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What is the latest news regarding Bill Clinton's testimony?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Former President Bill Clinton's testifying before members of the U.S. House Committee investigating cases related to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and charges related to the abuse of women and children before the financier's 2019 death in jail. Clinton says that in his associations, he saw nothing and did nothing wrong. The proceedings are closed. At one point, committee chair James Comer emerged from the hearing to highlight Clinton's responses, including this.
Should President Trump be called to answer questions for this committee? And President Clinton said, that's for you to decide. And the president went on to say that the president... Trump has never said anything to me to make me think he was involved and he met with Epstein.
What are the implications of Anthropic's AI model restrictions?
Ranking member Robert Garcia also addressed reporters today.
Donald Trump, as we know, needs to come before this committee. He's been caught in multiple lies as it relates to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Both Clinton and Trump say they had no knowledge of Epstein's crimes. Earlier today, Trump said he liked Bill Clinton and did not like to see him deposed. Open AI is wading into the fight between its rival, Anthropic, and the Pentagon over military use of artificial intelligence. NPR's Shannon Bond reports the Trump administration has given Anthropic a deadline this afternoon to drop restrictions on how its AI model can be used on classified systems.
Anthropic says the U.S. military cannot use its AI model for domestic surveillance or to power autonomous weapons. The Pentagon says companies must allow all lawful uses of their technology.
How is the Federal Reserve responding to inflation trends?
If Anthropic doesn't drop its restrictions, it could lose its $200 million contract and potentially be blacklisted from other government work. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says his company also has, quote, red lines about how the military uses its AI. In a note to staff, Altman said OpenAI is trying to negotiate the same guardrails Anthropic is fighting with the Pentagon over, according to a person not authorized to speak publicly. The Pentagon didn't return a request for comment. Shannon Bond, NPR News.
Stocks tumbled today after a hotter-than-expected report on wholesale inflation. Here's NPR's Scott Horsley.
Wholesale prices jumped by half a percent last month, a bigger increase than investors had expected. Stubborn inflation means the Federal Reserve is likely to take its time before ordering any additional cuts in interest rates. Shares the fintech company Block bucked the downward trend in the market and launched big gains after the company announced plans to lay off about 40 percent of its workforce.
What impact did recent inflation reports have on the stock market?
CEO Jack Dorsey says the company, formerly known as Square, will use artificial intelligence to make up for the thousands of laid-off workers. The AI boom is generating both excitement and anxiety. OpenAI says it's attracted more than $100 billion worth of investment from Amazon and other tech giants. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
This is NPR News. A group of congressional Democrats says the U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone. The FAA closed an area around Fort Hancock about 50 miles from El Paso. No commercial flights were affected. Some popular cereals will no longer be available at Target when summer hits.
What are the key highlights of Pokémon's 30th anniversary celebration?
The retail giant says it has been phasing out cereals containing synthetic colors for a few years. Today, it announced they'll be gone from its shelves by the end of May. Pokemon is celebrating its 30th anniversary today. The franchise started as a pair of games in Japan and has exploded into a worldwide phenomenon. NPR's Andrew Limbaugh has more.
30 years ago, the games Pokemon Red and Pokemon Green dropped in Japan for the Nintendo Game Boy. In case you've been living inside a Pokeball for the past 30 years, you walk around catching monsters and use them to fight other trainers with monsters in their pocket. Since then, there have been more video games, TV shows, movies, a trading card game, Pokemon Go for mobile.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the latest news regarding Bill Clinton's testimony?
0:01–0:53
2
What are the implications of Anthropic's AI model restrictions?
0:53–1:43
3
How is the Federal Reserve responding to inflation trends?
1:43–2:37
4
What impact did recent inflation reports have on the stock market?
2:37–3:19
5
What are the key highlights of Pokémon's 30th anniversary celebration?
3:19–4:22
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How did the stock market close at the end of the trading day?
4:22–4:39