Posts by Amelia Frost
DeepSeek And Alibaba Are Closing The AI Gap. Anthropic Accuses them Of Using Claude To Help Train Their Models.
Chinese artificial intelligence companies including Alibaba, DeepSeek and Moonshot AI used millions of exchanges with Anthropic’s Claude to help train and improve their own models, Anthropic said. The company claims they sought to extract capabilities from its most advanced systems to advance their own. Anthropic went on to describe “distillation” campaigns by seven China-based AI…
Read MoreHow Small Ecommerce Teams Can Measure the Real Value of AI
An AI tool can write a product description in seconds. The business still needs to check the fabric details, confirm the delivery promise, correct unsupported claims, and publish the text in the right place. The time spent generating a draft captures only one part of the job. For a small e-commerce team, the useful measure…
Read More$100 Oil Fuels a Global Bond Surge. Investors Fear Higher Inflation and Slower Growth.
Global bond markets came under renewed pressure Friday as oil prices hovering above $100 a barrel intensified fears that the latest energy shock could leave major economies facing an uncomfortable combination of stubborn inflation, weak growth and higher borrowing costs. Germany’s 10-year government bond yield, the benchmark for the euro area and traditionally considered one…
Read MoreConsumer Sentiment Keeps Falling In September. It Reached The Second Lowest Level On Record.
Consumer sentiment continued dropping sharply in September, falling 7.5% month-over-month as oil prices keep climbing and inflation fears take hold. The survey’s director, Joanne Hsu, said “Democrats and Republicans alike posted sizable declines, while independents were little changed from August.” She went on to detail that year-ahead expectations for “both personal finances and business conditions…
Read MoreTrump Says He Has No AI Extinction Concerns Despite Warnings From Top Companies And Researchers
President Donald Trump is brushing aside one of the most alarming warnings coming from the artificial intelligence industry about increasingly powerful AI systems eventually posing a potential threat to humanity. Asked whether he had any concerns that AI could lead to human extinction, Trump replied, “No, I don’t have any,” according to CNBC. Instead, the…
Read MoreTrump Says He’ll Block Democratic Initiatives If They Win The Midterm Elections: ‘Their Bad Stuff’
“I will end up being a blocker — I’ll block all their bad stuff for two years,” Trump said. President Donald Trump acknowledged the possibility of a divided government and how he might use his veto powers should the Democrats win the Senate and the House in the midterm elections. “I will end up being…
Read MoreChina’s Nvidia Rival Just Hit The Stock Market. Enflame Is Riding The AI Chip Boom And Soaring.
Chinese AI chipmaker Enflame nearly tripled in value in its stock market debut Friday, extending a run of strong listings for semiconductor companies benefiting from Beijing’s effort to build domestic alternatives to Nvidia. Shares of Shanghai Enflame Technology opened at 410 yuan on Shanghai’s STAR Market, 188% above their initial public offering price of 142.18…
Read MoreAnthropic Says It Blocked Claude Users From Researching Biological Weapons. They Sought To Evade Restrictions.
Anthropic said users have attempted to use its most advanced artificial intelligence systems for sensitive biological research that could potentially contribute to the development of biological weapons. The company said Thursday that it disrupted several cases this year involving researchers who used its AI models, including Claude, for work involving potentially dangerous pathogens. Anthropic ultimately…
Read MoreThe Houthis Are Making Gains, Threatening Saudi Arabia’s Oil Exports. Satellite Images Raise Further Concerns.
Satellite images show smoke in the vicinity of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, which the country has been using to reroute oil exports as shipments through key waterways have been targeted by Iran and Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The images have been verified by Reuters but not confirmed by Saudi Arabia, which has been sustaining repeated attacks…
Read MoreOil Prices Keep Climbing As a Result Of Global Conflicts. The IEA Expects Demand To Drop More.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects for global oil demand to keep declining as global conflicts continue straining the global energy industry. The agency said in its latest report that global demand will decline by 2.5 million barrels per day this year, 940,000 more than what it expected last month. It went on to say…
Read MoreAmerica Remembers The 25th Anniversary Of 9/11 With Ceremonies Across The Country
Events around the country will be held on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and remember those who died in the attacks. The 9/11 Memorial & Museum began live streaming its events at 8:40 a.m., the time when the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Among those expected…
Read MoreCore Inflation Rose More Than Expected In August. Odds Of a Fed Rate Hike Are All But Certain.
Odds of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve jumped on Friday after core inflation rose more than expected last month. Chances are all but certain now, with the CME Group’s FedWatch tool showing they now stand at 91.6% compared to Thursday’s 72.4%. Core inflation climbed more than expected in August, rising 0.3%. The figure…
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