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Technology

Meta removed wording from commercial terms that raised concerns about data collection for AI training

Meta updated its commercial terms of use, adding a clause granting the right to use content from business account domains to train and develop its products. Lawyers interviewed by Nieman Lab called it an 'outstanding provision' that could have allowed Meta to collect data from publishers' websites. After criticism, the company removed the wording, stating that the terms applied only to advertising and business products and did not change how its crawlers operate.

Sardor Qodirov
1 min read
Economy

AI Profits Concentrate Among Technology Owners Despite Global Spread of Production

According to UNCTAD, profits from the AI boom are concentrated in the high-tech stages of the supply chain. An analysis of the Nvidia GB200 NVL72 server system, worth about $3.3 million, showed that 68% of the tracked value added was profit, most of which went to Nvidia, while labor's share was only 14.2%. Raw material supplier countries receive a minimal share of the final value.

Dilnoza Rahimova
2 min read
Technology

UN adviser: data centers have become a 'new front line', and Europe should slow down construction of AI gigafactories

Mehdi Paryavi, a UN adviser and founder of IDCA, believes that strikes on data centers in Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East should prompt Europe to reconsider its plans for placing AI infrastructure. Meanwhile, the European Commission is running a tender to create up to seven AI gigafactories, with applications closing on 12 November.

Sardor Qodirov
3 min read
Economy

IMF Bangkok meetings week in review: battling crises and the AI boom, praise for the UK and the 'second China shock'

BBC economics editor Faisal Islam summed up the annual IMF meetings in Bangkok: the global economy is being pulled in different directions by an energy shock, trade conflicts and war on one side, and massive AI investment on the other. The IMF called the UK a 'model pupil', and Chancellor John Healey linked strong growth data to AI investment. A separate theme was the 'second China shock' in electric vehicles and the UK's rapprochement with the EU.

Dilnoza Rahimova
4 min read
Technology

Startup Elorian launches first model Glimpse with a 'visual scratch space' for reasoning over images

Palo Alto startup Elorian, which raised $55 million at a $300 million valuation before launching any product, has introduced the Glimpse model in research preview status with an API and chat interface. The model repeatedly returns to the original image during reasoning — cropping regions, extracting video frames, and running code for measurements. By the company's estimates, Glimpse outperforms GPT-6 Astra in reasoning over scientific charts and short video descriptions.

Sardor Qodirov
3 min read
Technology

Young professionals in India learn to work alongside AI

Young workers in India — journalists, lawyers, managers — are increasingly using AI for routine tasks, but emphasize the need to verify results. According to surveys by Deloitte and Emeritus, a majority of young employees use AI. Experts and reports by NITI Aayog and the World Bank point to risks for entry-level positions and uncertainty about the long-term effect on the labor market.

Sardor Qodirov
3 min read
World

At the Dublin summit the EU promotes 'sovereign AI' but admits lagging behind the US and China

At the international AI summit in Dublin, organized by the Irish presidency of the EU Council, the 'Dublin Declaration' and the first AI Act enforcement measures were presented. The EU controls only about 5% of global AI computing capacity versus ~75% for the US. Critics point to risks for workers and the environment, while the head of Ryanair doubts Brussels' ability to regulate the industry.

Aziz Karimov
3 min read
Economy

Asian markets recovered after the tech-sector rout

On Friday most Asian markets rose after Thursday's rout driven by concerns over the AI boom. Support came from Nvidia chief Jensen Huang's defense of CoreWeave and upbeat comments from Fed chief Kevin Warsh about AI. The Indonesian market crashed more than 11% after MSCI's decision to strip the country of its emerging-market status.

Nilufar Karimova
3 min read