Tokyo (AFP) April 10, 2024 - Microsoft on Tuesday announced a $2.9 billion investment over the next two years in Japan to bolster the country s push into artificial intelligence and strengthen its cyber defences in the face of threats from China and Russia.
Volatility surged as geopolitical tensions rose in the Middle East and inflation data defied estimates, delaying rate cuts and causing concern for stocks, mortgages and consumer sentiment.
On the one hand, artificial intelligence promises to help advance the transition on the other, it is clearly hindering the progress of that transition by posing an energy demand question that only hydrocarbons can answer.
President Joe Biden and his wife will be meeting with the Japan's prime minister Fumio Kishida and his wife. This is the fifth state dinner of Biden's term, and a number of people with connections to the Bay Area are expected to be in attendance.