LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - Britain must leverage its strengths to influence how artificial intelligence is deployed around the world, DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis said on Monday, as the AI research firm's owner Google announced upgrades to its offering in the country. Hassabis, who founded DeepMind in London in 2010 and sold it to Google four years later, said Britain's...

12:49 PM EDT, 03/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Accenture's ( ACN ) full-year results are on course to take a hit partly due to a wider-than-expected impact of spending cuts initiated by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, Morgan Stanley said. The investment bank now estimates Accenture ( ACN ) to report per-share earnings of $12.88 and revenue of $68.38...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The German insurer Allianz said on Monday that it was selling its 26% stake in two joint ventures with India's Bajaj Finserv to the Bajaj Group for around 2.6 billion euros ($2.84 billion). Last year, Bajaj Finserv had said that Allianz was considering exiting the joint ventures, ending a decades-old partnership. Allianz said in its announcement that India...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen's Audi will cut up to 7,500 jobs in Germany by 2029 in areas like administration and development, the premium carmaker said on Monday, the latest German auto industry player to reduce costs. The planned measures, agreed on Monday by management and labour representatives, should save the carmaker 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) per year in the...