America/Toronto time | ~1,200 words 1. What Changed 1. Trump signals Iran conflict nearing end — markets stage dramatic reversal Wall Street opened Monday down 900 points on the Dow as Brent crude briefly touched $119/bbl overnight, then executed one of 2026’s most dramatic single-session reversals after Trump told reporters the war was “very complete, pretty much” and signalled Hormuz reopening. S&P 500 closed +0.83%, Nasdaq +1.38%. Oil retreated sharply but remains elevated (~$90–101/bbl range). Sources: Al Jazeera live | Rio Times global economy briefing 2. Iran names new supreme leader; IRGC stance hardens Iran has appointed Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei … Continue reading Morning Briefing — Tuesday, 10 March 2026

Iran names a new supreme leader, Donald Trump issues a grave warning toward Cuba, and an ex-rapper is set to lead Nepal. — Read on http://www.semafor.com/newsletter/03/08/2026/semafor-flagship-at-the-end-of-the-line Continue reading Semafor Flagship: ‘At the end of the line’ | Semafor

FTC AI policy statement due Tuesday, March 11The FTC faces a hard deadline this Tuesday to publish its statement on how the FTC Act applies to AI models — and specifically whether state laws requiring alterations to AI “truthful outputs” are preempted by federal deceptive-practices law. A leaked draft reportedly covers: AI-generated advertising, consent frameworks for training data, and automated decision-making transparency (credit scoring, underwriting, employment). This will be the first binding federal AI governance signal since Trump’s December 2025 executive order. Why it matters: Depending on scope, this could effectively pre-empt California, Colorado, and Illinois state AI laws — … Continue reading FTC AI policy statement due Tuesday, March 11

Source Claude.ai I don’t have access to that memo — it sounds like an internal Anthropic document that has either leaked or been reported on, and I wouldn’t have a free copy regardless. Let me search for what’s been reported about it. The full memo isn’t publicly available in its entirety — it originated with The Information (paywalled). However, the key substance has been widely reported. Here’s what we know:The core dispute: Anthropic and the Pentagon were close to a $200m deal but broke down over five words — a prohibition on “analysis of bulk acquired data.” Amodei says that … Continue reading Status of Anthropic and Dept of War is getting complicated

AI / Tech: Big Tech to Sign White House Power Pledge TomorrowTrump is convening major tech firms on March 4 to sign a pledge that their new AI data centres will “build, bring, or buy” their own power supply, ensuring Americans’ electricity bills don’t rise from data centre demand growth. In the UK, protesters marched against data centre expansion amid revelations that 140 facilities are seeking grid connections requiring 50 GW of capacity — exceeding the UK’s peak winter demand of 45 GW for the entire grid.New today: The White House energy pledge is tomorrow — a concrete policy action … Continue reading The AI infrastructure buildout is hitting a hard physical constraint — power

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/claude-ai-hit-by-worldwide-out-zQYPbIV0RtK35tqc9vzKrQ Anthropic confirmed the outage at 11:49 UTC on March 2, with users reporting 500 errors, failed logins, and Claude Code going completely offline.[bleepingcomputer +1]• The disruption comes as Claude surged to No. 1 on Apple’s [AAPL +0.75%] App Store after Anthropic walked away from a U.S. military AI deal over safety concerns.[techradar +1]• The outage follows a pattern of recent reliability issues, raising questions about infrastructure resilience as enterprise adoption, including at Microsoft [MSFT +1.82%], grows.[techbuzz] Continue reading Claude AI hit by worldwide outage across all platforms