Ananya Joshi loved her life in Chicago. After moving from India for a master’s degree in biotechnology at Northwestern University, she landed a $75,000-a-year job as a scientist at a lab-grown meat startup in 2024. She was doing research, living in an affordable apartment in a suburb, and road-tripping with friends on weekends. But her
Welcome to Eye on AI. Beatrice Nolan here. In today’s issue: Anthropic examines the economic impact of AI. U.S. accuses Chinese AI firms of industrial-scale model copying. Meta launches its AI agent, Muse. And the amount businesses spend on AI is falling. Anthropic has three very different visions for the impact AI will have on
BANGKOK — Shares were mostly lower in Asia and U.S. futures also declined Monday on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve may raise interest rates soon. Oil prices surged about 3% after U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz, marking their first military action in a month. The Trump administration just
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning election win eight years ago heralded the start of a broader political shift, and the New York Democrat sees that swelling into a transformational movement. In an interview Sunday on ABC News’ This Week, she acknowledged that her party had lost support from young people in earlier election cycles, especially young
