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(Reuters) -Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI will release its first AI model to a select group on Saturday, the billionaire and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO said on Friday.

Citi's Issuer Services, a segment of Securities Services, acted as the Issuing and Paying Agent for the first Digitally Native Note (DNN) issuance under English Law through Euroclear's Digital Financial Market Infrastructure (D-FMI) distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform. The transaction involved a EUR 100 million, 3-year DNN issued by the World Bank — International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and was listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

World Cup 2023, succeeded in breaking a 27-year-old record of Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. Ravindra, 23, struck his third world cup hundred during the match against Pakistan on November 4. With this, he has broken the record of Tendulkar, who had the most centuries to his name before attaining the age of 24.

ChatGPT In a post on X, Musk mentioned that Gork has instant access to information via his social media platform, X (previously known as Twitter). He implies that this advantage sets xAI's model apart from other language models.

Meta and Amazon to help protect fair competition on their retail platforms. The commitments from the U.S. tech giants mark the end of the Competition & Markets Authority's (CMA) investigation into Amazon Marketplace and Meta's use of advertising data.

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While the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has increased the interest rate of Floating Rate Savings Bonds (FRSBs) to 8.1% (October 30, 2023 to April 29, 2024) and has also enabled subscription through its Retail Direct Portal, a web-based platform for investing in government securities, risk-averse investors should note that such bonds are more attractive in a rising interest rate environment.

Curated Living Solutions has acquired a student housing asset spread over 1.5 acre within the NSHM Knowledge Campus in West Bengal’s Durgapur. This student housing facility with around 1 lakh sq ft built-up structure has a total 766 beds. The deal marks Curated Living Solution’s first brownfield venture in the student housing vertical and has started operating from November 1. International property consultant JLL facilitated this transaction between Curated Living Solutions and NSHM Academy. Curated Living Solutions is looking to partner with colleges and universities across India to provide customised housing facilities to students.

OpenAI is anticipated to unveil improvements to its AI models during its inaugural developer conference on Monday, aiming to make them more cost-effective while enhancing their capabilities, reported Reuters. Reportedly, the conference demonstrates OpenAI's aspiration to evolve from a popular consumer attraction into a successful developer platform provider. CEO Sam Altman has hinted at exciting prospects for attendees, promising "some great new stuff." Taking place in a remote area close to San Francisco's City Hall, the one-day event is drawing in hundreds of developers globally.

inflation poses a challenge for big fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies as consumers can't afford pricier items. The phenomenon of downtrading, in which consumers switch from purchasing larger product sizes to smaller ones due to financial difficulties or rising prices, has intensified in the FMCG sector. According to data from the retail intelligence platform Bizom, smaller product sizes have experienced a more rapid growth rate compared to medium or high-priced alternatives across most FMCG categories, TOI has reported. The data revealed that overall sales decreased by approximately 11% in August 2023 compared to the previous year.

When CryptoKitties first hit the scene in late 2017 and exploded in popularity in Q1 2018, no one knew how instrumental non-fungible tokens (NFTs) would be in the years to come. What was thought to be nothing but speculation has since morphed into a multi-billion dollar industry with some of its assets emerging as top crypto coins. Notably, the technology has been implemented in multiple facets of the digital economy, mainly in gaming.

investment proposals worth Rs 4,940 crore from investors for wind energy projects, an official said. This came to the fore on Friday when GRIDCO, a state government undertaking and the nodal agency for the development of renewable energy, in collaboration with its technical partner iFOREST, organized 'Odisha Wind Energy Summit — Investor Round Table' to explore investment opportunities in the wind power sector, the official said.

Netflix had a tough year in 2022. Big rivals such as Disney and Amazon Prime were circling, and viewers seemed to be rethinking their streaming habits amid rising prices in a turbulent global economy.

Elon Musk has taken another swipe at Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram. The tech billionaire has responded in agreement to a post by user cb_doge on X (formerly Twitter) comparing Instagram to OnlyFans. OnlyFans is an online subscription-based service in the UK, primarily used by sex workers who produce pornography.

OpenAI is expected to announce product enhancements that will make its AI models cheaper, with more functionality, in its first-ever developer conference on Monday. The conference signals OpenAI's ambition to expand beyond a consumer sensation to becoming a provider of a hit developer platform, and CEO Sam Altman has teased attendees with the promise of «some great new stuff.»

Nazara Technologies is considering the possibility of acquiring crisis-stuck real-money gaming (RMG) companies as they may become available at attractive valuations, at a time when they are struggling under the burden of heavy tax liabilities, chief executive Nitish Mittersain told ET. “We see this as an opportunity, and we are also in conversation with a few of these companies,” Mittersain said.

With second-home fractional ownership, a highly popular practice in Europe's richer neighbourhoods and the US, gaining currency in India, doing so would need you to neither break the bank, nor sacrifice returns on investment. «Fractional ownership of luxury homes, though relatively novel in India, is a well-accepted concept in developed nations,» said Shravan Gupta, founder and CEO, Yours, which specialises in holiday-home ownership.

Amazon and Meta settled separate U.K. antitrust investigations by agreeing to stop practices that give them an unfair advantage over merchants and customers using their platforms

Raymond James Financial Inc. this week said that the president of its independent contractor division, Jodi Perry, has been promoted to the newly created role of national head of advisor recruiting. She officially starts her new position Jan. 1, according to a statement from the company.

Modern Warfare 3 is set for its official release on November 10 across multiple platforms such as PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series S|X, Xbox One, and PC. Initial reviews of Modern Warfare 3's campaign have emerged, with some expressing disappointment over its brevity, which is estimated at around 4 hours, and its online aspects being considered lackluster, according to reports. For those who pre-ordered the game, Campaign Early Access allowed them to play the campaign mode starting from November 2 at 6 pm (GMT). Players in that timezone had already completed the campaign and witnessed the game-ending credits by midnight, as per reports. When Call of Duty premiered in 2003, reviewers raved about it but few predicted what a monster it would become. But here it is 20 years and 20 games later, racking up blockbuster sales figures even if most of us critics have long since moved on. The latest chapter, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, welcomes back iconic villain Vladimir Makarov, architect of the most heinous terrorist attack in the franchise’s history. Can the good ol’ boys of Task Force 141 once again stop him from starting World War III? Hope so. Will most CoD diehards zip through the campaign so they can dive back into multiplayer combat? Yes. Will publisher Activision keep raking in billions of dollars? Don’t bet against it, as per an AP report. The bullets start flying on Friday, November 10.

Alongside, a cryptocurrency index platform backed by venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), has launched its V2, aiming to take a decentralized approach to crypto investments using blockchain technology.