(Bloomberg) -- Japan approved ¥631.5 billion ($4 billion) in additional subsidies to quicken Rapidus Corp.’s entry into the high-stakes AI chipmaking arena, ramping up support for a project widely regarded as a long shot.The capital is intended to bankroll Rapidus’ work for IT firm Fujitsu Ltd., one of the initial clients that Tokyo hopes will get the signature endeavor off the ground. The new money raises the fees and investments that the government is injecting into the startup to ¥2.6 trillio
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(Bloomberg) -- Wall Street banks are starting to test Anthropic PBC’s Mythos model internally as Trump administration officials encourage them to use it to detect vulnerabilities.While JPMorgan Chase & Co. was the only bank named as part of an initiative to test the Mythos model, other major financial institutions have also gained access or expect to in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp. and Morgan Stanle
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, as well as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, arranged an emergency meeting of top bank bosses earlier this week, Bloomberg reported on Friday, to address the risks raised by the limited release of Anthropic’s newest AI model, known as Claude Mythos. Each of the lenders invited, according to the report, are part of the so-called Big 8 group of Global Systemically Important Banks, which the Fed deems crucial to broader financial system risks and imposes higher capital buffer rules as backstop. The concern stems from the ability of Mythos to find and exploit so-called zero-day vulnerabilities in tech infrastructure, based on relatively simple prompting.
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Financial industry leaders met to discuss potential cyber risks posed by Anthropic's latest AI model, which has found weaknesses in every major computer operating system.
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Cirrus Logic recently confirmed that, effective March 25, 2026, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Woolard also became Principal Accounting Officer, while former PAO Ulf Habermann moved into another senior finance role without any operational or policy dispute. At the same time, Apple’s formal acknowledgment of Cirrus Logic as a supplier and a fresh Face ID chip design win highlight the chipmaker’s deepening role in a key customer’s ecosystem and may influence how investors assess its customer...
March sales surged 45% as the world's largest chipmaker shows AI orders held firm.
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is featured on the Israel Englander Stock Portfolio: Top 10 Stock Picks. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has consistently appeared in the 13F portfolio of Millennium Management since the fourth quarter of 2010. Back then, this position comprised just under 4 million shares. By the third quarter of 2016, this holding had increased to […]