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Global internet sensation Punch the Monkey just celebrated his first birthday, receiving over 2,500 birthday cards from fans, according to Ichikawa City Zoo.
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President Trump's economic assault on Iran has drawn a fraction of the attention devoted to his bombing campaign, even as senior U.S. officials believe it may ultimately do more damage to the regime in Tehran. Why it matters: U.S. intelligence and open-source media reports point to a deepening economic crisis inside Iran, including gasoline shortages in one of the world's most oil-rich countries. - "The Iranians want to stop being bombed and they want money," a senior administration official said. "But that's almost in reverse order. They really want the money first." Driving the news: Trump, who paused U.S. strikes against Iran over the weekend after 13 consecutive days of attacks, said Monday that Tehran had requested a meeting to…
Iran denies offering to negotiate in return for a U.S. bombing pause. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visits the White House on Tuesday.
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Top advisers met with Trump to discuss options, implications and concerns.
Some say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models.
Witnesses told investigators that Nolan Wells had been drinking heavily with friends, according to a document with preliminary information from Mississippi officials.
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Monday that he has "never advocated" for a ban on open-weight AI models , rejecting accusations that his lab is seeking to shield its closed-model business from competition. Why it matters: Anthropic has become the most prominent holdout from a new industry push to defend open-weight AI, after Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Google, OpenAI and dozens of other companies signed a letter urging Washington not to restrict the technology. - The push was triggered by the shock debut of Kimi K3 , a Chinese open-weight model that rattled Silicon Valley by approaching U.S. frontier performance at a fraction of the cost. - The Trump administration has weighed taking action against open-source models, including sanctions…
The president also assured supporters that negotiations over ending the war in Iran, a conflict that has sent fuel and energy prices soaring, are continuing in a “friendly” fashion.
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She achieved art world stardom at 93, when she had simultaneous solo exhibitions in New York and California.
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Also, Congress debates daylight saving time. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
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