Global News Compass

AI tools are moving beyond digital influence operations into direct interference with public systems. An Iranian campaign used ChatGPT to plant...

• IMF reports over 19% GDP growth in 2025, with oil GDP up 21% and non-oil GDP up 14%
• Oil output exceeded 900,000 barrels daily; NRF reached $3.3...

Washington's Genesis Mission fuses $2.4B in industry compute pledges with federal expansion to 14+ agencies, targeting AI breakthroughs in energy,...

This week's largest deals show capital flowing heavily into AI infrastructure, foundational models, and supporting energy tech.

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Diplomatic signals from Trump—ruling out strikes on Iran and securing Russian diesel releases—pushed global stocks higher, easing immediate supply...

Countries most exposed to US policy shifts include Mexico (48% of GDP) and Vietnam (44%), far above the 6.5% global average, with Canada at 31%....

Google is shifting Gemini from conversational AI to agentic systems that execute tasks on users' behalf, connecting to tools like Workspace, Slack,...

The $1.8 billion Biohub initiative reveals AI's next frontier in biology depends on open experimental datasets, not larger models. Language models...

Olli Rehn stresses that prevention remains Europe's best defence after 15 years of the ESRB, yet resilience alone cannot solve structural weakness.

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US consumer sentiment remains far below levels predicted by healthy labor markets, spending, and GDP growth. The gap has widened across all groups...

Anthropic's updated policy now explicitly bans prolonged verbal abuse of Claude, election interference, and deceptive campaigns, extending prior training to end abusive chats into user-level prohibitions that apply only in extreme cases.

Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims and warn their abrupt dismissals signal a chilling effect that discourages collaboration...

US stocks and bonds appear highly stretched on several key measures, pointing to caution for investors and raising questions around broader financial stability.

Waymo's first-ever $5 billion term loan, backed by PIMCO, Blackstone and Sixth Street, marks the move of autonomous driving from venture-backed experiments toward large-scale debt-funded infrastructure investment.

AI drove a record 75% of Europe's Q3 funding, totaling $18.8 billion and lifting overall totals to $25 billion.

• Germany and France posted their...

A German search engine has ditched Mistral for Chinese open-source AI, underscoring Europe's core tension between technological autonomy, cost pressures, capability gaps, and geopolitical alignment.

OpenAI's dump of over 700 mathematical files drew sharp rebuke from AHM, which called it "a demonstration of power" rather than scholarship. Critics...

Moody’s assigned Sky Protocol (formerly MakerDAO) a B3 long-term counterparty risk rating with stable outlook—six notches below investment grade and...

The fourth India-UK Financial Markets Dialogue advanced regulatory coordination across capital markets, insurance, asset management and fintech.

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The IMF's Global Financial Stability Report releases in stages this month, with Chapter 2 warning that hedge funds' $13 trillion in assets could...