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The European Union has paid nearly eight billion euros for Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas, even as it publicly pledges to cut energy ties with Moscow. The record imports raise serious questions about whether Europe's energy independence goals are anything more than political theatre while the war in Ukraine continues.
Shifting to the automotive world, the Paris Motor Show opens its doors Monday, and the mood among European carmakers is uneasy. Chinese electric vehicle brands are arriving with competitive prices and polished technology, putting pressure on legacy manufacturers already struggling with slowing EV demand and geopolitical headwinds across the continent.
And in a story that sits right at the intersection of technology and ethics, Anthropic has updated its usage policies to prohibit what it calls sustained and needless abusive behaviour toward its AI systems. The move is drawing debate about whether machines can be harmed by cruelty, or whether this is really about maintaining the integrity of the systems themselves and the people who build them.
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