James Gruber

Now, the author, Mia Ballard, denied personally using AI to write the novel and instead pointed the finger at an acquaintance hired for an earlier self-published version.

It's interesting that trade associations in the UK and the US now let writers display a logo on their books to confirm purely human authorship.

This episode highlights some of the sensitivities around AI content, and it's something I'm sure we'll hear a lot more about as AI evolves.

a listener production.

US stock surge on ceasefire extension and earnings reports, but the ASX is poised to fall at the open with oil again topping $100 a barrel.

Hello, good morning.

I'm James Gruber.

It's Thursday, the 23rd of April, and this is the morning edition of the ComSec Market Update.

Well, the ceasefire between the U.S.

and Iran is now in place indefinitely, yet the fighting between the two seems to go on regardless.

There were reports of gunfire attacks on at least three container ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran claimed to have seized two ships.

Meanwhile, its officials cited two key obstacles to negotiations – the U.S.

breach of commitments and its blockade of Iranian ports –

For its part, the White House says that Iran must agree to turn over its enriched uranium to the U.S.

as part of negotiations to end the war.

All of this didn't deter U.S.

markets, which were happy that the ceasefire was extended, and they're also buoyed by corporate earnings results.

Let's take a deeper look at what's happened with Aussie futures, commodities and currencies.

The ASX is poised to open lower, with index futures down 0.3%.

Speaking of the ASX 200, yesterday it fell 1.2% to $8,844, a two-week low and marking its steepest single-session decline since mid-March.