Nvidia to invest in OpenAI; America vows support for Argentina, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 23 September 2025
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| 0:35.2 | This is the world in brief from The Economist. |
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| 0:45.3 | NVIDIA, a chipmaker, signed a deal to invest as much as $100 billion in Open AI, |
| 0:53.0 | an artificial intelligence firm, to build data centers with a capacity |
| 0:57.5 | of 10 gigawatts. NVIDIA will reportedly receive equity in Open AI in return. The firms said the deal |
| 1:06.0 | would power advanced AI. Open AI has more than 700 million weekly active users. NVIDIA's shares were up nearly |
| 1:15.6 | 5% on Monday. Scott Besant, America's Treasury Secretary, vowed to provide all options to |
| 1:24.5 | stabilize Argentina's economy following a run on the peso and plummeting asset prices. |
| 1:31.5 | Measures could include swap lines, currency purchases and buying dollar-denominated government debt, |
| 1:38.5 | he said. Mr. Besant and Donald Trump will meet Harvey-A. Malay, Argentina's president, in New York on Tuesday. |
| 1:48.5 | Emmanuel Macron, France's president, said his country would recognize a Palestinian state |
| 1:54.4 | during a summit on advancing a two-state solution ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York. |
| 2:02.3 | America and Israel boycotted the session. |
| 2:05.4 | Earlier Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, |
| 2:09.0 | accused world leaders of giving a huge reward to terrorism |
| 2:12.6 | after Australia, Britain, Canada and Portugal formerly recognised Palestine. |
| 2:20.1 | America's Supreme Court let the Trump administration fire, for now, |
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