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- Alphabet’s Ruth Porat brings a pragmatic optimism to the AI race—and a warning about the possible downsidesRuth Porat, president and chief investment officer of Google and Alphabet, told Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Santa Barbara that Alphabet will spend about $200 billion this year to build out capacity for the…
- CNBC Daily Open: 'Boring' trumps disorder and volatilityThe International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that rising inflation, mounting debt and AI-related borrowing could push government bond yields up in a "disorderly" spike across the global economy.
- IMF sees milder global slowdown as AI boom offsets war hit — warns resilience is nearing limitsThe International Monetary Fund raised its 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1% this week, saying an AI-driven investment boom is offsetting some of the damage from surging energy costs.
- Democratic senator talks Trump's Russian diesel dealDemocratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire told NPR she sees no reason to believe President Trump's deal to buy Russian diesel is real, and says…
- Can we trust OpenAI and Anthropic to monitor their own technology?Anthropic reported Friday that its Claude AI model sent Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved murder, according to Fortune's CEO Daily…
- Global travel warnings after Iran-backed Houthi militants strike Riyadh airportSaudi Arabia said Monday it was dealing with more incoming drones and missiles after Iran-backed Houthi militants struck King Khalid International…
- The IEA wants to empty its oil reserves faster. A federal watchdog says the US isn’t ready for what comes nextMember governments of the International Energy Agency backed a plan Oct. 7 to release emergency oil faster, with diesel as the priority.
- The paradox at the core of the AI revolution: The faster we innovate, the slower we growA new Fortune essay argues that artificial intelligence is repeating a 50-year pattern in which digital technology wins over consumers while…
- Here are the 6 big things we're watching in the stock market this weekWall Street economists polled by FactSet expect Wednesday morning's September consumer price index to show prices up 3.6% from a year earlier, a step…
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