NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Zongyuan Zoe Liu, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, about how China views the current crisis in the Middle East
AI chip company SambaNova Systems has secured $1 billion in its Series F funding round, valuing the company at $11 billion. Led by General Atlantic, the round saw participation from new and existing investors, including Intel and JPMorgan Chase, which selected SambaNova as an inference-infrastructure partner.
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen announced she will run for the French presidency next year after an appeals court cleared her path by shortening a ban on seeking public office. Despite being sentenced to wear an electronic monitor for embezzlement, Le Pen plans to appeal, stating the process will suspend the sentence.
Researchers have devised HalluSquatting, a novel pull-based AI attack that exploits LLM hallucinations of resource identifiers to create massive botnets, conduct large-scale DDoS attacks, and infect devices. The attack targets AI coding assistants and agents by registering predicted hallucinated identifiers with malicious code.
The U.S. military struck Iran early Wednesday after Tehran attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran retaliated with strikes targeting Bahrain and Kuwait, escalating regional tensions. The U.S. also revoked Iran's license to openly sell crude oil.
The US military struck Iran early Wednesday after Tehran attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran retaliated with strikes targeting Bahrain and Kuwait, raising fears of wider regional conflict. The US also revoked Iran's license to openly sell crude oil.
US airlines incurred $6.66 billion in jet fuel costs in May, marking the second consecutive month above $6 billion. This represents an 84% increase from the previous year, driven primarily by higher fuel prices rather than increased consumption. The ongoing impact of Middle East conflict and volatile energy prices continues to affect the industry.
