Ousted Viktor Orbán had previously blocked releasing funds; Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Iran war means US ‘has no time for Ukraine’. What we know on day 1,512 The change in Hungary’s government could help unlock €90bn for Ukraine and give a “new push” for it to join the European Union, the bloc’s expansion chief said Tuesday. Marta Kos, speaking on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank spring meeti...
Ousted Viktor Orbán had previously blocked releasing funds; Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Iran war means US ‘has no time for Ukraine’. What we know on day 1,512 The change in Hungary’s government could help unlock €90bn for Ukraine and give a “new push” for it to join the European Union, the bloc’s expansion chief said Tuesday. Marta Kos, speaking on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank spring meetings, described the Hungarian election on Sunday – which saw long-ruling nationalist prime minister Viktor Orbán defeated – as a “big win for Europe.” “I expect, personally, that this will have a positive effect on the accession process,” Kos said. She also said it would help unlock a major loan needed to prop up Ukraine’s budget. Orban had an effective veto on the funds, angering other EU leaders. He had tied the veto to a dispute with Ukraine over a damaged pipeline carrying Russian oil. Britain will announce extra support for Ukraine worth millions of pounds on Wednesday as senior ministers hold a series of meetings with their international counterparts. In Washington DC, chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to confirm a £752m payment to Kyiv ahead of a meeting with Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko. The payment, part of a £3.36bn loan, is intended to help pay for weaponry including long-range missiles, air defence systems and drones. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday told a German broadcaster that US peace negotiators “have no time for Ukraine” because of the war in Iran, and bemoaned disruption to deliveries of US arms. Zelenskyy told public broadcaster ZDF that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who have helped broker talks with Moscow on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine, were “constantly in talks with Iran” at the moment. Describing the pair as “pragmatic”, Zelenskyy said they were trying to “get more attention from Putin in order to end the war”. But “if the United States does not put pressure on Putin (...) and only engages in a gentle dialogue ...
Lisa O’Carroll reports on the ‘resetting’ of the relationship between the UK and the EU This week, the Guardian reported that Labour is planning to bring in new legislation that will forge closer ties between the UK and the EU . Nearly 10 years on from the Brexit vote, the Guardian’s senior correspondent Lisa O’Carroll speaks to Helen Pidd about what a UK-EU reset would look like. Lisa and Helen a...
Lisa O’Carroll reports on the ‘resetting’ of the relationship between the UK and the EU This week, the Guardian reported that Labour is planning to bring in new legislation that will forge closer ties between the UK and the EU . Nearly 10 years on from the Brexit vote, the Guardian’s senior correspondent Lisa O’Carroll speaks to Helen Pidd about what a UK-EU reset would look like. Lisa and Helen also discuss the strength of the EU in the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat in the Hungary elections on Sunday. Continue reading...
Not all scientists are willing to share why they returned to China. Most remain tight-lipped about their reasons for returning home and their specific experiences because of political or other non-scientific reasons. Professor Zhang Kai is an exception. Zhang, who worked for many years in Cambridge, England, and Yale University in the United States, is one of the world’s top and most influential c...
Not all scientists are willing to share why they returned to China. Most remain tight-lipped about their reasons for returning home and their specific experiences because of political or other non-scientific reasons. Professor Zhang Kai is an exception. Zhang, who worked for many years in Cambridge, England, and Yale University in the United States, is one of the world’s top and most influential cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) scientists while harbouring further ambitious goals. “The first...
前沿企业正在为 AI 技术时代设定节奏与规则，对商业乃至更广领域产生影响。 如今，几乎没人会怀疑，AI 技术正在改变商业和社会的未来。对于企业领导者而言，问题已经变成：你能多快地把 AI 技术融入组织核心？不论你推进得有多快，你的竞争对手都在努力更快。 在中国75%的领导者明确将AI 作为生产力提升的核心工具。这股应用浪潮来得相当迅猛，而最具前瞻性的组织——前沿企业（Frontier Firms）...
前沿企业正在为 AI 技术时代设定节奏与规则，对商业乃至更广领域产生影响。 如今，几乎没人会怀疑，AI 技术正在改变商业和社会的未来。对于企业领导者而言，问题已经变成：你能多快地把 AI 技术融入组织核心？不论你推进得有多快，你的竞争对手都在努力更快。 在中国75%的领导者明确将AI 作为生产力提升的核心工具。这股应用浪潮来得相当迅猛，而最具前瞻性的组织——前沿企业（Frontier Firms），正超越试验阶段，开始为 AI 技术时代设定节奏与游戏规则。 AI 技术时代三种全新工作模式 前沿企业是“人类主导、智能体运营”的——他们像购买电力一样获取智能，然后让智能体像员工一样运作，并让价值形成复利式的增长。这些组织正在颠覆一切假设，从零构建工作体系，让人类与 AI 应用真正协同工作。而我们已经看到，这种协作正在孕育新的工作模式，最大化人机共创的价值。 如今，这些模式在软件开发领域最为明显，而它们也将迅速扩展到各行各业、不同职能与各种规模的企业中。成熟企业已经将其应用于那些流程定义清晰、可度量性高的职能领域，如销售、服务和财务。同时，它们也正在渗透到 AI 技术具有独特优势的领域，如市场营销与内容创作。 这些模式如何具体实现？ 01 | 人类 + AI 技术助手 ◉ 模式说明： 个体与 AI 技术助手配对，以消除繁琐事务并加速生产力。 ◉ 在软件开发中： 工作将从 AI 技术开始，AI 技术助手会提出代码与测试建议，让开发者减少重复性劳动，从而专注于设计、客户价值与质量——也就是那些真正推动产品前进的工作。 02 | 人机混合团队 ◉ 模式说明： 智能体作为数字化员工加入团队，在特定步骤或工作流中与人协作，从而扩大影响力。 ◉ 在软件开发中： AI 技术被嵌入到现有工作流中。诸如测试新代码、审查每次更新、检查合规性等繁琐任务，不再占据整个冲刺周期的数天时间。智能体会进行初步处理，起草总结、标记问题并提出修复建议。开发者做出最终决定，但整个团队因此运转得更快，摩擦更少。 03 | 人类主导、智能体运营 ◉ 模式说明： 这是更优的前沿企业模板——重新设计工作流，让智能体从头到尾运行它们。人类负责设定目标、规则，并仅在必要时介入。 ◉ 在软件开发中： 想象一个几乎自动运作的发布流程。开发从以自然语言表达的目标开始，智能体将其转化为草稿和原型。这让小型团队能够在几天内从想法...