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Saudi Pipeline Shutdown Threatens Roughly 4% of Global Oil Supply

Saudi Pipeline Shutdown Threatens Roughly 4% of Global Oil Supply

Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline shutdown is now threatening roughly 4% of global oil supply. The line carries around 4 million barrels per day to the Red Sea and has become critical as tanker traffic through Hormuz remains heavily disrupted.

Anthropic’s CEO Wants the AI Industry to Slow Down Before Models Become Too Powerful to Control

Anthropic’s CEO Wants the AI Industry to Slow Down Before Models Become Too Powerful to Control

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is calling on the AI industry to deliberately slow the race toward increasingly powerful models, warning that safety research is struggling to keep pace with capabilities.

Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, America Remembers an Attack That Reshaped the World

Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, America Remembers an Attack That Reshaped the World

Twenty-five years after 9/11, America is commemorating the nearly 3,000 people killed in an attack that transformed U.S. foreign policy, national security and everyday life.

Anthropic Could Attempt the Largest IPO in History, With Nvidia Considering a $10 Billion Investment

Anthropic Could Attempt the Largest IPO in History, With Nvidia Considering a $10 Billion Investment

Anthropic is preparing what could become the largest IPO in history, with the Claude developer considering an offering of up to $100 billion at a valuation around $2 trillion.

More Than 300,000 Lebanese Remain Displaced as Israel Continues Demolitions in the South

More Than 300,000 Lebanese Remain Displaced as Israel Continues Demolitions in the South

More than 300,000 Lebanese remain displaced despite the June ceasefire, as Israeli forces continue demolitions and military operations across parts of southern Lebanon.

Saudi Arabia Shuts Its East-West Oil Pipeline as Houthis Seize Perim Island

Saudi Arabia Shuts Its East-West Oil Pipeline as Houthis Seize Perim Island

Saudi Arabia has shut its vital East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack, just as Yemen’s Houthis seized Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

OpenAI Launches a Wall Street Version of ChatGPT

OpenAI Launches a Wall Street Version of ChatGPT

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Financial Services, a specialized version built for Wall Street. It can perform equity research, financial modeling, due diligence and create client materials using institutional data from providers including LSEG, PitchBook and Daloopa.