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🇮🇳🍎 Apple is opening its first two stores in India. CEO Tim Cook was in attendance when the first store in Mumbai opened its doors on Tuesday, and will also be there when the second store opens later today in Delhi. While India currently accounts for less than 2% of Apple’s overall revenue, the iPhone-maker has expressed optimism about the potential for growth in a nation with ~933 million internet users. Apple has also committed to moving up to 25% of iPhone production to India by 2025.

🇬🇧 UK inflation remained above 10% in March. The annual inflation rate of 10.1% was down from 10.4% in February, but 0.3 percentage-points higher than economists had projected. It leaves the UK with the highest inflation rate among the Group of Seven wealthy democracies, though that gap is expected to narrow this month.

🇩🇪🇪🇺 German writers, designers, and performers asked the EU to regulate generative AI over copyright concerns. In a letter to EU lawmakers, a group of 42 German associations and trade unions representing 140,000 workers said lawmakers need to address the “fundamental questions of accountability, liability and remuneration” in regards to generative AI systems like ChatGPT and DALL-E. The European Commission proposed new AI rules last year, and is scheduled to hash out its final details with EU lawmakers and member states before the rules become law later this year.