In one of the experiments, the chatbot resorted to blackmail after it found an email about replacing it, while in another, it cheated to complete a task with a tight deadline...

Huge Iranian missile slams directly into Haifa residential complex...

... what you may expect when the radical left takes power. Demolition of the private sector and destruction of potential growth and jobs.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic informs Prime Minister Orban...

... thanks to an Iranian exemption, testing buyers’ confidence in the security guarantee.

The signal to watch is a flattening in skew...

Astronauts are back in lunar space for the first time in more than 50 years...

... consumers will spend more on gasoline, diesel at the pump, utilities, and food, leaving less room for restaurants, shopping, travel, and other discretionary purchases.

“What then is this American” if citizenship can be based on as little as a tourist visa or an illegal crossing?

...a surge in New Orders (good), but a simultaneous spike in Prices Paid (bad), and a sudden plunge in Employment (ugly)...

This ballooning dislocation of daily global commodity flows will have a double whammy effect...

Main releases this week are the February durable goods report on Tuesday, the February PCE report on Thursday, and the March CPI report on Friday. The minutes to the FOMC’s March meeting will be released on Wednesday. 

Planet Labs self-censors until the conflict ends...

Beyond building an expanded facility to host guests, the Trump administration said the White House construction project includes new protective measures...

...the market still does not yet screen like it has gone through a full panic-style washout.

...the “liberal organization” is “preparing a multimillion–dollar effort to oppose potential Trump Supreme Court appointees before they happen.”

“This mix of coercion and negotiation leaves the market without a stable reference. The rebound makes tactical sense, but it doesn’t yet signal a solid improvement in the macroeconomic and financial outlook.”