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O presidente do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE), ministro Kassio Nunes Marques, determinou nesta quarta-feira (21) a suspensão de 20 postagens ilegais nas redes sociais contra o candidato à reeleição Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) O ministro atendeu ao pedido da campanha de Lula, que alegou a ação estruturada de parlamentares que apoiam o candidato Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) para compartilhamento de deepfake, a criação de conteúdo artificial para prejudicar candidatos.  Notícias relacionadas:TSE: informação de que 4 mil seções mudaram de lugar estava incorreta.TSE estuda desativar canais políticos no WhatsApp 48h antes da eleição.A decisão do presidente atinge postagens de Flávio e dos deputados federais Gustavo Gayer (PL-GO), Mario Frias (PL-SP) e Gilvan da Federal (PL-ES). Todos foram proibidos de replicarem as mensagens novamente.  A ação citou postagens irregulares de 32 perfis nas redes sociais, que possuem 1,4 milhão de seguidores e 23,8 mil publicações.  Ao defender a retirada das postagens, a campanha de Lula disse que postagens anônimas produzem percepção de rejeição generalizada a Lula, fato que não corresponde à realidade. IA O uso indevido de inteligência artificial durante a campanha já está em debate no TSE. Na semana passada, o tribunal proibiu a Meta de restringir a entrega de postagens que envolvem os candidatos Lula e Flávio. A decisão foi proferida após a campanha de Lula informar ao TSE que comandos para geração de imagens de inteligência artificial não permitiam a criação de conteúdos sobre o candidato à reeleição. Contudo, a criação de imagens relacionadas ao candidato Flávio Bolsonaro estava liberada. Pela decisão do TSE, o Facebook, uma das plataformas operadas pela Meta, deve abster-se de aplicar medidas de redução de distribuição, exclusão de recomendação e restrição de buscas.

Washington and Beijing should put aside their mutual distrust to address the risks posed by artificial intelligence, much as the United States and Soviet Union cooperated on nuclear arms control during the Cold War, a former US Treasury secretary has urged. Robert Rubin, who served as US Treasury secretary under former president Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1999, cited the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) between Washington and Moscow decades ago as an example of two superpowers working...

China and the United States are in regular talks about artificial intelligence (AI) as they seek to firm up plans for an incident “hotline” and develop a formalised dialogue process ahead of a presidential summit next month. The two sides aim to agree on a basic framework for addressing AI incidents before Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump meet on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders’ meeting in Shenzhen, the South China Morning...

Sir Ken McCallum says operations to tackle terrorism and state threats are now roughly of an "equal scale".

Kurt Campbell is a veteran US diplomat and strategist who has played a leading role in shaping Washington’s approach to China and the Indo-Pacific for more than a decade. He served as the White House coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs from 2021 to 2024 and as US deputy secretary of state from 2024 to 2025. Previously, he served as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs from 2009 to 2013 and was a key architect of the Obama administration’s “pivot to Asia”. Often...

Artificial-intelligence regulation, along with government spending on healthcare and defense are emerging as equity investors’ chief points of focus as the final month of the US midterm campaign kicks into high gear.

"Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloomberg TV is live from Tokyo and Sydney with Shery Ahn and Paul Allen, getting insight and analysis from newsmakers and industry leaders on the biggest stories shaping global markets. (Source: Bloomberg)

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s three-day state visit to Washington is over, but China watchers in Congress and the US-China policy community are still parsing a wide range of outcomes, with two more leadership summits expected before the end of the year. The talks between Xi and US President Donald Trump produced a series of joint announcements, including an extension of the US-China trade truce, investment commitments, an agreement to continue an AI dialogue and high-level engagement, as well...

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not want to work with China on addressing artificial intelligence (AI) risks, arguing that cooperation could undermine America’s lead in the fast-moving technology. “Whoever wins superintelligence wins. You’re gonna have a winner and a loser, and you’re probably not gonna have a second place,” Trump said at the launch event for America.gov, a new AI-powered federal government portal. “We’re leading now over China and everyone else, and I want to...

The 81st United Nations General Assembly ends with AI, Palestine and wars dominating speeches.

The French leader called on international oversight to ensure the most advanced systems mankind has ever created, are not controlled by a small number of powerful actors, or get used as instruments to oppress people.

On AI, Trump and Xi signalled differing approaches, with Xi stressing that the technology should remain under human control.

The good news is, when US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Washington this week, neither chose confrontation. Amid the high pomp and ceremony, what China has called “constructive strategic stability” continues. Even an uneasy truce in great power relations can be useful. Both recognise the considerable incentive to prevent their economic rivalry from spiralling out of control. Even limited understandings can reduce risks in artificial intelligence (AI) and other...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump discussed artificial intelligence (AI) and Taiwan at the White House on Thursday as part of a state visit dominated by pageantry. On AI, Xi said that “the right thing to do is to draw on each other’s strengths, not guard against each other”, according to a statement from the Chinese foreign ministry. He also backed continued dialogue about risks, joint efforts to prevent misuse and keeping AI under human control. Trump earlier said on...

Pope Leo XIV on Friday arrives in France for a four-day visit – his fifth Apostolic journey since becoming pontiff last year – during which he hopes to repair the Catholic Church’s standing after sexual abuse scandals while also addressing issues such as the need to regulate AI. FRANCE 24 guides you through his visit.

The two superpowers seek greater dialogue despite differences over issues such as Iran, Taiwan, AI and trade.

US President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington for talks on trade, AI, Taiwan and Iran.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump have been holding talks in the Oval Office at the White House today.  President Donald Trump gave the visiting leader of communist China a personal tour of several of his favorite White House features. He took him aboard the Marine One helicopter, presented the new granite landing pad he had built for it, and pointed out the massive adjacent construction site where a ballroom will eventually stand. 

Democrat Senator from Colorado Michael Bennet said that the American people want a president more focused on high interest rates and fuel prices rather 'than throwing reporters out of the White House and the glamour of his dinner with the president of China.' Bennet also weighed in on talks around AI safety and said that the Presidents decision to not enact guardrails is an 'extremely naive position.' (Source: Bloomberg)

Xi’s first White House visit in more than a decade comes amid ongoing disputes over trade, AI, Taiwan and war in Iran.

The leaders of the US and China are expected to discuss trade, AI and Iran in their third in-person meeting in a year.

Trade, AI and security are on the agenda, but experts say rebuilding trust may take priority over major deals.

Trump and Xi are expected to discuss a range of issues from trade to AI during the latter's multi-day visit to Washington.

World leaders are heading to New York for the world's biggest diplomatic gathering: the UN General Assembly. Throughout the week, attention will turn to the war in Iran, climate change and the race to rein in AI. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis and Theresa Squatrito from the London School of Economics discuss what to expect.

French President Emmanuel Macron used his last address before the UN General Assembly as France's leader to urge the world's nations to stand alongside the United Nations in the face of a resurgent "law of the jungle". Macron also called for a moratorium on strikes on civilian and energy infrastructure in the Russia-Ukraine war and an "open-source" model for frontier AI independent of China and the US.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used ​his final address to the General Assembly on Tuesday to urge world leaders to regulate artificial intelligence, end wars, focus on climate change and overhaul UN institutions he warned are struggling to confront mounting global challenges. Watch his speech in full above.

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the White House is not just another ceremonial exchange. It is a test of whether the world’s two largest powers can build trust in an age where mistrust has become the default. Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the agenda. Both sides see danger but have yet to come up with meaningful regulatory cooperation. If this summit fails to deliver workable agreements, the tactical detente could collapse into a new cold war. If the leaders succeed in their personal...