a $1 billion boost for the philippines from american companies as commerce secretary gina raimondo begins a visit to manila. plus, mongolia's coding girls — the project that's breaking gender stereotypes and shoring up the number of women going into tech. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. we begin in the philippines, where the us commerce secretary gina raimond has said american companies are set to announce investments amounting to more than $1 billion. raimondo is heading a two—day trade and investment mission, the first of its kind for the southeast asian nation. her delegation includes executives from 22 companies including united airlines, alphabet, visa and microsoft. just look at the many american companies that provide employment and professional development for thousands of filipinos, putting them on a path

to higher paying jobs. in fact, on this trip alone, these companies are announcing over $1 billion of us investments, including creating educational opportunities to over 30 million filipinos. a former boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm's production standards has been found dead in the us. john barnett had worked for boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017. in the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistle—blower lawsuit against the company. boeing said it was saddened to hear of mr barnett�*s passing. the charleston county coroner confirmed his death to the bbc on monday. it said the 62—year—old had died from a self—inflicted wound on march the 9th and police were investigating.

the new york times has also sued openai and microsoft for using its articles to train their language models. nikita roy is the programme lead for the ai journalism lab at the city university of new york. she gave us a sense of how these lawsuits could impact the development of ai. these authors are alleging that nvidia used their copyrighted books without permission, to train its large language models and they're saying that constitutes unauthorized use of their intellectual property because, as a result, they should be compensated for this. they also allege in that lawsuit against nvidia that nvidia knowingly used this data set and infringed on the author's copyright and they are also seeking a class action lawsuit to allow

other affected writers to join the legal battle against nvidia because, at the end of the day, they see that they are not being benefiting through how nvidia is going to be using in producing these models and not getting any cut or share from the business that they will be getting from here. given that al is so new, there's no legal precedence for this sort of claim, is there? not at all. and that is actually the real problem and that's why now nvidia is also joining that whole long list of ai companies, because there is no legal precedence, we do not know how — with the way ai technologies are quickly involving — we do not know what copyright law looks like. that's why all of these lawsuits that are coming against nvidia, openai, microsoft — it's so crucial because it is going to define what the copyright laws look like. it's going to have quite a lot of implications, especially for the media industry because now we will get to know what does it look like, the extent to which these ai technologies can influence the copyright laws of intellectual property rights

and what does that mean for the work of authors who are producing original content. what does it mean, in fact, if you follow on with that train of thought, to get your ideas on the implications that this explosion of generative ai will have from media and other creative industries? if the ruling goes against tech companies, that would mean they would be able to now get a share of the training that was done because of this copyrighted data. so that would mean some sort of licenses or they would be getting an extra sort of revenue stream for them, but if the ruling goes in favour of the tech companies — which a lot of people are arguing that it might be because it could be seen as fair use of training ai models — in that case, that would really have a lot of implications on the way content is produced, distributed and monetised, because it could really affect the business model of these content creators if you're able to get a summary of a book

or be able to chat with the bookjust by going onto these platforms, instead of actually reading them. more than two decades after winning his first oscar, the man who is known as the godfather of animation has done it again. hayao miyazak won for best animated feature film for the boy and the heron, with the win reflecting the growing popularity ofjapanese anime. the market was estimated to be worth a little over $30 billion in 2023 and is expected to double in value by 2030. streaming platforms are trying to keep up with the demand, with hulu, netflix and amazon and disney+ all investing in anime titles. what has it made so popular globally? earlier i spoke to roland kelts, the author of japanese america: howjapanese pop culture invaded the us. he told me of the internet played a huge role in all this. the internet has had a lot to do with it. anime has had a growing popularity for decades, with fans all over the world, but it was very hard

to find for many years. you'd have to find it in the back of comic shops or video stores. eventually, it would show up on cable television. the internet has really accelerated the spread of anime. it's important to note that the fandom for anime is largely demand driven, with few exceptions. japanese companies have not done very much to promote their wares overseas. it's fans who have come to anime. it's quite a nice situation to be in, i suppose. lots of room for growth. coproduction between hollywood and chinese studios and our companies in india and southeast asia, they have been happening for quite a few years. they are spreading now.

