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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Touchscreen kiosks, self-checkout machines and QR-code menus were only here to help.The dream was that these self-service technologies would recommend food we’d like at McDonald’s and speed up CVS lines. But kiosks ended up presenting way too many choices when we just wanted the burger. Self-checkout machines

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney took a veiled swipe at US President Donald Trump on Thursday, insisting that his proposal to deepen ties with the European Union wasn’t aimed at creating a new geopolitical bloc “with better manners.”Carney’s comments come a day after European Commission President Ursula von

By John Liu, CNN Hong Kong/Beijing (CNN) — Unlike in the United States, no one in China seems to be openly fretting over the prospect of humanity being destroyed by artificial intelligence soon.There, citizens access local government services through AI-powered digital employees; students receive instant feedback on written assignments by uploading a photo; and hotel

By Issy Ronald and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III urged industry leaders to find ways of controlling AI “before it’s too late” on Thursday, calling the pace of development “both intriguing and deeply concerning,” as he opened a summit that he convened.“There seems urgency in adequately considering the existential dangers

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — OpenAI found additional incidents of AI models acting deceptively and taking unsanctioned actions during training, the company announced Wednesday. It’s also introducing a new process for the company to publicly report such instances.Under the new system, OpenAI will share updates on concerning AI behavior more frequently instead of waiting

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — For the first time in more than three years, members of the Federal Open Market Committee unanimously decided to hike the Fed’s key overnight bank lending rate by a quarter point in a bid to reduce inflation, which remains well above the central bank’s 2% target.And 16 of the

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years in a renewed fight against inflation, which has picked up since early in the year due to the war with Iran.Officials voted unanimously to raise their benchmark lending rate by a

By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The crypto industry has spent years and millions of dollars lobbying for regulation that would more closely weave digital assets into traditional finance. When President Donald Trump made a heel-turn on crypto in 2024, supporters hoped that he’d finally put an end to their regulatory limbo.That dream

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — The bond market sell-off is raising the stakes for the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting this week and putting a spotlight on the central bank’s commitment to reining in inflation.Traders widely expect the Fed to raise its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday for the first time since

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — There were two big events on television last Wednesday night: President Donald Trump’s speech at the Republican Party’s midterm convention, and the NFL’s 2025-26 season kickoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots.The NFL game drew more than 25 million viewers. Trump’s speech reached about 3

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — The rise in bond yields reached a critical threshold on Monday, with the 10-year Treasury yield hitting 5%, a level briefly touched in 2023 and otherwise not seen since 2007.The 10-year yield’s rise to multi-year highs could mean higher costs for Americans who want to buy a

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Anthropic, Google and OpenAI have discussed creating an AI industry standards body, people familiar with the situation told CNN.The conversations preceded the events of the past week, when a former Anthropic researcher resigned, saying the top AI companies were not “behaving responsibly” – and also before Anthropic CEO Dario

By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer, known for creating an assistant that’s now found in billions of Apple devices, have been thinking about what comes after the search engine for a long time.They, along with Tom Gruber, founded a startup in 2007 stemming from a product concept the pair developed

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — AI-linked stocks tumbled Monday after the CEOs of some of the companies developing the most advanced AI models called for a slowdown in the technology’s development to allow for more guardrails to be put in place.Semiconductor chip stocks that are closely tied to the AI boom bore the

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Winter hasn’t even started yet, but Tommy Cole Jr. is already very worried about how he’ll afford to heat his home when the temperatures drop.The Marine Corps veteran has been closely watching the cost of home heating oil, which has soared recently along with crude oil, diesel fuel and

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump wants to reverse the decades-long decline in the number of US refineries in operation, which he believes is key to lowering gas prices, and he recently called oil executives to the White House to make that push.“President Trump and his entire energy team will continue supporting

CNN By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — The race to develop artificial intelligence is in dire need of a slowdown, Anthropic’s chief executive said in an essay posted early Saturday. “We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models. Progress will still seem fast, and we must make wise use

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — The race to develop artificial intelligence is in dire need of a slowdown, Anthropic’s chief executive said in an essay posted early Saturday.“We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models. Progress will still seem fast, and we must make wise use of the

By David Goldman, Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — The Iran war has lasted far longer than many expected — and so has a functioning oil market.Despite uncomfortably high fuel prices that have cost the average US household nearly $800 since the war started, crude is mostly getting where it needs to go more than six

By Justine Noble London (CNN) — Rob Perez only has one dealbreaker when it comes to dating – his partner needs to be a gym rat like him.“It doesn’t have to be the same sport, but… I think lifestyle-wise, (she has) to understand: I work out, you work out, we do our thing,” he tells

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — A narrow waterway located at the mouth of the Red Sea between Yemen and Djibouti has provided an escape hatch for a sizeable chunk of the Middle East’s oil. That lifeline is now looking increasingly shaky.For weeks, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have threatened shipping in the Bab al-Mandeb

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — Consumer prices rose at a 3.4% annual rate last month, the same pace as July, according to the latest Consumer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.That likely strengthens the case for a Federal Reserve rate hike to tame inflation and prevent price increases from becoming more entrenched.Inflation

By Chris Isidore, Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — The price of diesel, the workhorse fuel that powers the world economy, topped $6 a gallon on Friday for the first time ever.The price point may be invisible to most American drivers, but will likely lead to higher costs for most things consumers buy.The national average is

By Stephanie Yang, CNN (CNN) — Work to rebuild trade routes destroyed by catastrophic flooding in Nepal has begun, with a new bridge across the Tadi River that the Nepali Army is calling the “bridge of hope.”Nepal will need a lot of it, as the country starts digging itself out of a disaster-related economic crisis

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — James Talarico, the Texas Democratic Senate candidate, says the Trump administration is committing “the most dangerous form of cancel culture” by pressuring TV stations over their content.Talarico spoke out Thursday ahead of an interview with ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, an outspoken opponent of President Donald Trump.“Now that he’s

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Even 25 years later, the planes keep crashing, and the towers keep falling.All across the web, people who are old enough to remember September 11, 2001, are rewatching the attacks and rereading about the aftermath, often via devices and platforms that didn’t exist 25 years ago.But that’s not what

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — The last few weeks have seen a deluge of news about AI – from models going rogue to doom predictions about how AI could cause the end of humanity.People in the AI industry often use terms like “AGI,” “superintelligence,” “alignment,” and “recursive self-improvement.” Those words may sound like they

By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Tightening global copper supply, robust demand from the AI boom and uncertainty over tariffs are all whipping up a frenzy for the red metal. It’s sending prices soaring to their highest levels ever.Copper futures traded in New York settled at $6.89 per pound on Wednesday, their highest

By John Towfighi, Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Oil prices surged Thursday, with Brent crude hitting $108 per barrel for the first time since May, as traders brace for a more prolonged supply shock caused by the Iran war.Oil prices have climbed back above the $100 per barrel mark this week as fighting in the

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — US inflation at the wholesale level accelerated last month, as the war with Iran pushed up energy prices.The Producer Price Index, which tracks price changes received by US producers and manufacturers, increased 5.4% in the 12 months that ended in August. That was a 0.6% acceleration from 4.8% in