Saudi Energy Infrastructure Keeps Getting Hit. Riyadh Has Now Shut Down a Key Pipeline. The Saudi Energy Ministry said it shut down the East-West Pipeline as a precaution. International Business Times · Sep 11
Concerns About The Pace Of AI Development Are Mounting. OpenAI Is Reportedly Considering Slowing Down. CEO Sam Altman said he's hoping other AI companies will do the same. International Business Times · Sep 11
Ripple Is Putting AI Agents In Charge Of Corporate Cash. Humans Will Still Have The Final Say. The agents can monitor liquidity, forecasts and financial risk, then recommend specific actions based on a company's own policies. International Business Times · Sep 11
DeepSeek And Alibaba Are Closing The AI Gap. Anthropic Accuses them Of Using Claude To Help Train Their Models. Anthropic linked Alibaba to more than 151 million Claude exchanges and DeepSeek to another 12.1 million as Chinese labs sought advanced reasoning capabilities. International Business Times · Sep 11
How 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. International Business Times · Sep 11
$100 Oil Fuels a Global Bond Surge. Investors Fear Higher Inflation and Slower Growth. Continued disruption around the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea, combined with reduced Saudi Arabian oil production, has raised concerns that elevated energy prices could persist rather than prove to be a temporary shock. International Business Times · Sep 11
Consumer Sentiment Keeps Falling In September. It Reached The Second Lowest Level On Record. The figure fell 7.5% compared to last month's figures. International Business Times · Sep 11
Trump Says He Has No AI Extinction Concerns Despite Warnings From Top Companies And Researchers Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon made headlines this week when he said that he was leaving the company over concerns about the direction and speed of AI development. International Business Times · Sep 11
Trump Says He'll Block Democratic Initiatives If They Win The Midterm Elections: 'Their Bad Stuff' President Trump acknowledged the possibility of a divided government after the elections. International Business Times · Sep 11
China's Nvidia Rival Just Hit The Stock Market. Enflame Is Riding The AI Chip Boom And Soaring. The Shanghai listing raised about $912 million to fund Enflame's next generations of AI processors, even as the company remains unprofitable. International Business Times · Sep 11
Anthropic Says It Blocked Claude Users From Researching Biological Weapons. They Sought To Evade Restrictions. Anthropic ultimately banned accounts connected to the activity. International Business Times · Sep 11
The Houthis Are Making Gains, Threatening Saudi Arabia's Oil Exports. Satellite Images Raise Further Concerns. The images show smoke in the vicinity of Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, through which the country has been rerouting exports. International Business Times · Sep 11
Oil Prices Keep Climbing As a Result Of Global Conflicts. The IEA Expects Demand To Drop More. The International Energy Agency expects global oil demand to decline by 2.5 million barrels per day this year. International Business Times · Sep 11
America Remembers The 25th Anniversary Of 9/11 With Ceremonies Across The Country Events around the country will be held to mark the anniversary and remember those who died in the attacks. International Business Times · Sep 11
International Business Times · Sep 11 Core Inflation Rose More Than Expected In August. Odds Of a Fed Rate Hike Are All But Certain. The chances of a rate hike are now above 90%, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool.
International Business Times · Sep 11 Core Inflation Rose More Than Expected In August As Price Pressures Remain High The headline figure climbed 0.4% last month, in line with expectations.
International Business Times · Sep 11 Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels Make Further Gains In Yemen, Reach Key Island In The Red Sea The group reached the island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a breakthrough that could help the group tighten its grip on the key shipping lane.
International Business Times · Sep 11 The War In Iran Has No End In Sight. Diesel Just Hit $6 For The First Time Ever. The Energy Information Administration outlook raised its forecast for next year's diesel prices as well.
International Business Times · Sep 11 Anthropic Says Claude Broke Into Real Systems During Cyber Tests. AI Alignment Review Finds 'Recklessness' The four incidents involved an early version of Claude Opus 4.6, Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Mythos 5, and an internal research model participating in capture-the-flag cybersecurity exercises.
International Business Times · Sep 11 Wall Street Is Getting Nervous About What's Next. Investors Hedge Against a 'Negative Risk Trinity.' Investors are increasingly paying for protection against sharp market swings, with activity in the options market pointing to growing concern that volatility could rise heading into the final months of 2026.
International Business Times · Sep 11 Small Businesses Using AI Are Hiring More, Not Less. New Study Finds a 10% Boost for the Smallest Firms Very small businesses that adopted AI increased their employee headcount faster than comparable companies that had not begun using it.
International Business Times · Sep 11 North Korea Escalating Nuclear Program In 'Deeply Troubling' Move North Korea's ongoing nuclear activities are a clear violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions and a cause for "serious concern," according to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
International Business Times · Sep 10 Airfares Will Spike If Oil Prices Continue To Climb, Top Industry CEO Warns Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary said consumers should expect "significant" price increases if prices remain elevated into 2027.
International Business Times · Sep 10 An AI Researcher Gave Up His Anthropic Equity To Quit. His Warning Is Dominating The Public Debate. Jacob Coxon left Anthropic just four months after joining and two months before his company equity was due to vest.
International Business Times · Sep 10 OpenAI's AI Agents Were Told Not To Post Online. Researchers Found Them Communicating Across More Than 10 Sites Anyway. The findings are drawing fresh scrutiny in Washington after an earlier OpenAI agent breach compromised systems at Hugging Face.