Kamu İlişkileri Bülteni Nisan 5-2

TEKNOLOJİ HABERLERİ

TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government against a law that bans the app if it is not sold by the Chinese company that owns it.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the general availability of Amazon Q, a generative AI-powered assistant to leverage companies’ internal data and accelerate software development processes.

Boğaziçi University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute has commissioned “Multidisciplinary Tsunami Early Warning” stations in case of a tsunami on the shores of the Marmara Sea caused by the expected Istanbul earthquake.

Google, requested a summary judgment to prevent the lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice for allegedly engaging in anti-competitive practices in the field of digital advertising from going to trial in September.

Organizations including the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, and Denver Post have filed a lawsuit against ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its supporter Microsoft, alleging that copyrighted news articles were “stolen” to train AI robots.

DEVELOPMENTS FROM PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS REGARDING TECHNOLOGY

The Directorate of Communications published the 124th and 125th issues of the Disinformation Bulletin. Accordingly, the allegations that the government prevented the issuance of Schengen visas to Turkish citizens to prevent foreign currency outflows and that visa applications for Turkish citizens were closed do not reflect the truth.

Istanbul Chamber of Commerce President Şekib Avdagiç announced that ITOMAM researchers have determined that the number of companies developing artificial intelligence products in Turkey, which was 5 in 2000, increased to 1012 in 2023 and to 1195 in 2024.

Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır announced that the suborbital research flight of Turkey’s second astronaut, Tuva Cihangir Atasever, will take place on June 8 from Virgin Galactic’s Spaceport facilities in the US state of New Mexico.

NEWS ABOUT TÜRKİYE’S INTERNAL POLITICS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS

President Erdoğan announced that exports and imports with Israel have been suspended until the Israeli government allows an uninterrupted and sufficient flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has decided to keep the policy rate (one-week repo auction rate) constant at 50% (fifty percent).

BulletinGovernment Relations Bulletin 5-2

TEKNOLOJİ HABERLERİ

DEVELOPMENTS FROM PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS REGARDING TECHNOLOGY

NEWS ABOUT TÜRKİYE’S INTERNAL POLITICS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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