Day: February 10, 2025
Macron beats French investment drum ahead of AI summit
French President Emmanuel Macron trumpeted the benefits of artificial intelligence Sunday, ahead of a two-day Paris summit on the technology and its potential benefits and pitfalls. Co-hosted with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the summit has a slew of stated aims including “mapping” AI governance around the world, promoting the idea of more ethical, accessible and frugal AI and pushing for European sovereignty over the technology. But announcements ahead of the gathering could have been confused with Macron’s annual “Choose France” investor conference, with tens of billions pledged for investment…
JCP meets today for appointment of new SC judges
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi is set to chair a Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) meeting today for the appointment of eight judges to the Supreme Court. The huddle, during today’s meeting, will consider five senior judges from each of the four high courts, sources told Geo News. It is expected that two judges each from the Sindh and Islamabad High Courts and one judge each from the Peshawar and Balochistan High Courts will be elevated to the Supreme Court. However, ahead of the meeting, four Supreme Court judges, including two commission…