Today: October 15, 2026
Today: October 15, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

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Anthropic seeks rehearing of case over Pentagon's security risk branding

Anthropic asked a US appeals court on Tuesday to reconsider a ruling that upheld the Pentagon's decision to label the AI company as a national security supply chain risk over a

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FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of placing recording device in company conference room

An engineer at OpenAI has been charged with secretly installing a recording device inside a conference room in what officials say was an effort to capture sensitive conversations about the company’s technology

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Tencent raises $5.7 billion in debt sale as demand defies AI scrutiny

Tencent Holdings has raised about $5.7 billion through US dollar and offshore yuan debt offerings on Tuesday, drawing combined

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Kroger to lay off 3,000 corporate employees over 3 years as it leans into artificial intelligence

Grocery store chain Kroger says it will lay off 3,000 corporate employees over the next three years as it ramps up its use of artificial intelligence to streamline operations

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Goolsbee says AI-induced inflation is 'jumping out of its lane,' Semafor reports

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said on Tuesday that inflation is starting to feel like "aggregate overheating" fueled by spillovers from the artificial

Technology

MI5 chief lists Iran, Russia, AI and terrorists among threats to UK

MI5 spy chief Ken McCallum delivered his annual speech on Tuesday outlining his view of the threats to Britain, from hostile states such as Iran and Russia to the

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Goldman CEO watching for election-driven volatility around data centers

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said on Tuesday it would be interesting to watch for political volatility around AI centers ahead of

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Anthropic warns AI models may soon self-replicate and could wreak havoc on the web

A new warning about artificial intelligence from Anthropic caused a stir in cybersecurity circles on Tuesday, a day after the company

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Q&A: Brian Eno on relaunching Opal Records, 'Music for Airports,' AI and Palestine

Brian Eno, the multi-hyphenate artist, producer, sound designer and political activist best known for his pioneering work in ambient and electronic music, relaunches his transformative label Opal Records on Friday

Economy|Finance

Growing debt burden poses significant risk to developing nations, G24 chair says

The debt vulnerabilities of many developing economies are a "major barrier" to inclusive growth, the chair of the Group of 24 nations said on Tuesday, warning

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Banking watchdogs ramp up AI scrutiny as stability fears mount, sources say

Banking regulators are stepping up efforts to contain growing AI risks, six people familiar with the matter

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IMF cites AI slowdown, spiking yields as looming global market risks

The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday against "complacency" in global financial markets, citing risks from an

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IMF raises its forecast for world growth this year but says economies will slow in 2027

The International Monetary Fund has slightly upgraded its outlook for the world economy for this year, but it's forecasting growth at a still sluggish 3.1%

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Anthropic says new safeguards sharply reduce AI distillation attacks

Anthropic said on Monday new measures designed to prevent rivals from copying the capabilities of its Claude AI models have reduced data harvested in so-called distillation attacks

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Japan's Omron to buy US industrial PC firm Onlogic for $675 million in physical AI push

Japanese manufacturer Omron will buy US industrial PC firm Onlogic and its parent company, Interlogic, for $675 million, the company said on Tuesday.

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IMF cuts Latin America, Caribbean growth forecasts on energy shock, little AI boost

The International Monetary Fund trimmed its growth forecasts for Latin America and the Caribbean for this year and next and said most of the region was getting little lift

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Kroger plans to eliminate 3,000 corporate roles, memo shows, as it expands AI use

Kroger plans to cut roughly 3,000 corporate roles over the next three years, CEO Greg Foran told staff in a memo, seen by Reuters on Monday, as the grocer integrates AI into its

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Meta releases Muse Wonder AI models to challenge Anthropic and OpenAI

Meta on Monday launched Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, calling them its most capable AI models yet, as the social media firm looks to compete more forcefully with OpenAI and

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Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ has already gotten under Elon Musk’s skin. It goes nationwide this week

Elon Musk has been vocal against Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk,” calling the filmmaker names like “idiot” and “horrible human.”

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Nikon revokes first prize in Small World in Motion video competition over AI use

Nikon revokes first prize in Small World in Motion video competition over AI use

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When AI goes rogue, who should get sued?

When AI goes rogue, who should get sued?

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Microsoft president says milk faces more regulation than AI

Artificial Intelligence needs urgent global regulation with independent evaluators able to vet new developments, the president of Microsoft said, warning that AI currently

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Intel CEO says Chinese frontier AI model adoption has been 'very fast'

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said on Monday that the token costs of Chinese frontier AI models have been lower and adoption has been "very fast". 

