As the trial date nears for a showdown between Elon Musk and OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company has sent a letter to the attorneys general in California and Delaware accusing Musk of “anti-competitive behavior.” The letter, seen by both CNBC and The Sacramento Bee, alleges that Musk has been attempting to undermine OpenAI through a series of “attacks” on the company. OpenAI also accuses Musk of “coordinating his efforts” with Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, saying the two billionaires are “turning to conduct and approaches that we do think are really highly questionable and sharply worthy of investigation.” “It appears that…
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Egypt is now offering a real-time example of what happens when an energy crisis moves from theory into reality, and it is not unfolding in some distant or abstract way but directly in the daily life of one of the most populated nations in the Middle East. Cairo, a city historically known for its nightlife and constant activity, is now being forced into darkness as the government imposes strict measures to conserve energy following the fallout from the Iran war. Businesses are being ordered to shut down early, public lighting has been reduced, and what was once a 24-hour economy…
Deere & Co. has agreed to pay $99 million as part of a settlement that would resolve a class action lawsuit accusing the farm equipment giant of monopolizing repair services. The Moline, Illinois-based manufacturer, which does business under the John Deere brand, has faced a handful of “right to repair” complaints over the years. The deal announced Monday—which still needs final approval from the court—would settle a 2022 lawsuit that accused the company of withholding repair software and conspiring with authorized dealers to force farmers to use their services for repairs, when they could otherwise fix tractors and other equipment themselves or…
AI users are under no obligation to treat their chatbots like friends. Kindness doesn’t win you any points with a computer, and a recent study from The Pennsylvania State University even found that being rude to ChatGPT yielded more accurate responses than politely worded prompts. But a new open-source tool might take things a step too far, encouraging Claude users not just to be mean to Anthropic’s AI assistant, but to abuse it with a digital whip. GitHub user GitFrog1111 created “BadClaude,” an app meant to speed up the AI model’s responses. Rather than simply giving Claude a “speed up”…
White-collar workers have been at the center of much of the public handwringing over AI. Entry-level jobs in finance and software engineering seem to be on the chopping block. More college graduates are struggling to find work in a challenging job market, and unemployment ticked up to 5.6% by the end of 2025. Tech companies and other major employers have repeatedly cited AI adoption to justify layoffs. There are, of course, plenty of factors driving these changes beyond AI, including a hiring slowdown. But there’s no denying AI will reshape the labor market over time—and not just for college-educated workers.…
President Donald Trump’s threats to destroy “a whole civilization” if Iran does not meet tonight’s deadline to reach the end of the war is being met with alarm, triggering a market frenzy, spiking oil prices, and calls across social media for Congress to “do something,” or to invoke the 25th amendment to remove Trump from office. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history…
Trump’s constant threat of ending the Persian Civilization is just over the top. Why should Iran agree to anything when this is Netanyahu’s War who has refused to accept a ceasefire anyway and is intent on destroying the Iranian government? The Strait of Hormuz is the only card they have to play. For 40 years+, Netanyahu has preached the destruction of Iran. In 2012, Netanyahu stood before the United Nations trying to get a war going with Iran. This has been his life’s mission. Back in 2002, he used the same argument to invade Iraq. He swore Saddam head…
When Kitty got her fourth layoff call, she took it via Bluetooth in her car. She knew the script by then: the sudden 15-minute meeting invite, the HR rep that pops into the call, the platitudes that precede the devastation of being unemployed—again. “My boss says, ‘Hi Kitty.’ And I said, ‘You’re laying me off. Just go.’” Something happens after the second, or third, or even fourth layoff. Shock gets replaced by trauma-informed familiarity. Grief turns into exhaustion. Shame calcifies. Your relationship with work changes, imbuing the next job with cynicism that’s hard to shake. Sometimes forever. But in order…
Fox Corporation has announced plans to partner with Kalshi to integrate the prediction market’s data across the media giant’s various cable networks. Tuesday’s announcement follows the rise in popularity of prediction markets, and marks Kalshi’s third partnership with a large media corporation, with similar deals struck with CNBC and CNN in December of last year. Kalshi’s platform allows users to bet on current events, anything from sports betting to politics. For instance, users can bet on who will win an election. From those wagers, a forecast is determined based on the crowd’s opinion. Not everyone is turning to the platform…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 15.88 points or 0.03% to 53,429.56 • Shanghai increased 10.068 points or 0.26% to 3,890.165 • Hang Seng closed • ASX 200 increased 149.30 points or 1.74% to 8,728.80 • SENSEX increased 509.73 points or 0.69% to 74,616.58 • Nifty50 increased 155.40 points or 0.68% to 23,123.65 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD increased 0.00286 or 0.41% to 0.69460 • NZDUSD decreased 0.00046 or -0.08% to 0.57064 • USDJPY increased 0.234 or 0.15% to 159.922 • USDCNY decreased 0.0125…