- Reuters
UPDATE 1-China's BYD postpones plans for 2025 Chile lithium cathode plant
Chinese carmaker BYD Co has postponed plans to produce lithium cathodes for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in Chile by 2025, the firm's Americas head told Reuters on Tuesday. Chile's economic development agency CORFO last year said production at a new plant to be developed by BYD was expected to begin around the end of 2025, representing a $290 million investment in the world's second-largest lithium-producing country. BYD Chief of Americas Stella Li said she was unsure when the company would resume its plans, citing uncertainty and complications around the project, which would make components needed for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
- BBC
Google's new AI can find lost specs
AI systems able to interpret information in images via a phone camera, in videos and sounds and in spoken language have been shown off by Google. It comes a day after rival OpenAI's launch of its latest AI system, GPT-4o, which included an eye-catching presentation in which it read human expressions via a phone camera, and chatted - and flirted - fluently. Google appears keen to stress its tools are as capable of this kind of so-called "multimodal" understanding as its rival.
- Raleigh News and Observer
Draft county budget won’t cover the Durham schools’ proposed raises. What happens now?
The county manager proposed a property tax increase, but it’s not enough, school leaders say.
