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A mild displacement of jobs across the Asia-Pacific region as companies expand their use of AI would trim five percentage points off growth in office space demand in the next few years, according to property consultancy CBRE. In a report released on Thursday it said 3.9 per cent of office jobs were vulnerable to artificial intelligence-driven displacement in developed markets in the region, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand. However, only 1.7...

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor hails US-India cooperation in many areas, including AI. He speaks at Bloomberg's New Economy Forum in New Delhi. (Source: Bloomberg)

It comes as some investors have become concerned about the amount of money being spent on AI infrastructure.

The United States and China are in regular talks to iron out details of a framework announced last month for handling AI-related incidents and institutionalising bilateral dialogue, multiple sources told the South China Morning Post. The technical teams of the two countries aim to make AI cooperation a potential deliverable when presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shenzhen next month – their third face-to-face...

A Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, seccional do Rio de Janeiro (OABRJ) obteve na Justiça Federal uma vitória no caso envolvendo a plataforma Resolve Juizado, que oferece a elaboração automatizada de petições por meio de inteligência artificial, mediante pagamento de R$ 20. A entidade apresentou apelação para reverter decisão anterior no processo e conseguiu proibir a cobrança pelas petições disponibilizadas pela plataforma sem a participação de um advogado. Notícias relacionadas:Campanha de Lula vai ao TSE após IA da Meta restringir buscas.Justiça condena 3º réu acusado do assassinato de Mãe Bernadete.TSE ordena que Flávio e Nikolas removam vídeo de crianças contra Lula.A plataforma disponibilizava aos usuários, mediante pagamento, uma petição inicial produzida automaticamente a partir das informações fornecidas. Em ação, a OABRJ questionou a oferta do serviço por entender que a comercialização de documentos jurídicos dessa natureza, sem a participação de advogado, banaliza a atividade jurídica e pode induzir o cidadão a acreditar que está devidamente orientado para buscar seus direitos. Histórico A atuação da OABRJ contra a Resolve Juizado começou em abril de 2025, quando a Comissão dos Juizados Especiais Estaduais publicou nota de repúdio à comercialização das petições. No dia 30 daquele mês, a seccional obteve liminar da 27ª Vara Federal do Rio de Janeiro determinando a suspensão das atividades da plataforma e a retirada de conteúdos publicitários relacionados aos serviços oferecidos. Em maio, a Justiça fixou multa diária de R$ 1 mil em caso de descumprimento e determinou a retirada de publicações de divulgação da plataforma nas redes sociais e no WhatsApp. Posteriormente, diante de decisão que permitiu a continuidade das atividades,  a OABRJ recorreu ao Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ), pedindo a suspensão dos efeitos da decisão e sustentando que o funcionamento do serviço configuraria exercício ilegal da advocacia e representaria ameaça à ordem pública e à cidadania. O procurador-geral da Seccional Rio, Marcos Luiz Souza, representou a OABRJ no caso e enfatizou que a discussão não é sobre o emprego de ferramentas tecnológicas na atividade jurídica, mas sobre a transformação de um serviço jurídico em produto comercial oferecido diretamente ao cidadão.

Japanese companies have faced a growing wave of cyberattacks in recent weeks, exposing millions of customers’ records as analysts warn that artificial intelligence is helping hackers exploit long-standing security weaknesses and overcome language barriers that once offered some protection. More than 500 breaches of corporate systems were reported in the year to this month, surpassing the total for all of 2025, the Yomiuri newspaper reported last week. On October 7, a ransomware attack on IDC...

The world is on the cusp of a “China shock 3.0” driven by exports of artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology and robots, which could hit harder than the current wave, a leading economist on China has said. “We are already at the starting point of the China shock 3.0,” Alicia Garcia-Herrero, a senior fellow at Brussels-based think tank Bruegel and chief economist for Asia-Pacific at investment bank Natixis, told the South China Morning Post from Taipei after a virtual panel hosted by the...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has called a nearly US$1.5 trillion defence budget request “absolutely critical”, warning that whoever falls behind in autonomy, robotics and AI will fall “even further behind” as Washington eyes China’s rapid military modernisation. Speaking at a panel discussion during the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition on Wednesday, Hegseth said that Project Agincourt, the Pentagon’s initiative to accelerate drone and autonomous...

