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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Anthropic will make its new AI model available to some of the world’s biggest cybersecurity and software firms in an effort to slow the arms race ignited by AI in the hands of hackers, Anthropic said Tuesday. Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Google, JPMorgan Chase and Microsoft, among other firms, will

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — AI-driven job losses may not just make it harder for affected workers to find employment in the short term but also could leave a yearslong “scarring,” marked by depressed income, delayed homeownership and even the lower probability of marriage, according to a new research report from Goldman Sachs. And

By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — Pershing Square Capital Management, founded by billionaire Bill Ackman, has offered to buy Universal Music Group, the record company behind Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar and Sabrina Carpenter among other artists. The proposal was submitted alongside a “value creation plan,” the fund, where Ackman is also the CEO, said

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — The IRS has processed 87.5 million returns so far this tax season and, as of March 27, it has paid out nearly 63 million refunds. The average amount returned: $3,521. That’s up $351 (or 11.1%) from the same period last year, but still well below the average $1,000 boost

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of war-driven pressure on fuel prices and supply chains, some businesses are starting to pass those higher costs along to consumers via new fees — or through other, less obvious changes. “Companies tend to look for ways to get more out of what they already have first,

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — CBS has filled its soon-to-be-vacant 11:35 p.m. time slot. The network said Monday that beginning May 22, the day after the finale of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” the hour will be filled by “Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen.” Because “Comics Unleashed” is a half-hour program, CBS will

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Pepsi and brewery company Diageo have withdrawn their sponsorship of the UK’s 2026 Wireless Festival after it was announced that Kanye West would headline the three-day event. The rapper, who goes by the name Ye, has faced backlash in recent years after making repeated antisemitic and offensive remarks. Pepsi

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Jamie Dimon is warning that the US-Israeli war with Iran could lead to another round of persistent inflation and higher interest rates that could sink the US economy into a recession and redefine the global economic order. “Then again, it may not,” Dimon hedged. In his annual letter to

CNN By Brian Stelter, Holly Yan CNN (CNN) — Savannah Guthrie showed viewers her grief and desperation when her mother, Nancy, vanished two months ago. Now she is showing viewers her resolve. Guthrie returned to the “Today” show on Monday morning — her first time co-hosting the flagship NBC morning show since Nancy’s disappearance. “It’s

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — For Connie Lear, driving even her hybrid car is a luxury she can rarely afford. Lear lives in the rural town of June Lake, California, a picturesque community of 300 people near Yosemite National Park and the Nevada state line. June Lake is part of Mono County, which has

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Muneeb Iqbal is set to graduate with a master’s degree in integrated design, business and technology from the University of Southern California next month, but he doesn’t have a job or internship lined up, despite the 4,000 applications he’s tallied over the past year. The 23-year-old told CNN

By Brian Stelter, Holly Yan CNN (CNN) — Savannah Guthrie showed viewers her grief and desperation when her mother, Nancy, vanished two months ago. Now she is showing viewers her resolve. Guthrie returned to the “Today” show on Monday morning — her first time co-hosting the flagship NBC morning show since Nancy’s disappearance. “It’s good

By Isaac Tellechea, CNN (CNN) — This year’s Easter baskets will come with a higher price tag and a little less chocolate, despite lower cocoa prices. Cocoa — the key ingredient in chocolate — has been steadily falling in price from its all-time high in 2024, when cocoa beans were trading for over $12,000 a