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The House of Representatives adjourned Wednesday, leaving Washington and almost certainly punting action on a ballooning artificial intelligence crisis until after November's midterm election. The early jet-set comes after top AI executives practically begged Washington to regula

Search fieldHome page Seeking Alpha - Power to InvestorsAbout PremiumCreate free accountSearch for Symbols, analysts, keywordsLog in Generac surges to top of S&P leaderboard as big Amazon deal seals status as data center player Sep 17, 2026, 6:48 PM ETGenerac Holdings Inc. (GNR

American automaker General Motors will manufacture components for Patriot missiles, Lockheed Martin announced Thursday, potentially boosting efforts to plug the US’ gaping munitions holes that have emerged during more than six months of conflict with Iran. The Pentagon is hoping

Major Asian economies are profiting from growing global demand for AI as their manufacturing sectors build the high-end equipment needed for a worldwide data center boom, economists said. Surging exports are set to drive GDP growth in Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam, w

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk will partner with Anthropic in an effort to speed up drug development, as the one-time GLP-1 leader bets AI will help it reclaim lost market share. Novo rivals Lilly, Merck, and Roche have all invested in AI, though it has largely been used to improv

Stocks rallied Thursday as markets digested the US Federal Reserve’s decision to hike interest rates — an expected move, but one that was seen as a critical test of the central bank’s independence. “Stocks can move on, as uncertainty has faded,” an analyst told Bloomberg. US Pres

If AI lab PrismML isn’t on your radar yet, it should be — not because it’s raised gobs of money (it hasn’t yet, just a $22.25 million seed round), but because of the technical minds involved and the potentially industry-changing tech it’s developing. PrismML is betting that capab

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China Mobile has open-sourced Open-RAIL, an engineering base connecting vision-language-action and world-action-model systems with robot bodies. It combines model inference, real-robot execution, data feedback and model iteration in one workflow. Open-RAIL currently supports four

The Nifty 50 started Thursday’s session below the 23,200 level and formed an almost open low candle, indicating buying support from the opening levels. The index moved above the previous session’s high during the day. However, despite extending gains for the second consecutive se

RFK Jr. says anti-vaccine group has a ‘friend at the White House’ Speaking to the anti-vaccine group he once led, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday the Trump administration supports its cause. “You have a strong and steadfast friend at

Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro Calls for Tougher AI Safeguards Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro called for tougher safeguards around artificial intelligence Thursday, wading into a growing debate over the risks of the rapidly advancing technology while arguing the US can continu

Anthropic is sharing three new metrics that it says could help artificial intelligence companies monitor the pace of development, days after CEO Dario Amodei rocked the industry by calling for a coordinated slowdown. In a blog post on Thursday, the company said it measured AI-led

Anthropic is sharing three new metrics that it says could help artificial intelligence companies monitor the pace of development, days after CEO Dario Amodei rocked the industry by calling for a coordinated slowdown. In a blog post on Thursday, the company said it measured AI-led

US President Donald Trump will reportedly greet China’s leader Xi Jinping as he steps off the plane in Washington, DC next week — the first leader accorded that deference in Trump’s second term — as preparations ramp up for their summit. The countries’ top diplomats spoke Thursda

The Federal Aviation Administration has been struggling to manage an air traffic control shortage throughout the country. The reasons for the shortage are diverse, but the government has made it known that it’s on the lookout for innovative solutions to the problem. One of those

Nucor, Steel Dynamics slide after-hours on below-consensus Q3 earnings guidanceSep 17, 2026, 6:12 PM ETNucor Corporation (NUE) Stock, STLD StockBy: Carl Surran, SA News Editor3 CommentsTaitai6769/iStock via Getty ImagesSteel producers Nucor (NUE) and Steel Dynamics (STLD) fell 3.