Donald Trump has sparked outrage after sharing the distressing footage of a 23-year-old man with mental illness being fatally mauled by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, captioned "Don't ever mess with nature!" This followed hours later by an AI-generated video of himself taming a tiger. The posts have been condemned as disrespectful to the victim, William Chapman, and his grieving family, who have urged people to stop sharing harrowing content of the attack. Vedika Bahl goes through it.

Albania is experimenting with artificial intelligence in politics.

With strong earnings from global chip majors failing to boost the AI trade, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. faces a high bar to impress investors.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stops by Paris to tout new stakes in French AI-enabled tech firms like medical booking site Doctolib. Also in this edition: OpenAI says it caught a spy red-handed, and China's trade surplus continues to boom despite soaring energy costs and trade conflicts.

Exports grew by 36.3 percent in September, the biggest leap since the COVID-19 pandemic.

China’s integrated circuit (IC) exports surged 136 per cent year on year in September to US$45 billion, exceeding the 108 per cent growth rate in the first nine months of the year in a sign of the country’s rising influence in the global semiconductor supply chain. In September, China exported 32.7 billion units of ICs, according to customs data released on Wednesday, a 1 per cent year-on-year increase in volume. But higher prices fuelled the 136 per cent jump in value amid a memory chip...

Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson, and Adam Linton break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade." (Source: Bloomberg)

Simbarashe Kundizeza was responding to an accusation that has caused an uproar on social media.

Skittish retail investors are coming back around to their favorite bet: artificial intelligence.

Stocks bounced from session lows as speculation the Federal Reserve won’t be forced to raise rates aggressively offset lingering worries about elevated oil prices and the outlook for artificial intelligence. Keith Lerner, CIO and chief market strategist at Truist Advisory Services, says the four-year-old bull market has room to run, with AI and technology still central to its prospects. He speaks with hosts Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec on Bloomberg Businessweek Daily. (Source: Bloomberg)

Call comes amid polls casting doubts on political leaders' ability to manage AI risks as US midterm elections near.

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

Tesla and Xpeng are competing beyond EVs and into AI, as Bloomberg's Caroline Connan explores the Cybercab and takes Xpeng's autonomous tech for a spin in Paris. (Source: Bloomberg)

Sanjiv Ahuja, Chairman & CEO, Tillman Global Holdings; Abhijit Dubey, President & CEO, NTT DATA, Inc.; Salil Parekh, CEO & Managing Director, Infosys; and Connor Teskey, CEO, Brookfield Asset Management discuss the physical constraints of scaling AI with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn at the 2026 Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi. (Source: Bloomberg)

Mr. Nilekani says AI could also be employed to generate the paper; he chairs the task force on exam reforms, which will submit its report this month; it is examining the systemic challenges of a shift to computer-based testing

A top-selling Haitian-Canadian writer who was accused of using AI to write his breakthrough debut novel denied the allegations Tuesday in his first detailed response to the scandal, while acknowleding past plagiarism "mistakes".

Thélyson Orélien, the Haitian-Canadian writer whose best-selling debut novel was pulled from the prestigious Goncourt prize list amid an AI uproar, said Tuesday "not a single sentence" had been written by a machine. He did, however, admit to "unacceptable mistakes" regarding accusations of plagiarism involving earlier works.

Microsoft Corp. shares are on pace to close at their first record in nearly a year as the software maker’s four-month rally gains momentum.

The IMF has raised its 2026 global growth forecast slightly to 3.1%, citing the resilience of advanced economies and investment in artificial intelligence despite rising energy prices linked to the US-Iran war. However, it warned that low-income countries remain particularly vulnerable to the crisis. FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert has the analysis.

The discussion on ‘Artificial Intelligence-Driven Healthcare: Innovation, Ethics, Accessibility and Sustainability’ was held as part of The Hindu’s Sustainability Dialogues 2026, presented by SIMATS

A sharp sell-off in Asian memory chip stocks this week signals growing investor doubts over whether the sector’s AI-driven profit boom can last, even as soaring prices drive strong quarterly earnings across the sector. Shares in market leaders Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plunged in Seoul on Tuesday, extending a days-long slide that has also swept up Chinese rival ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT). Samsung and SK Hynix closed down 7.4 per cent and 10.1 per cent, respectively. The companies...

Close observers are warning that investors have unrealistic expectations for the AI trade.