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Anthropic Urges Global Pause in AI Development, Flags ‘Self-Improvement’ Risk
The $1 trillion startup warns that artificial-intelligence models are nearing the capability to improve without human…
Irish Economy Likely to Pull Eurozone Into Contraction
GDP was 12.1% smaller in the three months through March than it was in the previous…
Technology Sector Leads U.S. Layoff Plans
U.S.-based employers announced 97,006 job cuts in May with technology remaining the leading sector for staff…
U.S. Jobless Claims Rose Last Week
U.S. jobless claims rose to 225,000 last week, but the level was still within a range…
Many affluent baby boomers told the WSJ they are regularly giving their kids and grandkids smaller financial gifts now—instead of one big inheritance
We wrote about how older Americans are accumulating trillions in wealth for themselves. Readers told us…
Tax the billionaires? Or don’t kill the golden goose? Here are the income-inequality fixes that our economists recommend
We asked economists from across the political spectrum for their policy prescriptions. Their suggestions run the…