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Meta prepares chatbots with personas to try retain users
Facebook owner seeks to seize on hype for AI while challenging rivals such as OpenAI, Snap and TikTok
The factories on the front line of China’s economic slowdown
Manufacturers reel from falling demand, rising geopolitical tensions and sluggish post-Covid recovery
Why Nissan’s woes in China are not just about electric vehicles
The carmaker’s challenges are partly because of years of poor decision-making
China’s overseas investment in metals and mining set to hit record
Beijing intensifies efforts to lock up access to renewable energy supply chain
UK ministers plan task force to plug nuclear skills gap
Tens of thousands of workers needed to deliver on new power stations and submarines
UK shop prices dip for first time in 2 years, industry data shows
Decline in cost of items in July adds to evidence that high inflation may finally be easing
US credit rating cut to AA+ by Fitch on ‘expected fiscal deterioration’
Farage says Coutts will allow him to retain his bank accounts
Former Brexit party leader at centre of ‘debanking’ scandal insists on compensation and face-to-face meeting with bosses