Cross-border intelligence

Anthropic Takes Its AI Safety Proposals to Capitol Hill

Anthropic has reportedly been pitching U.S. lawmakers on draft artificial intelligence safety legislation. That’s according to a report Friday (Oct. 16) by Politico, which describes the push as a “notable effort” by the AI lab to guide the

DeepSeek Deploys What It Calls Faster Version of Its Open-Source Model

China’s DeepSeek has unveiled what it calls a faster and leaner version of its artificial intelligence model. The company describes the DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 model, announced Saturday (Oct. 17) as offering “[s]tronger benchmark performan

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Sam Altman’s World Debuts ID Verification for AI Agents

Sam Altman’s iris-scanning project World is making what it calls its “first industry-specific push.” The company on Sunday (Oct. 18) announced World ID for banking and finance, designed to help businesses determine whether artificial intell

Anthropic Turns to Lawyers to Teach AI Agents to Negotiate

Anthropic is reportedly in discussions with legal groups to teach artificial intelligence agents negotiation skills. That’s according to a report Sunday (Oct. 18) by the Financial Times (FT) citing two sources familiar with the AI company’s

US retail sales growth masks uneven holiday demand

US retail sales growth hides underlying weakness in consumer demand as inflation boosts headline figures ahead of the holiday season. The post US retail sales growth masks uneven holiday demand appeared first on Retail Insight Network.

TorchNeuron: running HF models on AWS Trainium is easier than ever

Announcement No. 49 of 2026 by the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, and the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission: Decisio

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Announcement No. 50 of 2026 by the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs: Decision on Imposing Export Controls on Items Such as Tunnel Boring Machines

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Announcement No. 51 of 2026 by the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs: Decision on Optimizing and Adjusting Export Control Measures for Dredger-Related

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Announcement No. 52 of 2026 by the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs: Announcement on Matters Concerning Further Optimizing the Query and Identificatio

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Regional Banks See Growth in Spite of Economic Gloom

Several of America’s regional banks posted robust third-quarter earnings last week amid strong commercial loan demand. And as Reuters reported Friday (Oct. 16), these earnings add to indications that the U.S. economy is still resilient even

Crypto Hardware Wallets Become New Entry Point for Hackers

Last week, cryptocurrency hardware wallet company Ledger said it was investigating a hack that drained $90 million from its devices. As Bloomberg News reported Sunday (Oct. 18), this reprsents the latest example of a vulnerability in what w

Indian Consumers Embrace Cash Ahead of New Instant Payment Fees

Indian consumers are reportedly increasing their cash usage ahead of new fees on the country’s popular digital payment system. Beginning next month, the United Payments Interface (UPI) system will apply a small fee on all transactions great

Musk Says White House Duties Distracted Him From AI

Elon Musk says his work last year with the White House distracted him from artificial intelligence development at his businesses. “[I] kinda got carried away, basically,” Musk said in an upcoming episode of the new podcast series, “The Buil

Anthropic Co-Founder Predicts AI Will Bring US GDP to $44 Trillion

Anthropic’s co-founder predicts that artificial intelligence could boost America’s economic output by nearly 50% by 2030. That forecast comes from one of the AI startup’s internal models, Jack Clark said Saturday (Oct. 17) at the IMF and Wo

The Shift From Owning Trucks To Subscribing To Them, And What It Means For Fleet Finance

The trucking industry has fallen in love with two phrases that get tossed around in conference rooms and press releases without anyone stopping to explain them, and if you have heard the terms truck as a service and driver as a service and

California trucking owner pleads guilty in $2.1M identity theft scheme

Nearly 100 people had their personal information compromised. Federal investigators traced the proceeds through international bank transfers before authorities arrested the operator following 18 months in Turkey. The post California truckin

Global Food Prices Climbed 5.8 per Cent in September Despite Near-Record Grain Output

Disruptions to maritime trade and fertiliser supply chains pushed international food commodity prices up 1.5 per cent month-on-month in September.

News in Brief Podcast | Week 41 2026 | Congestion, cyberthreat and capacity constraint

Port congestion is putting pressure on global supply chains, from West Africa and Europe to the Middle East, while escalating conflict is creating fresh challenges for air cargo. In this episode, Drewry’s head of Ports and Terminals, Eirik

In September 2026, the value added of industrial enterprises above designated size grew by 5.5%

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First Batch of Standards for AI Empowerment of the Steel Industry Released to Support the Industry's Digital and Intelligent Transformation

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Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods Grew by 1.1% from January to September 2026

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