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Artificial intelligence company Anthropic said Thursday it had raised $65 billion in a new funding round that values the Claude maker at $965 billion, more than its arch-rival OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. The latest fundraising round confirms Anthropic’s place as one of the most significant players in AI, with the start-up led by Dario Amodei having drawn fans for its coding powers and state-of-the-art models. Anthropic’s rise came by doubling down on delivering generative AI to enterprise clients rather than general users, the path initially chosen by arch-rival OpenAI. Founded by former OpenAI employees, including CEO Amodei, Anthropic has…

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Lionel Messi will lead defending champion Argentina at a record sixth World Cup this summer in North America.The 38-year-old was selected in coach Lionel Scaloni’s 26-player squad Thursday. Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are set to become the first men to play in six tournaments.- Scaloni: Not just Messi recovering for Argentina- Messi tracker: All goals, assists, key moments for Miami, Argentina in 2026- Yamal named for Spain: All World Cup squads announced so farHis participation was put in jeopardy last week after he exited the field during Inter Miami’s MLS game against the Philadelphia Union with an injury.Inter Miami later…

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Annual job creation at the end of the first quarter of this year was the third-lowest in 15 years, driven by gains in the informal sector. Mexico’s active workforce increased by 551,651 people in the first quarter of the year compared to last year, the national statistics agency INEGI reported on Tuesday.That was the lowest positive job creation figure for the same period since the end of Q1 2011, when Mexico added just 534,469 positions over 12 months. The worst job creation result in the last fifteen years was the annual loss of over 2 million jobs at the end…

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Post-classic and Eyedazzler textile (c. 1885) (all photos Peter Pap Rugs unless otherwise noted)Assembled over decades, the late abstract artist Frank Stella’s breathtaking collection of textiles made by Diné women enters the spotlight for the first time in a New York City presentation ahead of its upcoming sale. Stella developed the selection of 40 weavings from the 19th and 20th centuries according to his personal taste for bold color palettes and dynamic geometric patterns, shirking the typical collecting benchmarks for Diné textile scholarship.Organized by antique rug and textile expert Peter Pap, Stella’s collection is on display through June 10 at…

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The initiative will unite leading business and scientific minds from multiple countries, the Russian president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced plans to deepen international cooperation on artificial intelligence, unveiling a new global initiative aimed at developing AI systems and shared computing infrastructure.Speaking on Thursday at the Eurasian Economic Forum in Astana, Kazakhstan, Putin said Russia has helped establish an AI alliance bringing together scientific, academic and business communities from multiple countries. He also proposed holding a high-level international meeting on artificial intelligence in Russia next year.According to Putin, the gathering will focus on cooperation in developing sovereign…

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Subscribe to The Kevin O’Connor ShowKevin O’Connor is joined by Casey Powell (CP The Fanchise) & Jonathan Macri (Knicks Film School) to break down the New York Knicks’ historic path to the NBA Playoffs.AdvertisementThey discuss what separates Jalen Brunson, the biggest areas of growth for the Knicks from the regular to postseason and why Karl-Anthony Towns is the key heading into the Finals.Plus, the trio gives their biggest takeaways from the Western Conference Finals. Who will the Knicks face in the 2026 NBA Finals? They give their insights.0:00 Welcome01:31 NBA Awards takeaways 7:20 Knicks’ regular season to postseason growth 11:30…

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A total of US $61.79 billion flowed into Mexico in remittances in 2025, a 4.6% decrease compared to 2024, but nevertheless an exceptionally large amount of money. It is common knowledge that the vast majority of the remittances to Mexico are sent from the United States, but where in the country does all the money go? How important are remittances to the economies of Mexico’s 32 federal entities? We answer both those questions in this week’s “Mexico in Numbers” article. Which states received the most in remittances in 2025? According to data published by the Bank of Mexico, Mexico’s largest…

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