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Anthropic shuts down Mythos access after sweeping U.S. order
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Maggie Eastland
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Hadriana Lowenkron
Never before has the U.S. government taken such sweeping measures to rein in foreign access to frontier AI models developed by an American company.
BUSINESS
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Tech
Global capitalism bets it all on AI future, alarming voters
By
Shirin Ghaffary
and
Enda Curran
Some AI leaders warn that the technology may accelerate into a potentially dangerous new phase.
BUSINESS
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Tech
Why it¡¯s nearly impossible to build a robot without China
By
Meaghan Tobin
and
Keith Bradsher
Building on the country¡¯s electric vehicle industry, Chinese companies are making robot parts at a scale and price point others can¡¯t match.
BUSINESS
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SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the world¡¯s first trillionaire
By
Manya Saini
and
Niket Nishant
BUSINESS
Musk¡¯s SpaceX prices record $75 billion IPO at $135 a share
By
Echo Wang
BUSINESS
AI sparks alarm in China with call to protect worker rights
BUSINESS
Japan financial firms to join NEC-Anthropic AI collaboration
Companies
Companies
Kioxia becomes Japan¡¯s most valuable firm as AI mania goes on
By
Kanoko Matsuyama
Shares of the Japanese memory chipmaker surged 7.6% Friday, lifting its market value above ?44 trillion ($274 billion) just 18 months after its stock market debut.
Companies
Japan¡¯s FTC to fine 30 firms over condo renovation bid-rigging
Companies
SMBC-backed Yes Bank sees Indians tip-toeing back to deposits
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Siddhi Nayak
Companies
NTT unit said to seek $1 billion to develop U.S. data centers
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Vinicy Chan
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Manuel Baigorri
Companies
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Anthropic v. OpenAI: Behind the bitter battle for the future of AI
By
Deepa Seetharaman
and
Echo Wang
Companies
Seven-Eleven Japan ties up with ad firms for digital signage business
Companies
Rapidus to cooperate with British and Italian institutions
Economy
Economy
One part of U.K. is enjoying a Brexit boost 10 years after vote
Northern Ireland has enjoyed bumper economic growth at twice the pace of the rest of the country in recent years.
Economy
Consumption tax cut on groceries could do more harm than good
By
Kazuaki Nagata
Economy
The $66 billion train seen fixing Australia¡¯s housing crisis
By
Angus Whitley
Economy
Bank of Japan rate hike a ¡®done deal¡¯ given inflation and weak yen
By
Kazuaki Nagata
Economy
China¡¯s inflation split widens as AI and war stir up factory prices
Economy
Japan¡¯s producer prices jump again on elevated energy costs
By
Molly Smith
and
Erica Yokoyama
Economy
Wage gains at Japan¡¯s smaller firms at risk as Iran war drags on
By
Erica Yokoyama
and
Keiko Ujikane
Markets
Markets
SpaceX surges past $2 trillion in Nasdaq debut, closes in on Amazon
The launch was smoother ?than many observers expected, with trading kicking off late on Friday morning without any hiccups.
Markets
Locked out of IPO, Asia investors find new ways to bet on SpaceX
By
Abhishek Vishnoi
and
Dave Sebastian
Markets
Yen lingers above ?160 to the dollar ahead of BOJ meeting
By
Kazuaki Nagata
Markets
South Korea¡¯s AI impact sparks pressure across government bond market
By
Hooyeon Kim
Markets
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SpaceX and other mega IPOs may wait years to join the S&P 500
Markets
Japan likely sold Treasurys to fund yen intervention
By
Erica Yokoyama
and
Toru Fujioka
Markets
Yen back at ?160 to the dollar about a month after massive intervention
By
Kazuaki Nagata
Tech
Tech
Jack Ma-backed Ant group set for high-stakes overhaul of billion-user app
By
Lulu Yilun Chen
Hangzhou-based Ant will roll out a design that lets users ask the Alipay AI to book a car ride, order coffee or arrange takeout ¡ª by typing or speaking their requests.
Tech
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ANALYSIS
SpaceX playbook set to fuel China¡¯s IPO ambitions but tech gap persists
By
Eduardo Baptista
and
Samuel Shen
Tech
Parsing the Trumps¡¯ crypto profits and investors¡¯ losses
By
Tom Bergin
Tech
Under the Trump crypto playbook, the family always wins. Investors don¡¯t.
By
Tom Bergin
,
Michelle Conlin
,
Koh Gui Qing
and
Tom Wilson
Tech
China rides AI wave as exports surge past forecast
By
Joe Cash
Tech
How SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell has achieved Musk¡¯s lofty ambitions
By
Akash Sriram
and
Echo Wong
Tech
China¡¯s Moonshot AI seeks $30 billion value in new funding talks
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