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Commerce Department Pulls Web Posting on AI Model Security Tests

Commerce Department Pulls Web Posting on AI Model Security Tests

The U.S. Commerce Department removed a webpage detailing its agreement with Google, xAI and Microsoft to provide pre-deployment AI models for government security testing. The link returned an error and later redirected to the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, the office charged with the testing. The department had said companies would hand ov…

Ex-OpenAI Scientist Sutskever Values His Stake at About $7 Billion While Testifying in Musk v. OpenAI Case

Ex-OpenAI Scientist Sutskever Values His Stake at About $7 Billion While Testifying in Musk v. OpenAI Case

Former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever told a California courtroom that his ownership stake in the AI startup is worth roughly $7 billion as he testified in the legal dispute between Elon Musk and OpenAI. The trial, which has drawn testimony from current and former OpenAI executives as well as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, could influence gove…

U.S. Commerce Department Removes Online Details of AI Security-Testing Agreement with Big Tech

U.S. Commerce Department Removes Online Details of AI Security-Testing Agreement with Big Tech

The Commerce Department removed a webpage that described its arrangement with Google, xAI and Microsoft to provide pre-release AI models for government security testing. The previously available announcement link now returns a "Sorry, we cannot find that page." message and later redirects to the Center for AI Standards and Innovation site. The depa…

Onex Pursues $1 Billion Continuation Fund to Hold OneDigital Stake

Onex Pursues $1 Billion Continuation Fund to Hold OneDigital Stake

Onex Partners is seeking to raise $1 billion through a single-asset continuation fund to extend its remaining minority stake in OneDigital, with Evercore advising on the proposed transaction. The strategy reflects growing use of secondaries structures that allow private asset managers to keep positions beyond conventional fund timelines.

PrimeStone Presses Intertek to Engage With EQT After Revised Bid Is Rejected

PrimeStone Presses Intertek to Engage With EQT After Revised Bid Is Rejected

Activist investor PrimeStone Capital has urged Intertek's board to open substantive engagement with private equity suitor EQT after Intertek dismissed a third revised takeover offer. Holding roughly 0.5% of Intertek through its advised funds, PrimeStone has requested supervised due diligence access and questioned the board's current fair value asse…

Wall Street Divided on Madison Air as Data Center Cooling Demand Surges

Wall Street Divided on Madison Air as Data Center Cooling Demand Surges

Madison Air Solutions, a newly public HVAC and indoor air quality firm, drew divergent analyst calls as investors grappled with strong data center cooling growth tied to AI investments and concerns about its valuation and leverage. Goldman Sachs began coverage with a Neutral rating and $44 target, while RBC Capital Markets emphasized the company’s …

Anthropic’s Claude Platform Debuts on AWS with Native API Access

Anthropic’s Claude Platform Debuts on AWS with Native API Access

Amazon Web Services has added native access to Anthropic’s Claude Platform within AWS accounts, allowing customers to call the same APIs and tools available directly from Anthropic using their AWS identity and billing. The integration supports IAM and API key authentication, records activity in CloudTrail, bills consumption through AWS Marketplace,…

U.S. Alerts Banks to IRGC Sanctions-Evasion Methods as Tensions Rise

U.S. Alerts Banks to IRGC Sanctions-Evasion Methods as Tensions Rise

The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Monday issued an advisory to financial institutions about tactics used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to evade U.S. sanctions. The notice highlights the use of front firms, digital asset infrastructure and other service providers to support procurement networks. The alert comes …

France to Transfer €2.5 Billion of State Stakes to Caisse des Depots

France to Transfer €2.5 Billion of State Stakes to Caisse des Depots

France’s state shareholding agency, Agence des participations de l'Etat (APE), will raise roughly 2.5 billion euros by transferring its stakes in a housing company and two tunnel operators to public lender Caisse des Depots. The move reflects APE’s shift toward strategic sectors including defense, and the transactions remain subject to regulatory a…

CPI, ADP and Weekly Oil Stocks Take Center Stage on May 12, 2026

CPI, ADP and Weekly Oil Stocks Take Center Stage on May 12, 2026

A compact set of influential economic releases and central bank commentary scheduled for Tuesday, May 12, 2026, could shape market direction. Headlining the calendar are the Consumer Price Index and Core CPI prints, which will update headline and underlying inflation readings. Early labor conditions will be previewed by the ADP Employment Change We…

Embraer Pursues C-390 Sales in Colombia and Chile as Production Ramps Up

Embraer Pursues C-390 Sales in Colombia and Chile as Production Ramps Up

Embraer is negotiating potential C-390 military transport sales with Colombia and Chile while accelerating production to meet growing international interest, CEO Francisco Gomes Neto said. Brazil remains the only Latin American operator of the aircraft; new regional orders would expand foreign sales. The company also announced a Middle East order a…