Aug 29 (Reuters) - New vehicle sales in the United States are projected to rise over 4% in August from a year ago, partly boosted by the Labor Day weekend falling within the reporting period, according to a joint report by industry consultants J.D. Power and GlobalData ( GLDAF ) on Thursday. On a seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) basis,...

Aug 29 (Reuters) - AI startups OpenAI and Anthropic have signed deals with the United States government for research, testing and evaluation of their artificial intelligence models, the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute said on Thursday. The first-of-their-kind agreements come at a time when the companies are facing regulatory scrutiny over safe and ethical use of AI technologies. California legislators...

08:33 AM EDT, 08/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Brown-Forman (BF.A, BF.B) reported fiscal Q1 earnings Thursday of $0.41 per diluted share, down from $0.48 a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $0.46. Net sales for the fiscal quarter ended July 31 was $951 million, down from $1.04 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Capital IQ expected $990.8 million....

08:47 AM EDT, 08/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ) said Thursday it has submitted a Biologics License Application to the US Food and Drug Administration for the approval of nipocalimab to treat generalized myasthenia gravis, a chronic neuromuscular disease that causes weakness in the voluntary muscles. The application was based on the company's phase 3 Vivacity-MG3...