By Maki Shiraki TOKYO (Reuters) -Nissan ( NSANF ) CEO Makoto Uchida met with his Honda counterpart Toshihiro Mibe on Thursday to tell him he wants to scrap their memorandum of understanding (MOU) to discuss a possible merger, one person with knowledge of the matter said. The termination of talks followed a proposal from Honda to make Nissan ( NSANF...

Feb 5 (Reuters) - John Schulman, an OpenAI co-founder who joined Anthropic last year, has left his role at the artificial intelligence startup, the company said late on Wednesday. We are sad to see John go but fully support his decision to pursue new opportunities and wish him all the very best, Jared Kaplan, Anthropic's chief science officer, said in...

SEOUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - South Korea's industry ministry has temporarily blocked employee access to Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek due to security concerns, a ministry official said on Wednesday, as the government urges caution on generative AI services. The government issued a notice on Tuesday calling for ministries and agencies to exercise caution about using AI services including DeepSeek...

Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino agreed to expand cooperation between the U.S. military and Panama's security forces during a call on Wednesday, the Pentagon said, in the wake of a dispute over the Panama Canal. They agreed on the strong relationship and many security interests that the United States and...