Dollar pulls back as US-Iran attacks pause, oil drops Business

Dollar pulls back as US-Iran attacks pause, oil drops

SINGAPORE: The dollar slumped ​against its major peers in ​Asian trading on Monday after the U.S. paused its bombing campaign in Iran during the weekend, prompting a drop in oil prices and boosting global investor confidence.  Against the yen, the U.S. dollar was down 0.2% at 163.585 yen, its biggest decline since July ⁠10. The […]

Anthropic calls for pause of global AI development Technology

Anthropic calls for pause of global AI development

New York:  Artificial intelligence company Anthropic suggested Thursday a global pause on building the most powerful AI systems as the latest models are beginning to show signs they could escape human control. The San Francisco-based company, which makes the Claude family of AI models, said in a report that a worldwide slowdown in cutting-edge AI […]