Posts by Amelia Frost
Nubank Is Reportedly Eyeing a British Digital Bank. Its Stock Plummeted.
Nubank stocks are plummeting on Monday following a report that it is considering acquiring a British digital bank. Reuters / BRENDAN MCDERMID Nubank stocks are plummeting on Monday after a report detailed that the Brazilian bank is considering a move that would give it a foothold in Europe. The bank’s stock was falling more than…
Read MoreOpenAI, Anthropic Face a Growing AI Security Problem. Tens of Thousands of New Incidents Under Investigation.
OpenAI, Anthropic and independent security researchers are reportedly investigating tens of thousands of incidents involving powerful artificial intelligence models behaving in unexpected or potentially dangerous ways. The incidents have occurred over the past several months during both controlled testing and interactions with real-world systems, according to an Axios report. They range from relatively routine attempts…
Read MoreOpenAI Pauses Training Of Its Most Capable Models, Details New Incident Where An Agent Found A Way Around Internet Restrictions.
OpenAI has paused training, evaluation and tool-enabled inference involving its most capable artificial intelligence models after an internal agent found a way around internet restrictions and reached an external chatbot during a research task. The incident occurred Sept. 20 while an internal research model was completing a search-based training task, according to an OpenAI Alignment…
Read MoreHealth Care and Everyday Expenses Dominate 2026 Midterm Concerns For Rural Voters: Poll
Cost of living and health care costs have emerged as the most pressing issues for rural voters heading into the 2026 midterm elections, outranking immigration, abortion, gun policy and even the conflict with Iran, according to a new survey. Nearly seven in 10 rural registered voters (69%) said it is “extremely important” for candidates running…
Read MoreParis Hilton Debuted the Ultrablunt Bob of My Dreams at the VMAs
I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw Paris Hilton at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. The singer stepped onto the red carpet sporting one of the hottest hairstyles of 2026: the blunt bob. It’s a radical hairstyle change for the reality star, whose Hollywood waves and vanilla-blonde hair have been part of…
Read MoreMicron’s 279% Rally May Not Be Over. Baird Says Agentic AI Could Drive Chip Stock to New Heights.
Micron Technology’s extraordinary 2026 rally may have significantly more room to run as a new wave of artificial intelligence demand reshapes the memory chip market, according to Baird. The investment firm reiterated its outperform rating on Micron and raised its price target to $1,520 from $1,280, a level that would take the chipmaker into record…
Read MoreTop AI Figures Are Warning Of a Potential ‘Intelligence Explosion.’ They Are Calling On Governments To Prepare.
Top figures in the field of AI published a paper on Monday warning that progress is accelerating to a point that could end in an “intelligence explosion.” In a paper published by the University of Cambridge, the group, comprised of “leading academics, senior scientists of frontier AI companies, and independent experts from civil society,” called…
Read MoreNvidia Wants to Keep AI Agents From Going Rogue. It Has a New Safety Platform For That.
Nvidia is rolling out a new security platform designed to keep increasingly autonomous artificial intelligence agents under control after a string of real-world incidents raised concerns about what can happen when AI systems escape their sandboxes. The chip giant on Monday unveiled the Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform, “an open software platform and reference system…
Read MoreGold And Silver Prices Tumble As Rising Bond Yields Put Precious Metals Under Pressure
Gold and silver prices fell sharply Monday as rising government bond yields added pressure to precious metals, sending gold futures down almost 4% and silver futures more than 5% lower during morning trading. December gold futures traded around $4,115 an ounce Monday morning, down roughly 4%, while December silver futures fell to around $60.23 an…
Read MoreBritish Authorities Probe Potential Iranian Ties To Foiled Terror Plot: Report
British authorities are investigating whether five men who planned to bomb U.S. forces at an airbase had ties to Iran or any Islamist group. The five men were arrested Sunday near RAF Fairford in the west of England. The Fairford airbase has been used by U.S. forces as a command outpost for strikes against Iranian…
Read MoreRussia Is Seeking To Encircle Several Ukrainian Cities. Ukraine Is Reportedly Managing To Push Back.
Ukraine has managed to recapture large swaths of territory in northern Donetsk as it pushes back against Russia’s operation to encircle its “fortress belt” of cities. Kyiv’s operation “Vivaldi” managed to recapture 176 square kilometers of territory, including the freeing of three villages and the restoring of control of two more, Reuters detailed, citing Brigadier-General…
Read MoreTrump Rejected Iran’s Conditions To Reopen Hormuz. He Says Negotiations Will Continue Anyway.
President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz during the weekend, but said both countries are set to continue negotiating this week. Speaking to Axios, Trump said he expects “more talks with Iran,” but didn’t specify their nature or where they will take place. So far, both parties have been relaying…
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