Executives from Nvidia, Google, Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI and xAI signed a voluntary safety pledge that Trump framed as a rebranding of artificial intelligence as super intelligence.
Thursday, October 1, 2026
24 storiesThe Pentagon picked Boeing over Northrop to build the Navy's first sixth-generation carrier aircraft.
Nir Bar Dea put a number on the hedge fund's view of AI's labour risk while the firm runs a $2 billion AI fund.
The People's Bank of China joined other agencies in a pro-growth package that cuts the pledged supplementary lending rate, widens relending quotas and subsidises home loans.
Producers and shipping have restored Gulf flows, pulling Brent back toward $96 while Tehran ties a formal reopening to US guarantees.
Two of the Fed's most senior voices said there is no urgency to move again, and traders cut the odds of a hike this month.
The inspector general found deficiencies but no misconduct in the headquarters renovation; the president called for a resignation and an investigation anyway.
From 1 October, states pick up a larger share of food-stamp costs just as tighter eligibility rules and a cost-of-living increase land together.
The justices agreed to review a policy that holds tens of thousands of immigrants in detention.
US long rates reached a twenty-four-year peak, UK gilts their worst level since 1998, and Treasuries have just closed their worst quarter since 1994.
The first rule written under the GENIUS Act sets out forms and review procedures and allows conditional state filings while legislatures finish their work.
US officials told France and Germany to release stocks, and European governments agreed on what they called an assertive response.
The Federal Reserve Board approved final rules that make its annual stress test more transparent and cut the volatility of the capital requirements it produces, over the objection of Governor Michael Barr.
The Federal Reserve's inspector general found no criminal wrongdoing by former chair Jerome Powell in the central bank's headquarters project, and the president responded by calling for his resignation and asking the Justice Department to study the report.
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating leading AI developers over potential safety risks and consumer harms, a day after the same executives signed a voluntary safety accord at the White House.
Relentless selling pushed the 10-year US Treasury note above 5.3% and dragged UK, French, Japanese and Australian government yields to multi-decade highs.
Cooler August inflation and a dovish signal from New York Fed President John Williams cut market-implied odds of an October increase, even as three other officials argued more tightening is needed.
Redemption freezes and write-downs in Australia's private credit market have drawn global attention and central bank warnings, in the same week the SEC made it easier for retail investors to buy the asset class.
The final reading of second-quarter growth came in well above the previous estimate and above forecasts, on the same week that household confidence fell to its lowest level in more than a decade.
Shipping intelligence reported three Liberian-flagged tankers hit by unknown projectiles while transiting the strait, even as crude flows through the chokepoint returned to near prewar levels.
The president presented a $54 billion Alaska gas project as backed by South Korean money and part of a $200 billion energy package, while Seoul said the investment has not been approved and will require commercial viability.
A new issuer backed by the card networks and the largest payment processors brought a dollar-pegged token to market on Wednesday, entering a stablecoin sector dominated by Tether and Circle.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright has asked Europe to release more than a third of its diesel reserves, with a US export ban held out as the alternative, as the administration weighs restrictions on foreign diesel sales.
President Trump announced that leading AI executives had signed a voluntary agreement on reviewing frontier models, and signed an executive order replacing the term artificial intelligence with Super Intelligence across the executive branch.