{"podcast":{"title":"EZ News","slug":"ez-news-1063909","podcast_index_feed_id":1063909,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundon.fm/podcasts/d881874d-74a9-43e1-8d92-6e5746969a71.xml","website_url":"https://www.icrt.com.tw","image_url":"https://files.soundon.fm/1590400671701-499db714-348f-4ac0-ba9c-b5cf92e6d327.jpg","author":"ICRT News Team","episode_count":1554,"summary":"ICRT 主播用簡單緩慢的英文，幫助你了解台灣每日重點新聞！ 讓你學習英文、接收新知，一舉兩得🎉 EZ News is designed to help learners improve their English. It is a production of ICRT News, and is posted on our web site and app weekdays. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T02:19:41.247068+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909"},"episode":{"title":"EZ News 09/17/26","slug":"ez-news-09-17-26","published_at":"2026-09-17T02:43:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909/ez-news-09-17-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909","url":"https://player.soundon.fm/p/d881874d-74a9-43e1-8d92-6e5746969a71/episodes/f7675189-7aae-4552-b72d-20a7a90f37f6","audio_url":"https://rss.soundon.fm/rssf/d881874d-74a9-43e1-8d92-6e5746969a71/feedurl/f7675189-7aae-4552-b72d-20a7a90f37f6/rssFileVip.mp3?timestamp=1790014694761","summary":"Good afternoon, I'm _ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 87-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 45,936 on turnover of 7.6-billion N-T. The market rebounded from its recent downturn on Wednesday, but turnover was thin as investors remained cautious ahead of the U-S Federal Reserve's policy decision on interest rates. Digital minister discusses AI, cybersecurity during US visit Digital Minister Lin Yi-jing has held talks with U-S officials, think tanks and major technology companies during a visit to Washington, D.C. According to the Ministry of Digital Affairs, the talks focused on cooperation on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. The ministry has not named the U-S government officials who met with Lin and his delegation, but has said they also met with several Washington-based think tanks, including the Hudson Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The delegation also met with OpenAI, Meta and Amazon. The ministry says one of the main issues discussed was \"how AI models understand Taiwan\" - and that issues was brought up as the Lai administration is seeking to ensure (確保) that Taiwan's language, history and culture are accurately represented by A-I systems. Central bank under pressure to raise rates at upcoming meeting The central bank is holding its quarterly policymaking meetingtoday. The bank left interest rates unchanged for the ninth consecutive quarter at its last policymaking meeting in June - which meant the discount rate remained at 2-per cent. However, inflation topped the 2-per cent alert level for a fourth consecutive (連續的) month in August and several major central banks around the world have recently raised their key interest rates. Reuters is reporting that a survey found that…","meta_description":"Good afternoon, I'm _ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 87-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 45,936 on tur…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":406,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ez-news-1063909/episodes/ez-news-09-17-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ez-news-1063909/ez-news-09-17-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}