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The AI Hype Index: AI goes to war

Strategic angle: AI is at war. Anthropic and the Pentagon feuded over how to weaponize Anthropic’s AI model Claude; then OpenAI swept the Pentagon off its feet with an “opportunistic and sloppy” deal. Users quit ChatGPT in droves. People

Editorial Staff Mar 25

Sports

Briefing: Woods targets Masters after return to action in TGL

Strategic angle: Tiger Woods says he is "trying to play" at next month's Masters after returning to action for the first time in more than a year in the TGL.

Editorial Staff Mar 25

Politics

Briefing: CERN's most delicate road trip: Scientists take antimatter out of the lab for the first time

Strategic angle: Housed in a high-tech, super-cooled container, the fragile particles survived a short truck journey without touching normal matter, which would have made them vanish in a flash of energy.

Editorial Staff Mar 25

Environment

Briefing: Trump’s $1B payoff to stop offshore wind is even stranger than it sounds

Strategic angle: The government is paying TotalEnergies to halt a wind farm it isn’t building, in exchange for fossil fuel investments it’s already making.

Editorial Staff Mar 25

Politics

Briefing: Huge crowd marks 50 years since Argentina’s 1976 coup in Buenos Aires

Strategic angle: Tens of thousands gather in Buenos Aires to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Argentina’s 1976 military coup.

Editorial Staff Mar 25

Science

Briefing: Project Hail Mary meets reality: 45 planets could harbor alien life

Strategic angle: Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life.

Editorial Staff Mar 25

Money

Briefing: ‘Asia’s Ukraine moment’: How the Iran war could accelerate a shift into renewables

Strategic angle: The fallout from the sprawling Middle East conflict is expected to represent a watershed moment for the energy transition.

Editorial Staff Mar 25

Politics

Briefing: Pentagon to Remove Media Offices Following Judge's Ruling on NY Times Credentials

Strategic angle: The Pentagon announces the removal of media offices after a judge reinstates press credentials for the New York Times.

Editorial Staff Mar 25

Politics

Briefing: Japan says Chinese Embassy break-in 'regrettable'

Strategic angle: A soldier's break-in at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo exacerbates already tense diplomatic relations over Taiwan.

Editorial Staff Mar 25

Politics

Briefing: Poland, Hungary Clash Amid Allegations Budapest Leaked EU Secrets to Moscow

Strategic angle: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen faces an uncertain future after suffering a setback in Tuesday's snap ballot.

Editorial Staff Mar 25