of progressing. seoul announces limits to government employees using the chinese ai platform deepseek. we take a dive we take a deep dive into tech. i'm steve lai. beijing struck back against the us, 10% tariffs against china. and the dispute comes as data and the dispute comes as data shows record—high imports shows record—high imports into the us, pressuring into the us, pressuring the trade deficit. the trade deficit. here's ritika gupta. here's ritika gupta. china a china lodged a complaint [aqua china a the wto one day with the wto just one day with the wto just one day us donald trump after us president donald trump after us president donald trump raised border raised border taxes on chinese goods by 10%, raised bender on goods by 10%, taxes on chinese goods by 10%, a measure he was intended a measure he said was intended a measure he said was intended to address influx to address an influx of illegal drugs. rte address an. ff'gx 7 drugs. of illegal drugs. china accused the us of making and false china accused the us of making unfounded and false

allegations about its role in the fentanyl trade to justify tariffs on chinese products. in the protectionist and violated world trade rules. it has also announced its own retaliatory tariffs to begin on 10 february. meanwhile, data release on wednesday showed us imports hit their highest on record in december, jumping to around $293 billion as businesses responded

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chief executive _ can be wound back. in india the chief executive of _ can be wound back. in india the chief executive of openai - can be wound back. in india the chief executive of openai met i chief executive of 0penai met with the company chief executive on wednesday. earlier executive on wednesday; earlier the efforts to compete said the efforts to compete were hopeless but he seems to have changed his mind. indie were hopeless but he seems to have changed his mind. 7777i7nc7re77di7bl7y77 7 777 incredibly important market i second 7i second biggest for 0penai, isecond biggest triple users in the market, triple users in the last year but mostly seeing what people india are building at all levels of the stack, ai at all levels of the stack, models, all the applications so 77 77 7s7hou7ld77 77 77 77 77 7s7hou7ld7do77 77 think india should do should be one of everything, should be one of the leaders of the ai revolution.— the leaders of the ai revolution. �* , ., revolution. let's cross live to delhi. revolution. let's cross live to delhi- why — revolution. let's cross live to delhi. why was _ revolution. let's cross live to delhi. why was this - revolution. let's cross live to delhi. why was this visit - revolution. let's cross live to delhi. why was this visit so l delhi. why was this visit so important?— important? e€zfze of am what 77 7what7he7s7a7i7d héafiy considering what he said nearly a,,, ,, ago given that a year ago given that question put to him about the ability of but te hirn abeut the abiliteret "w's” * ”w to but te hirn abeut the abiliteret w w ww to m but te hirn abeut the abilit�*gwetw ' ' 'w w ,, to now this india to compete, now this praise coming in is an acknowledgement of the the agkgoyvledgement of the fact the ai market has come of

indian ai market has come of age, at least according to him, thatis age, at least according to him, that is significant. why so that is significant. why this visit is important is because it is coming at a time and this is coming at a and this praise is coming at a time when 0penai's dominance is timethen openers dominance is challenged timethenq�*pemid�*s dominance is challenged by the more being challenged by the more affordable chinese deep seek reportedly built for than reportedly built for less than $6 billion also claims to $6 billion and also claims to suck up power, so also suck up less power, so also coming at a suck up less power, so also coming ata india suck up less power, so also coming at a india has coming at a time when india has ambitions make 77�*7affo7rda7bl7e7 77 77 77 77�*7affo7rda7bl7e7ai7 77 77 ”flia affedablee' .; . — ~ fl;— so all emiaaffedablee'ee ————— so all of this to be at in that e the technology yesterda7y7 minister mentioned yesterday that could send a mission to that we could send a mission to the at half the the moon at half the cost compared to other countries. why can't we do that when it comes to ai? in order that it becomes important but what is is the trip is significant is the trip is coming at a time when 0penai is coming at a time when qpenai is legal challenges in the coming at a time when qpenai is l over:hallenges in the country over copyright breaches. to this sam

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hey, it's lucy with the catch—up. tonight: a shock announcement, are phone bans a thing, are phone bans a good thing, and even animals love banksy. and even animals love banksy; , first, in an but first, in an extraordinary news conference, says he wants trump says he wants the us to take over gaza redevelop it. the us to take over gaza said evelop it. the us to take over gaza said gazap it. the us to take over gaza said gaza could be he said gaza could be of the middle east. 7 what 77 77 7 7v7vhatis77 77 7 what is t7rumpis 7 77 that i7s7t7rur7n7p7is7 plan 7 7 7 7the77 77 7 the17.87 7 7 ’ the17.8million7 ' for the 1.8 million palestinians who call home? call gaza home? instead we should go other of interest

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only attend the meetings would only attend the meetings he deems important. and here is ten acndsfinally. here is ten of some award—winning seconds of some award—winning and, of course, photos, and, of course, the photos are of cute animals. these were the these were among the nominees, but one of a but this one — of a badger admiring a banksy—style admjcing a bahksy—style version of itself — graffiti version of itself — was crowned the winner. graffiti version of itself — was ci us 1ed the winner. graffiti version of itself — was ci us for the winner. graffiti version of itself — was ci us for tonight. |er. [hats us for tonight; a good one.

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