbanist who named the creative class, says AI will make cities matter more, not less.
Read the original →Amazon is committing to spend more than $1 billion over the next five years on initiatives for communities near its server farms. The pledge is its latest attempt to address growing blowback to an unprecedented buildout of computing infrastructure.
Read the original →Some governors see their states as the next powerhouse for the growing AI industry. Others are exploring a "kill switch" for rogue AI.
Read the original →LS Cable & System is partnering with German industrial connector maker HARTING. The description does not give further details of the joint effort.
Read the original →The 2026 workshop drew 753 attendees to Omaha, Nebraska.
Read the original →The Federal Reserve FRED Connector enables AI to access large amounts of economic data directly. The description says this improves integration but also raises accuracy risks.
Read the original →Higher energy prices are keeping inflation risks alive. Tighter financial conditions complicate the ECB's next move.
Read the original →World Bank Managing Director Paschal Donohoe said locally adapted AI could help farmers in developing countries. He also said it could support education and healthcare.
Read the original →The Cabinet Office, Digital Agency and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced on October 2, 2026 that they will collect information on rules obstructing AI deployment. LLMs, agentic AI and physical AI such as AI robots are covered, and submissions will be accepted from October 19 to 30. The information will feed into the Regulatory Reform Promotion Council's deliberations and the revision of the AI Basic Plan.
Read the original →Strong chip and AI server demand puts Taiwan's economy on course for its highest growth in about 40 years. Gaps between industries are also widening.
Read the original →European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has warned that artificial intelligence could reshape Europe’s economic outlook. She said it could influence productivity, investment, employment and other areas.
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