Karen Moscow

Well, elsewhere in the AI space, John, Anthropic is standing its ground when it comes to its artificial intelligence.

And Bloomberg's Monica Ricks reports.

Thank you.

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Let's begin with some breaking economic news with applications for U.S.

unemployment benefits rising by less than expected last week, indicating that layoffs remain relatively low.