Qatar Expels Iranian Diplomats After Strike On LNG Hub; Israel Attacks Iran's Navy In Caspian Sea

Russia Outraged At Its Ally Armenia For Hosting Zelensky: 'Whose Side Of History Are You On?' Russia is seething after its Caucasus regional ally Armenia decided to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a European summit earlier this week. Moscow is further warning against Yerevan pursuing closer relations with the European Union as well. The Kremlin slammed Zelensky being hosted there, right in Russia's own backward, as "incomprehensible". Source: Perry-Castañeda Library "Russian society, with deep indignation and bewilderment, not only saw but remembered that Armenia, which we are used to considering a friendly,...

MSFT Restricts Internal Use Of Claude Fable Over Data-Retention Concerns; BMO Calls Anthropic A Leading Pure-Play AI Lab Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, a next-generation "Mythos-class" AI model, on Tuesday. The model is designed to restrict dangerous capabilities in areas such as cybersecurity and biological research after CEO Dario Amodei warned about risks last month. The model gives users access to Anthropic's more powerful Mythos model, which the company had previously deemed too risky for public release last month. However, when users ask about sensitive topics, such as bioweapons or software...

Major Trade Group Releases Framework For Tokenized Gold Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com, The major gold trade association, World Gold Council, and the Boston Consulting Group have proposed a new platform to modernize how the precious metal operates in digital financial systems. The World Gold Council said on Thursday that it published a white paper on “Gold as a Service,” a new platform to “support the issuance and operation of scalable, interoperable digital gold products.” The open platform would connect the physical custody of gold with the digital systems used to issue and manage...