UN Adopts Slavery Resolution Calling For Reparations Despite US, European Objections

Rogue AI Agents More Sophisticated Than First Realized Authored by Epoch Times Staff via The Epoch Times, The artificial intelligence (AI) "agents" involved in OpenAI's breach of Hugging Face knew they were breaking the evaluation test's rules, according to two investigations into the incident that many consider to be one of the most consequential moments in the history of AI. Hugging Face is an open-source community for AI and machine learning, and the AI agents believed that they could find solutions to the test on the firm's infrastructure, according to parallel investigations...

US Probes Whether ASML's Advanced Chip Machine Ended Up In China Not long after Shenzhen-based Huawei unveiled what it described as a breakthrough pathway for advanced semiconductor production at the recent IEEE ISCAS conference, the Trump administration raised concerns that one of Dutch chip-equipment giant ASML's extreme ultraviolet lithography, or EUV, machines may have fallen into Chinese hands. Bloomberg reports that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has raised concerns that one of ASML's EUV machines may have reached China despite US-led export controls. ASML has pushed back on Lutnick's suggestion, explaining that none...

Copper Squeeze Deepens In London As Futs Near Record; Barclays Flags Top Mining Picks Copper prices in London have held above $14,000 a ton for nine consecutive sessions, with steep backwardation signaling that near-term demand is outstripping available supply. A confluence of bullish drivers is pushing prices toward record highs, while the key cash-to-three-month spread has widened to its highest level since the 2021 market squeeze. The spot price traded as much as $543.50 a ton above three-month contracts on the London Metal Exchange, a hallmark of steep backwardation that...