Watch: Can humpback whales experience grief? Watch: Can humpback whales experience grief?Close Humpback whale mothers may experience grief when their calves die, a rare observation led by Griffith University and Sea World Foundation has found. The BBC's Tiffanie Turnbull expla

Healey to ask EU finance ministers to let UK into industry scheme - Published The chancellor is to warn the European Union (EU) not to lock the UK out of its scheme to protect industries from unfair Chinese competition. John Healey will push for closer UK-EU partnerships on tech,

Pentagon No. 3 frustrates senators in closed-door briefing on Iran war, Trump defense strategy Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike emerged Thursday from a closed-door briefing frustrated by what they said was a lack of clear answers from Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby

Watch live: Trump hosts Burgum, group of outdoorsmen at White House Rose Garden President Trump will host Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, along with more than 100 outdoorsmen, for a White House Rose Garden dinner Thursday evening, a source familiar with the event told The Hill’s

Senate Democrats, minus Fetterman, urge Hegseth to provide receipt for Iran war costs All of the Democrats in the Senate — excluding Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman — signed an open letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, pressing him to give Congress a cost breakdown of the w

(Bloomberg) -- DoubleLine Capital chief executive Jeffrey Gundlach warned that the next US downturn could trigger a debt crisis that sends long-term Treasury yields sharply higher — defying decades of conventional wisdom that bonds will always serve as safe haven during times of

'Just the beginning' - Samba, 17, steals Man City show - Published Floyd Samba's scintillating first-team debut not only stole the show at Etihad Stadium on Thursday but also snatched all the headlines away from another high-profile teenager in Manchester. Website articles, socia

Sep 17th, 2026 Stocks Rally as Yields Fall After the Fed Rate Hike The Close brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are UBS US Rates Strategy Head Phoebe White, Cboe Glob

F-16 crashes on training run in Michigan; pilot safely ejects An F-16 fighter jet crashed and the pilot ejected to safety in northern Michigan on Thursday afternoon, military officials confirmed. The crash, which occurred in Grand Traverse County, was captured in a video circulat

Pennsylvania asks CDC for emergency assistance amid RFK Jr. clash over measles Pennsylvania’s health department has started the process of requesting emergency assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help control a deadly and rapidly spreading meas

Champion Van Gerwen loses in first round to Gurney - Published Defending champion Michael van Gerwen fell to a 6-5 defeat by Daryl Gurney in the opening round of the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam. Northern Ireland's Gurney raced into a 3-0 lead before the Dutch top se

Trump administration gets green light to proceed with homelessness program overhaul A U.S. appeals court in Boston on Wednesday gave the Trump administration the green light to go forward with a massive overhaul of a homelessness program and its criteria for aid funding. The 1st

Sep 17th, 2026 LuxExperience CEO on Luxury Retail Customer Resiliency Michael Kliger, CEO of LuxExperience, said the luxury market is becoming increasingly polarized, with affluent customers continuing to spend heavily while middle-class shoppers pull back under inflationary pres

Anthropic Says Claude Drives 26% of Its Research and Development More than a quarter of Anthropic PBC’s research and development work for artificial intelligence is driven by its Claude chatbot, according to the company, providing the clearest indication yet that AI can help spee

Amazon Says AI Models Should Be Released When ‘Ready and Safe’ Amazon.com Inc. said artificial intelligence models should be released only after rigorous testing, weighing in on the debate about the pace of AI development after top labs called for a slowdown following safety laps

As AI companies propose slowing down model development on concerns about the technology's rapid and scary advancements, another issue on the hardware side of the industry might be forcing them to decelerate. Manpower is at the heart of the world's ability to make enough chips to

As AI companies propose slowing down model development on concerns about the technology's rapid and scary advancements, another issue on the hardware side of the industry might be forcing them to decelerate. Manpower is at the heart of the world's ability to make enough chips to

The News The scaffolding that’s built around an AI model is just as important — if not more important — for AI safety than the model itself, Nvidia’s VP of agentic AI told Semafor. “Rather than creating fear and FUD, let’s just secure it. We know how. We’ve done these things befo

Learner drivers turn to YouTube and TikTok to cut costs - but instructors warn of risks - Published Learner drivers say they are turning to online tutorials to help with the cost of obtaining a driving licence. Driving lessons in the UK are now about £35 to £50, according to the

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday that the company will double the number of chips it sells next year. It's the latest forecast from Nvidia that points to continuing massive growth for the next six quarters, and comes shortly after the company revealed that it expected 70%

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday that the company will double the number of chips it sells next year. It's the latest forecast from Nvidia that points to continuing massive growth for the next six quarters, and comes shortly after the company revealed that it expected 70%

England crush Sri Lanka to seal T20 series win - Published Second Vitality T20, Cardiff Sri Lanka 145-9 (20 overs): Nissanka 37 (21); Dawson 3-32 England 146-4 (12.1 overs): Banton 52* (24); Rathnayake 1-25 England won by six wickets; lead series 2-0 England's impressive T20 form