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Trump administration vows crackdown on Chinese companies 'exploiting' AI models made in US

AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companies' exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models, singling out China at a time that country is narrowing the gap with the U.S. in the AI race.

In a Thursday memo, Michael Kratsios, the president's chief science and technology adviser, accused foreign entities “principally based in China” of engaging in deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to “distill,” or extract capabilities from, leading AI systems made in the U.S. and “exploiting American expertise and...
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The Latest: Standoff intensifies in Strait of Hormuz after Trump issues ‘shoot and kill’ order

AP News Tensions in the standoff between the U.S. and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz intensified Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats in the strait, while Iran pushed back on Trump's claim there was a leadership rift in the Islamic Republic.

“In Iran there are no ‘hard-liners’ or ‘moderates’. We are all Iranians and revolutionaries,” Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf wrote in almost identical social media statements.

Since the...
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Stocks mostly decline as the Iran war standoff pushes oil prices higher

AP News HONG KONG (AP) — World shares were mostly lower while oil prices pushed higher Friday as talks on ending the war between the U.S. and Iran remained stalled.

U.S. futures also wavered after Wall Street pulled back from its all-time highs. The future for the S&P 500 edged 0.1% higher, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.2%.

In early European trading, Germany's DAX lost 0.2% to 24,106.17 and the CAC 40 in Paris dropped 1% to 8,147.70. Britain's FTSE 100 sagged 0.6% to 10,397.64.

During Asian trading, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 1% to...
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Explosion of invasive 'janitor fish' sparks mass removal operation in Indonesia's capital

AP News JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Cheers broke out in Indonesia's capital on Friday as residents, city workers and environmental volunteers hauled bulging nets of invasive fish to the surface of a reservoir in an operation to crack down on “janitor fish.”

Authorities are seeking to remove at least 10 tons (9 metric tons) of the fish from Jakarta's waterways, an effort officials hope will restore balance to the Ciliwung River and renew public attention on water quality.

From the polluted river to the concrete embankments and skyscraper-lined canals of the city’s heart,...
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Japan's Haruki Murakami to publish first new novel in 3 years with 'The Tale of KAHO' in July

AP News TOKYO (AP) — A new book by Haruki Murakami will mark the first time a full-length novel by the Japanese author features a female main character and her pursuit of finding a way out of a bizarre world.

“The Tale of KAHO,” which is scheduled to be released July 3 in print and digital formats, centers on a 26-year-old picture book author named Kaho.

The new novel is Murakami’s first in three years. His previous novel, “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” is a story of a male protagonist searching for love, loss and the boundaries between real and subconscious...
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