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Productivity gains from AI could help offset Asia's ageing population problem, IMF says

Artificial intelligence could help offset Asia's shrinking workforce as some countries' populations age, provided its adoption is scaled evenly across the region

Technology

Trump says Russia and Ukraine agree to an ‘energy ceasefire’ but Kyiv says attacks continue

U.S. President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” in the 4 1/2-year-old war, but he offered no details on it and Kyiv reported continued attacks by Moscow on energy sites after his statement

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Amazon in talks to buy AI startup Decart for around $7 billion, WSJ reports

Amazon is in talks to acquire AI startup Decart in a deal valued at around $7 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. 

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AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action

AI is among 17 potentially ‘catastrophic threats’ that researchers say require targeted action

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Nvidia in talks to invest further in Reflection AI or buy it, FT reports

Nvidia is in talks to deepen its investment in open-source startup Reflection AI or acquire it, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people with direct knowledge of the

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Anthropic's Claude AI submits a false tip on a Philadelphia unsolved homicide case

An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip to Philadelphia police about an unsolved homicide case, authorities and Anthropic said

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Super Micro contractor pleads guilty in scheme to divert AI servers with Nvidia chips to China

A contractor linked to Super Micro Computer has pleaded guilty in a scheme to illegally export computer servers containing advanced

Crime|Election|Finance|Science|Technology

Anthropic discloses fake tip to police among new rogue AI incidents

An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false homicide tip to a Philadelphia police website, among a string of incidents the AI company disclosed on Friday detailing

Europe|Finance|Science|Technology

EU tech chief says bloc 'well equipped' to fend off rogue AI risk

European Union rules setting guardrails on AI use adopted by the bloc two years ago are more than capable of tackling rogue agents, EU tech chief Henna

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Stocks advance ahead of earnings, navigating still-high Treasury yields and oil prices

World stocks rose on Friday, with government bond yields and oil prices only incrementally higher, ahead of key economic

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China AI developers publish safety tests for just 3.6% of model releases, report finds

China's leading AI developers have publicly disclosed model-specific safety-test results for only a small fraction of their releases, a report by

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OpenAI fires 3 safety researchers in dispute over AI risks

OpenAI has fired three safety researchers for a "breach of trust," defending the decision after the trio accused the company of prioritizing corporate interests over safety

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AI-related companies to drive most third-quarter US earnings gains 

US companies are likely to deliver another earnings surge for the third quarter, and like the rally in the stock market, AI-related players are

Environment|Science|Technology

Modi wants India to power the AI age. Residents are pushing back

The view from Indian engineer Tushar Shetty's Mumbai apartment captures a tension playing out around the world as the

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OpenAI's September annualized revenue nears $50 billion, less than previously indicated, source says

OpenAI has told investors its annualized revenue for September was almost $50 billion, a drop from what it signaled earlier, a person familiar with

Science|Technology

Fired OpenAI safety researchers say they were pushed out over ‘suspicious’ circumstances

Fired OpenAI safety researchers say they were pushed out over ‘suspicious’ circumstances

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Lawmakers raise alarm at Google plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data for AI models

More than 120 US lawmakers raised concerns on Thursday about a deal for Alphabet's Google unit to acquire defunct carrier Spirit Airlines' internal

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Trump honors Microsoft’s CEO after Vance drops an H-1B visa hammer on the company

President Donald Trump celebrated tech billionaires such as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at an event with arguably awkward timing

Science|Technology

Trump AI task force leaders to meet on Thursday, vice chair says

The four leaders of US President Donald Trump's AI task force are slated to meet on Thursday, task force vice chair Scott Kupor told Reuters, adding

Business|Technology

Anthropic launches dashboard, animation tools for Claude

Anthropic on Thursday launched tools that allow users to create data dashboards and animations through Claude, as AI companies vie to broaden their suite of workplace productivity

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Veterans in Des Moines receive AI glasses to improve daily life

Veterans in Des Moines receive AI glasses to improve daily life

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Google Cloud introduces Gemini agent for work as AI race heats up

Alphabet's Google Cloud on Thursday introduced the Gemini agent, a single AI agent for work that can answer questions, handle tasks, create content and write code.

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Indiana 911 call center turns to AI to take non-emergency calls amid critical staffing shortage

Indiana 911 call center turns to AI to take non-emergency calls amid critical staffing shortage

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Why are the tech lords so bad at signing their names?

Why are the tech lords so bad at signing their names?

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Nvidia-backed Upscale AI launches platform to connect chips from rival suppliers

Upscale AI, a startup valued at $2 billion in June, launched a networking platform on Thursday that allows customers to build data centers using AI chips from different suppliers.

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Amazon launches first Android tablets, raising prices and incorporating Alexa

Amazon on Thursday unveiled a slate of higher-end tablets that for the first time feature its Alexa+ voice assistant and run on Google's Android