there are more and more of them but the fan base is quite particular and quite, but the fan base is quite particularand quite, in but the fan base is quite particular and quite, in some ways provincial. what i mean by thatis ways provincial. what i mean by that is that if it is called anime but is not made injapan byjapanese artist, a lot anime but is not made injapan by japanese artist, a lot of fans turn away from it. and i do not know how long that will last but it may be comparable to, i suppose, last but it may be comparable to, isuppose, bollywood. bollywood is made in india or at least made by artists in india and if it is not, i don't know if people are comfortable calling it bollywood. so you could have a project that imitates anime style or japanese style visually and in storytelling but a lot of fans turn away if it is not made in japan. they do not want to call it anime. mongolia is a country that relies on traditional industries like farming and mining, but the government is keen to diversify the economy. we caught up with one

project that hopes to shore up the number of women going into tech. high—paid positions are filled by men. lower service paid jobs are field by women. with that in mind, i started girls coding back in 2021. with 30 girls from countries out of mongolia who do not know they have access to internet. and the result has been encouraging, inspiring — it was everything that we did not expect. now we have 80 graduates and from the 80 graduates, we have about ten girls who went to prestigious universities. many girls are working as part—time coders as well as studying or working

on different things. most importantly, these girls became a platform. they helped each other, they mentor each other, they inspire each other, they encourage each other. we want to extend this programme to not only mongolia, but many merchant markets and developing countries where girls are discouraged to pursue stem education, where girls are left out of digital development. we really need to look at educational system traditional educational systems do not encourage girls to go to their full potential unfortunately. we have to change that. but when we talk about girls, it'sjust meaning to create equal

opportunity for both genders, not to upscale boys. it's to pursue the education they want. just in general, for al, it's very important that younger generation, government, international organisations understand the capacity of what ai can do and use it for the benefit of humanity rather than the negative detrimental impacts. than the negative detrimental impacts it may create. airbnb has banned the use of indoor security cameras in its listings around the world. the short—term rental giant previously allowed the devices to be used in common areas as long as they were disclosed by hosts. cameras however were never allowed in sleeping areas or bathrooms. airbnb said it was moving to prioritize the privacy of their community. that is it for this addition of asia business report. see you soon. voiceover: bbc news - bringing you different -

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now. and unless we do something. voiceover: for more stories from across the uk, - head to the bbc news website. hey, i'm steven with the catch up! let's start with the photo that's got lots of people talking. the princess of wales, who has been recovering from an operation, surrounded by her three children. the photo was released on socials over the weekend, but it didn't take long for people to spot some issues. like this blurry effect on princess charlotte's sleeve. five big picture agencies pulled the photo over concerns it had been manipulated, and kate has now admitted she does sometimes experiment with editing and has apologised for any confusion that has been caused. it hasn't stopped lots of conspiracy theories online. but the royals haven't released the original photo. now, if you didn't stay up, let's get you up to speed on the oscars. 0ppenheimer cleaned up,

winning best picture, best director and cillian murphy won best actor. for better or for worse, we're all living in 0ppenheimer�*s world, so i would really like to dedicate this to be peacemakers. emma stone got best actress for poor things. just the one award for barbie, billie eilish picked up best song. # i'm just ken... anywhere else i've been...# and ryan gosling really brought the kenergy with the performance of i am just ken. that is really worth checking out. we can't forgetjohn cena. he presented the costume design award completely naked. and we have got to mension messi, the dog from anatomy of a fall. and time for ten seconds of the puma party! this is 0lympia and albert, two rescued puma cubs

getting properly spoiled to celebrate their first birthday at philadelphia zoo in the us this week. you're all caught up, have a great night! hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. chelsea stop the rot, but newcastle united make life difficult at stamford bridge. aryna sabalenka's back on form — the world number two ending

emma raducanu's tournament at indian wells. and it's one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar. we're building up to the cheltenham festival, which begins on tuesday. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. chelsea's roller—coaster of a season continued on monday at stamford bridge. they came into their premier league game with newcastle on the back of two defeats. but could a potential place in europe now be on the cards, after a 3—2 win, inspired by cole palmer. the 21—year—old has very much been the bright spot, in what's been an inconsistent campaign for mauricio pochettino's side. nicolas jackson got on the end of palmer's effort to put the blues one up. alexander isak equalised for newcastle, before palmer grabbed his 11th of the season. mikhailo murdryk had chelsea home and dry, before a late newcastle consolation made things interesting at the end, but not to be for them. chelsea still 11th, just a point behind their opponents.

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