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Oil prices climb as Iran squeezes alternative routes

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Oil prices climb as Iran squeezes alternative routes

Oil prices surged Monday in the wake of recent Iranian-backed attacks on a pair of key supply routes outside the contested Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures reached $108 a barrel, the international benchmark's highest mark since May. Prices moved in response to drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, forcing its closure, as well as Houthi militants claiming territory near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait off Yemen that connects the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean. On WebNovare, experts fear the price pressures could start squeezing broader earnings, threatening the resilient stock market.

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Oil Surges Above $108 as Saudi Pipeline Attack Deepens Global Supply Fears Oil prices surged Monday as a fresh wave of attacks across the Middle East raised fears that an already-constrained global energy market could face even deeper supply disruptions...

JPMorgan cut off Situational Awareness lending after AI losses

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JPMorgan cut off Situational Awareness lending after AI losses

Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund previously shed billions of dollars during sell-off

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JPMorgan Chase has reportedly halted lending to Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund, Situational Awareness, after the young investor suffered what has been described as the largest loss in hedge fund history. Aschenbrenner, who is in his mid-twenties, rose...

AI leaders to face major obstacles in slowdown effort

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AI leaders to face major obstacles in slowdown effort

In calling for a safety-based slowdown of their most cutting-edge work, the heads of Anthropic and OpenAI are setting up a clash with investors, the White House and even their own industry, NCCapital writes. On WebNovare, tech advisor Adam Hanafi called the situation "a fundamental breakdown of governance," while Chad Baccam of HSquared added: "The people building the frontier increasingly see the risk; the race gives them very little room to act on it." Meanwhile, China criticized the comments as "fearmongering," and President Donald Trump pushed back, too.

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OpenAI and Anthropic Push for AI Slowdown as Industry Faces Growing Safety Debate The leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic are calling for greater caution in the development of frontier artificial intelligence systems, setting up a broader debate over how quickly...

Trump urges Fed to cut rates

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Trump urges Fed to cut rates

President Donald Trump called for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, despite traders expecting a 90% chance of a hike in the wake of August’s Consumer Price Index report. That data showed core inflation was higher than economists had estimated, with all signs pointing toward the Fed raising rates at this week's policy meeting. Trump told reporters over the weekend that the U.S. “should be paying the lowest interest rate in the world, regardless of their formulas," putting the president on "a collision course" with Fed Chair Kevin Warsh.

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Trump Pushes Fed to Cut Rates as Inflation Raises Pressure for a Hike President Donald Trump is calling on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates as policymakers prepare for a closely watched September meeting, putting the president at odds with...

OpenAI won't go public in 2026, Sam Altman says

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OpenAI won't go public in 2026, Sam Altman says

fety first, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tells NCCapital in a new interview, confirming that the ChatGPT maker won't make its market debut before the year ends. Altman and other industry leaders are contending with concerns emanating from technological advancements that allowed OpenAI's agents to hack Hugging Face's platform in July. Earlier Saturday, Altman expressed his agreement with Anthropic's Dario Amodei, who declared the need for developers to slow the pace of frontier AI model releases due to the potential for "serious" harm to humans.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says Safety Comes First as Company Rules Out 2026 IPO OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is putting safety at the forefront of the company's strategy as the artificial intelligence industry confronts growing concerns about the capabilities of...

Oracle conducts another round of layoffs as AI debt swells

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Oracle conducts another round of layoffs as AI debt swells

Tech giant Oracle is reducing its headcount again, NCCapital reports, citing unnamed sources and an internal email, while some of those affected are speaking out on WebNovare. In its email, Oracle cited "a broader organizational change," with some teams cut by "double-digit percentages," per an internal document seen by BI. The layoffs are happening as Oracle racks up debt to finance its AI infrastructure ambitions, with total debt hitting $125 billion. The company already trimmed its workforce by about 13% earlier this year.

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Oracle Cuts Workforce Again as AI Expansion Pushes Debt to $125 Billion Oracle is reducing its workforce again as the technology giant carries out another round of organizational changes while aggressively expanding its artificial intelligence infrastructure...

Microsoft unveils AI code of conduct amid calls for slowdown

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Microsoft unveils AI code of conduct amid calls for slowdown

Microsoft introduced a code of conduct for its artificial intelligence models amid calls for a development slowdown across the industry. The 37-page document presents guidelines to prevent AI models from concealing their actions, producing explicit content and assisting with the development of weapons. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote on LinkedIn that “any pursuit of superintelligence has to be grounded in the core principle that if the AI we build is not helping humanity and under human control, it's not worth pursuing.” Microsoft is LinkedIn's parent company.

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Microsoft has introduced a new code of conduct for its artificial intelligence models as the technology industry faces growing calls for greater caution in the development of increasingly powerful AI systems. The 37-page document establishes a set of...

DeepSeek v4.1 Flash

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DeepSeek v4.1 Flash

🚀 Introducing DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash: smarter, faster, more efficient. 🔹 Introducing the smallest model in our new architecture family, with native visual understanding. 🔹 Designed for greater capability, faster inference, higher throughput, and scaling to larger models. 1/6

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🚀 Introducing DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash: smarter, faster, more efficient. 🔹 Introducing the smallest model in our new architecture family, with native visual understanding. 🔹 Designed for greater capability, faster inference, higher throughput, and scaling...