Posts by Amelia Frost
OpenAI Paused The Release Of Its Latest Models Over Safety Concerns. But an Expert is Also Warning Against a Slowdown.
OpenAI is facing a security crisis, having scrapped the release of its next generation AI model GPT-6.1 Astra due to concerns researchers raised during internal testing. The company also halted the release less than a month after the Australian government alleged one of the organizations’ agents breached its Medicare platform, and not long after its…
Read MoreEducational Access Is Becoming a Question of Where Families Live
Education remains closely connected to how Americans think about opportunity, mobility, and the future of their children. Yet public views of the K-12 system suggest that the importance Americans place on education is accompanied by questions about whether the system is delivering the experience families value. According to the 2026 Milken Center for Advancing the…
Read MoreStocks Recovered From an AI-Fueled Drop To End The Week Despite Higher Oil Prices And Bond Yields
Stocks climbed on Friday and ended the week on a high note after an AI-fueled drop on Thursday. The S&P 500 gained 0.59%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite did so 0.64%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average overperformed, increasing 0.83%. Oil prices remained elevated even though President Donald Trump said Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to…
Read MoreOne Job Isn’t Enough For Millions Of Americans. In Some States, Nearly 1 In 10 Workers Have a Second.
Millions of Americans are juggling more than one job, with nearly one in 10 employed workers in some states taking on additional work, according to a new study. About 9 million Americans, representing 5.5% of employed workers, held multiple jobs in June, according to the Statistics. A SmartAsset study released Thursday examined where multiple-job holding…
Read MoreIranian Troops and Police Targeted in Deadly Attacks: Armed Groups Intensify Assaults in Southeast.
At least five Iranian military and police personnel were killed and several others wounded in four attacks across southeastern Iran within 24 hours, sparking a renewed wave of violence in a region where armed groups have repeatedly targeted government forces. The attacks, reported between Wednesday evening and Thursday evening, took place in Nikshahr, Nosratabad, Faryab…
Read MoreThe Homebuying Market Could Normalize Again In Five Years, But Starter Homes Are Getting Harder To Find
The U.S. housing market could become significantly more affordable over the next five years, but first-time buyers may still struggle to find homes within their budgets as the supply of starter-priced properties continues to shrink, according to two new reports. A new analysis from Redfin found that housing costs could return to what the brokerage…
Read MoreAI Will Make Cyberattacks More Dangerous. Anthropic Has a New Plan to Protect Critical Infrastructure.
Anthropic is expanding its cybersecurity ambitions with a new initiative aimed at protecting some of America’s most vulnerable infrastructure as artificial intelligence gives hackers increasingly sophisticated tools to launch attacks. The company is launching its Critical Infrastructure Defense Program, bringing its most advanced models, cybersecurity researchers and engineers directly to companies responsible for protecting essential…
Read MoreInvestors Poured $166 Billion Into Cash Funds in Just One Week. BofA Says They Aren’t Ready To Leave.
Investors poured $166.4 billion into money-market funds in the week ended on October 7, marking the largest weekly inflow since April 2020, as rising interest rates made cash increasingly attractive compared with stocks. Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett expects much of that money to remain in cash until the Federal Reserve begins a sustained…
Read MoreRetail’s Technology Boom Raises the Stakes for AI Strategy
Retail has accumulated an expansive technology infrastructure across stores, supply chains, merchandising, e-commerce, workforce management, reporting, and customer engagement. Point-of-sale systems, inventory platforms, task-management tools, supplier networks, robotics, analytics, and AI applications can each contribute valuable information. Yet the growing volume of systems also creates more information to interpret and more interfaces through which decisions…
Read MoreThese Are America’s Most Expensive Senate Races: Where Republicans and Democrats Are Spending the Most
Winning a seat in the U.S. Senate has become extraordinarily expensive in 2026, with political parties and outside groups pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into a handful of competitive races. In Maine, for example, Democrats and Republicans are spending on Senate campaign ads enough to give every voting-age resident $167, according to an Axios…
Read MoreOpenAI And Anthropic Are Planning For ‘The Day After.’ The Fear Is A Major AI-Driven Crisis.
Executives at OpenAI, Anthropic and other artificial intelligence companies are privately planning for what could happen after a major AI-driven crisis, including a cyberattack severe enough to disrupt financial services, internet access or essential infrastructure. The internal scenario planning is focused on what some executives call “the day after.” That is, the political, regulatory and…
Read MoreRay Dalio Says Stocks Are Losing Their Buffer. Rising Bond Yields Are Becoming Harder To Ignore.
Ray Dalio said the stock market has been able to absorb rising bond yields because corporate earnings remain strong, but that protection is getting thinner as borrowing costs stay elevated. The Bridgewater Associates founder told CNBC that stocks entered the current cycle offering investors a considerably better expected return than bonds, giving equities room to…
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