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The little brains that power artificial intelligence

are growing more powerful.

I'm David Brancaccio from St. Paul. intelligence are growing more powerful.

I'm David Brancaccio from St Paul today, first to Japan, where the Central Bank today raised

interest rates for the first time in 17 years.

The bank had been paying people to take money, what's called negative interest rates,

but no more. Here's the BBC's Tokyo correspondent, Shamakaleel.

Japan has finally ended its negative interest policy and raised borrowing rates to 0.1%,

a significant move for a country that has stuck to its stimulus program for nearly 20 years.

Until today, it was the only nation in the world to still have a zero rate policy.

The decision comes as salaries have finally started to increase after decades of stagnation.

Last week Japan's biggest companies agreed to raise wages by slightly over 5%,

the biggest hike in more than three decades. For the last few years, households in Japan have been

struggling with the rising cost of living and

stagnant wages. Now to invidia, the maker of the most coveted chips for

running artificial intelligence is out with its latest and it is souped up. Here's Marketplace's Nova Safo.

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