Anthropic’s talks about extending a contract with the Pentagon are being held up over additional protections the artificial intelligence company wants to put on its Claude tool, a person familiar with the matter said. Anthropic wants to put guardrails in place to stop Claude from being used for mass surveillance of Americans or to develop weapons that can be deployed without a human involved, the person said, asking not to be identified because the negotiations are private. The Pentagon wants to be able to use Claude as long as its deployment doesn’t break the law.
Traders increased their bets on more Bank of England interest-rate cuts after UK unemployment approached the highest level in five years and wage growth cooled.
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00:03:48 – Peace Talks in Geneva
00:05:47 – Dassault Systemes; Siemens
00:11:11 – Daybook
00:11:52 – Hyatts’s Pritzker Announces Retirement
00:12:32 – Anthropic’s Pentagon Talks Hit Snag
00:16:14 – Pound Extends Losses
00:18:10 – Aberdeen Investments’ Sree Kochugovindan
00:25:20 – Japan Bonds Rally
00:31:58 – Russia, Ukraine Return to Negotiating Table
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01:01:51 – BHP Bumper Copper Profits
01:05:57 – Dassault Systems, Siemens Fall on AI Disruption
01:15:30 – Bank of America’s Sonali Punhani
01:24:23 – Europe’s Finance Chiefs Push Bigger Role for Euro
01:29:59 – UK Employment Rate Climbs
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