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The United States and China butted heads over several contentious issues when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other senior Chinese officials on Friday. Talks between the two sides have increased in recent months, despite a widening gap in politics. Both nations have underscored the importance of keeping lines of communication open, while lamenting that divisions were becoming more serious. These divisions were highlighted last week after US President Joe Biden signed a €89 billion foreign aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. This bill included...
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TikTok has said it will challenge new US legislation requiring its parent company to sell it under threat of a ban in court. The law signed this week by US President Joe Biden states that TikTok's Chinese-based parent company ByteDance has 270 days with a possible 90-day extension to divest from the app or face a ban. "This unconstitutional law is a TikTok ban, and we will challenge it in court. We believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side, and we will ultimately prevail," TikTok said in a statement earlier this week. Should a legal challenge fail, observers say Chinese authorities...
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The US Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would force TikTok's parent company to sell the platform or face a ban. Congress has now sent the legislation to be signed by President Joe Biden, who said he would approve the move. The TikTok legislation was part of a larger package that included aid for Ukraine and Israel. The bill gives TikTok owner ByteDance nine months to sell the platform, with a possible three-month extension. But legal challenges could mean it could take longer. The platform is used by 170 million Americans and the bill reflects long-held fears over Chinese threats. Why...
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Chinese-affiliated actors are using social media and AI-generated content in an attempt to influence geopolitics, according to a new report from Microsoft. In a post published on Thursday, Clint Watts, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center's general manager, said fake social media accounts are being used to "sow division and possibly influence the outcome of the US presidential election". Chinese actors have also used AI-generated content in recent months to influence the perception of certain topics but there is "little evidence" that it has worked, Microsoft continued. Microsoft criticised fo...
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"State-affiliated" Chinese actors have been involved in two cyber attacks in the United Kingdom, according to the country's deputy prime minister. Oliver Dowden said on Monday the two incidents in 2021 and 2022 involved an attack on the Electoral Commission, which oversees elections and political finance, as well as another attack aimed at lawmakers who were outspoken about the China threat. In a speech in the UK parliament, Dowden told British ministers: "The cyber threat posed by China-affiliated actors is real and it is serious, but it is more than equalled by our determination and resolve ...
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China has begun phasing out US microprocessors from government computers and servers, according to a report in the Financial Times. The move will include stopping using those from Intel and AMD, as well as Microsoft's Windows operating system, the report said. From this year onwards, government agencies above local level will have to follow new procurement guidance with criteria requiring "safe and reliable" processors and operating systems. China's semiconductor production challenges could be boon for EuropeDoing business in China getting tougher, European business group saysInstructions were...
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China is currently the world's top semiconductor consumer, accounting for more than 50% of global consumption, according to the Centre for International Governance Innovation. Along with this, it is also the world's fifth largest semiconductor manufacturer, following Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and the US. China has also highlighted several times in the past that it aims to become an artificial intelligence superpower in the coming few years. Naturally, the US has not taken kindly to these statements, amid increasing geopolitical and trade tensions between the two countries. This has led to the...
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A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence (AI) trade secrets from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the US Justice Department said Wednesday. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal trade secret theft, each punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The case against Ding, 38, was announced at an American Bar Association conference in San Francisco, California, by Attorney General Merrick Garland, who along with other law enforcement leaders has repeatedly wa...
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Why should we all care about artificial intelligence (AI)? The question swirled around my brain all week this week as I trudged back and forth through the crowds in the cavernous halls of Barcelona’s Gran Via exhibition centre for Mobile World Congress (MWC). One noticeable thing at this year’s gargantuan tech fair, besides the throbbing pains in the balls of your feet, is the omnipresence of the letters "AI" in bright lights and emblazoned on billboards, company stands, and merch. But beyond the tech bubble, are the discussions around AI cutting through to the outside world? MWC 2024: We coul...
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