LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — The breathtaking development of artificial intelligence has dazzled users by composing music, creating images and writing essays, while also raising fears about its implications. Even European Union officials…
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Copyright owners in the music industry
IN these trying times, music can still be described as one thing that when it hits you, you feel no pain. What can be rather painful, however, is after having exerted much effort…
Farming made smart
THE Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is trying to get farmers to come together and utilise technology to predict plant deficiencies with the use of drones. RADA’s Senior Programmer Hartnell Campbell says the…
Bamboo housing research to get back on track
After a two-year pause on the buildout of factory space in White Marl, St Catherine, to facilitate research into bamboo housing, Chairman of the Bamboo Industry Association of Jamaica, BIAJ, Robert Rainford says…
Dubai courted for cruise
TOURISM Minister Edmund Bartlett is trying to woo DP World, a multinational port operator, to look to Jamaica’s cruise shipping industry for opportunities that will lead to it investing in the island. Bartlett,…
Debt options abound but can Biden, McCarthy strike a deal?
THE White House and Congress could strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for budget cuts. Or they could agree to a stopgap measure to keep paying the nation’s bills…
Seprod almost triples Q1 earnings
CONTINUED growth across its business helped to almost triple earnings for manufacturing and distribution giant Seprod Limited, which reported profits of approximately $1.4 billion at the end of its first quarter (Q1) ended…
Trade deficit at new record
JAMAICA’s trade deficit reached a record US$6 billion in 2022 as the prices of imported fuel and raw materials surged last year in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The higher prices…
US proposing new rules for airline cancellations, delays
The Biden administration is working on new regulations that would require airlines to compensate passengers and cover their meals and hotel rooms if they are stranded for reasons within the airline’s control. The…
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The Bible teaches that we are saved by grace through faith – “by grace are ye saved through faith” (Eph. 2:8). Somehow, this seems to have become “grace and grace alone” rather than…