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The system can track how employees interact with customers.

recite recipes, and alert managers when supplies run low through an AI voice assistant called Patty.

Burger King says the technology is meant to coach workers and improve service, not monitor individual employees.

Stocks continue to trade sharply lower on Wall Street at this hour.

The Dow was down 556 points, the Nasdaq down 151.

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Former President Bill Clinton is set to appear before the House Oversight Committee today.

Lawmakers are expected to question him about his connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace told CNN that she plans to ask the former president about Epstein's private island.

Today's closed-door deposition comes a day after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the committee.

NPR has learned that Vice President J.D.

Vance is set to meet today with Oman's foreign minister, who has served as the mediator in ongoing U.S.-Iran nuclear talks.

NPR's Franco Ordonez reports the administration has yet to provide details about its specific objectives for taking military action against Tehran.

Stocks on Wall Street opened sharply lower this morning after a report showing inflation at the wholesale level was higher than expected last month.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow fell nearly 800 points in early trading.

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Anthropic is facing a deadline today to reach an agreement with the Pentagon or risk losing a major government contract tied to its artificial intelligence technology.

The company's CEO says it cannot agree to Defense Department demands that would allow broader military use of its AI systems.

Anthropic argues proposed contract language does not do enough to limit potential uses involving mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.