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We discuss Latam-GPT, a significant new large language model developed collaboratively by over thirty Latin American institutions, set to launch in September 2025. This open-source AI aims to provide culturally and linguistically nuanced solutions for the region, trained on a diverse dataset including Spanish, Portuguese, and indigenous languages, addressing the limitations of existing global models. The article highlights a broader global trend of regional AI innovation, with similar initiatives emerging in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, signaling a shift away from a monopolistic, English-centric AI landscape. For businesses and policymakers, this movement emphasizes the increasing importance of AI localization, offering economic benefits and fostering technological sovereignty by allowing regions to control their data and digital future.

LATAM-GPT: The Rise of Regional AI Innovation

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The reality of where things stand on the Ukraine battlefield. Mike Brest from the Washington Examiner takes us behind the headline.

The reality of where things stand on the Ukraine battlefield

Clare Ansberry from the Wall Street Journal explains why homeownership may be going the way of the phonograph.

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A quirky, joyful queer love story about a lonely museum worker who falls in love with a statue of Venus

Rika Horauchi’s new part-time job is to converse with a statue of Venus – in Latin – every Monday, when the museum is closed.

Initially reluctant, Rika starts to enjoy her strange new job. Recommended by her old university professor for her exemplary language skills, Rika leads an otherwise unassuming life, working the rest of the week in a frozen-food warehouse.

As Venus comes to life in the quiet of the museum, they talk about everything. Venus opens up new worlds for Rika, both intellectually and emotionally. They soon fall in love. But when the museum’s curator, Hashibami, makes it clear he wants to keep Venus for himself, what will Rika do?

When the Museum is Closed is by turns charming, funny and surprising, a surreal take on our most real emotions and concerns: love, loneliness, freedom, perceptions of beauty and how women are seen in society. A joyful queer love story, this fresh and original new novel confirms Emi Yagi as one of the most exciting Japanese writers published in English today.

Translated by Yuki Tejima

'Filled with movement and passion - a luminous story that reveals a whole world of desire and possibility, right at the heart of loneliness' Rosie Price, author of THE ORANGE ROOM

© Emi Yagi 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

When the Museum is Closed, written by Emi Yagi, Yuki Tejima (translation) and read by Kae Alexander

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LATAM-GPT: The Rise of Regional AI Innovation

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