DoW Finalizes Deal With Top AI Firms For National Security Work

The $1.5 Billion Library Card Authored by Jay Rogers via American Greatness,AI companies won the argument about learning from books. They lost the argument about stealing them. Both sides of this fight have a reason to blur the two.On July 20, a federal judge in San Francisco gave final approval to the largest publicly reported copyright recovery in American history. Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to the authors and publishers of 482,460 books, roughly $3,100 a title before fees. A hardcover runs about $30. The other $3,070 is the surcharge...

Futures Rise As 10Y Yields Pull Back From 24 Year High The disconnect continues. With 10Y yields rising as high as 5.34% - a new 24 year high - before easing back US equities remain completely oblivious of the tightening in financial conditions and instead are obsessing with the memory bubble, and pushing higher on the first day of Q4 as strength in technology shares held up against volatility in bond markets and a renewed climb in oil. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures were up 0.4%, erasing an earlier...

US Begins "Self-Defense" Strikes Against Multiple Targets In Iran Summary US begins strikes on Iran for second straight night: according to Centrom, "US forces began launching additional self-defense strikes today at 5:15 p.m. ET against multiple targets in Iran at the Commander in Chief’s direction. The strikes are in response to Iran’s unwarranted and continued aggression." Explosions had been heard in the Iranian towns of Sirik, Manab, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, Hegseth confirms imminent attacks on key Iranian facilities Trump says "Will be attacking Iran hard again today" Trump says "secret mission" has reopened the...