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• The Rhine Group, the organization set up by Mario Draghi to reform Europe's economy, was launched on August 24 • The first meeting of the 57-member group will take place between September 20-23 • Draghi set up the group, dissatisfied that only 15.7% of the recommendations included in his 2024 report have been implemented by the European Commission to date • Only four European companies are among the 50 largest technology companies globally 

• Companies listed on the US stock exchange represent about 44% of global capitalization • The US share of capital market capitalization has increased from about a third in 2012 • China and the EU have markets valued at $15.5 trillion each 

Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, is calling for an international approach to the effects of artificial intelligence on the economy and society, proposing the introduction of a tax on AI-generated content and robots, the creation of a global oversight body and the reservation of certain jobs for humans, AFP reports.

Interim Minister of Health, Cseke Attila, has ordered the urgent launch of an audit on the mechanism for monitoring and supervising drug availability, including the procedure for issuing special needs authorizations (ANS).

The Australian Phonographic Industry Association (ARIA) has decided to exclude songs created entirely or primarily with the help of artificial intelligence from the official music charts, following the controversy generated by a version of Madonna's song "Like a Prayer", which reached the top of the Australian charts.