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AI control: twenty countries sign UN appeal, France not among them

On 21 September, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, more than twenty leaders called for the most advanced AI systems to stay under human control. Germany and Spain signed. France did not.

Coffee and cocoa: prices stay high, cocoa beans at $5,711

The International Coffee Organization reported its I-CIP indicator at 287.29 US cents per pound in August. Cocoa in London and New York remains above 4,300 pounds and 5,700 dollars per tonne.

Deutsche Bahn: 147 million euros in profit, but only 58.7 percent of trains on time

The rail business posted its first surplus in seven years in the same half-year that brought the second-highest rate of long-distance cancellations on record.

Three hundred lab measurements sharpen virtual screening

GEO in China: 90 billion yuan for AI visibility, including model poisoning

Food delivery: robots and drones could cut costs to $1

Film festivals now count how much of a movie AI made

Times of India in ChatGPT: another publisher deal with OpenAI, again with no disclosed rates

Chinese judging system at the Asian Games: 11 esports events and 217 matches without a hitch

Documentation assistants in the emergency department do not change the status quo

The Konstantynów mast: 646 metres, 2 megawatts and the collapse of 8 August 1991

New Balance sues Decathlon over the letter N

From 19 July 2026, large companies may not destroy unsold clothing

vzbv report: advertised Sparpreis cost more on 76 percent of survey days

Doubao moves to subscriptions: 68, 200 or 500 yuan a month

Data omnibus: privacy advocates warn against blanket permission for AI training

Wuhan court grants copyright in AI image, US Supreme Court says no

Precision farming: satellites read crop health, Agri-PV costs less yield than feared

WISeR pilot: AI approval system was rushed and error-prone

2.75 billion and 20 million per school: college sports pays players