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Powell, Bessent met with U.S. Bank CEOs over Anthropic’s Mythos threat

Suhas Bhokare4 months ago4 months ago04 mins

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with main U.S. financial institution CEOs this week to debate the potential cyber dangers raised by Anthropic‘s Mythos mannequin, CNBC confirmed Friday. The financial institution heads have been already in Washington, D.C., for a Financial Services Forum board assembly when a particular gathering was…

U.S. Navy to escort oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz when possible, Bessent says

Suhas Bhokare5 months ago5 months ago03 mins

The U.S. Navy will start escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz as quickly as “militarily possible,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent informed Sky News on Thursday. “That was always in our planning, that there’s the chance that the U.S. Navy or perhaps an international coalition will be escorting oil tankers through,” Bessent mentioned in that…