China and North Korea to resume passenger train service after six-year haltAFP via Getty ImagesA passenger train arrives from North Korea to the Chinese border city of Dandong in February 2019Passenger trains between China and North Korea will resume service on Thursday, reviving a transport link that was shuttered for six years due to the pandemic, China's rail operator said.Trains between...

OpenAI COO says ads will be ‘an iterative process’ Last month, OpenAI said that it is going to introduce ads to users of the free and Go tiers in ChatGPT. The company rolled out ads to U.S.-based users earlier this month amid criticism from rivals like Anthropic, which published a string of Super Bowl ads. On the sidelines of the India AI summit, TechCrunch asked OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap about...

Japan: Divorced couples can now have joint custody of childrenGetty ImagesBefore the revision, custody was typically granted to one parent after divorce - in most cases the motherDivorced couples in Japan are now allowed to share custody of their children, after a landmark revision to Japan's Civil Code took effect on Wednesday.Before the amendment was approved by parliament in 2024, Japan was...

Indian AI lab Sarvam’s new models are a major bet on the viability of open-source AI Indian AI lab Sarvam on Tuesday unveiled a new generation of large language models, as it bets that smaller, efficient open-source AI models will be able to grab some market share away from more expensive systems offered by its much larger U.S. and Chinese rivals. The launch, announced at the India AI Impact...

Iran launches retaliatory strikes at targets across Middle EastIran says it has hit US base in Bahrain, as it launches strikes across regionReutersPlumes of black smoke were seen rising above an area near the headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth FleetIranian forces say they have struck a US naval base in Bahrain, as Iran launched strikes across the region in retaliation for a "massive" and...