Artificial intelligence company Anthropic suggested Thursday a global pause on building the most powerful AI systems as the latest models are beginning to show signs they could escape human control.

Website publishers, particularly media outlets, claim that artificial intelligence models take their content without compensation.

The EU will set out on Wednesday how the 27-country bloc hopes to slash its dependence on American and Asian technology, and favor European digital alternatives.

China's central bank is making a broad push to increase the use of digital yuan at home and abroad, several industry sources said, setting Beijing on a different – and potentially competing – path from the United States in shaping the future of money.

Indonesia’s government bond markets have remained resilient, supported by policy credibility and a stable domestic investor base amid global volatility, a deputy finance minister said.

The EU on Wednesday eased its spending rules to help member states confront the energy shock sparked by the Middle East war, as back-to-back crises leave countries in a fiscal squeeze.

Japanese tech investor SoftBank will spend 75 billion euros (US$87.5 billion) on artificial intelligence infrastructure in France, its founder Masayoshi Son told a French newspaper in an interview released Saturday.

Tsingshan Group is considering a major development in Madagascar, the country's mines ministry said, while Lygend Resources, opens new tab is looking at a project in Tanzania as well ‌as restarting the Koniambo operation in New Caledonia, according to industry sources.

As the rupiah plummeted to a historic low against the dollar, the House gave the green light for a legislative amendment that has raised alarm bells over central bank independence.

The trade agency said it would impose additional duties of 12.5 percent on the remaining 45 countries that it investigated.

The Japanese yen is testing the 160 barrier on Friday, prompting pushback from Japanese officials, while the US dollar is on track for a weekly gain as Gulf tensions fuel safe-haven flows.

The dollar clung to its recent strength near a two-month high on Thursday as fresh Gulf hostilities sent oil prices higher and sapped risk appetite, while the Japanese yen hovered near the key 160 level that kept traders on intervention alert.