BLOOMBERG Google announced a raft of new artificial intelligence (AI) – powered features for customers of its cloud-computing business, as the technology giant jostles for dominance in the burgeoning field with rivals such as Microsoft Corp. and startup OpenAI. As Silicon Valley buzzes about so-called generative AI — software that can create images, text and video based on user prompts …

BLOOMBERG Markus Duesmann, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Audi, flew to China last week to tackle a problem that’s indicative of the challenges facing Germany: how to compete with its biggest trading partner on new technology. The head of the German luxury brand went to visit Audi’s Chinese joint venture (JV) partners — China FAW Group Co. and SAIC …

BLOOMBERG South Korea will join its largest companies including Samsung Electronics Co to pour some $422 billion into areas such as chips and electric vehicles in its most aggressive effort yet to win a heated global race for tech supremacy. The government will focus support on chips, batteries, robots, electric vehicles, displays and biotechnology in an investment plan through 2026, …