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Anthropic is feeling the squeeze of Washington, forced to disable its most advanced models after a US order while dispatching staff to DC to untangle the export restrictions hanging over its frontier tech.
Meanwhile, the agentic commerce land grab is accelerating: Visa is letting AI agents shop and pay through ChatGPT, Coinbase is handing agents the keys to automated crypto trading, and Accenture says consumers are warming to AI shopping assistants faster than expected.
Overseas, Huawei's HarmonyOS 7 is quietly filling the AI gap Apple left open in China, and the UK is making its own pitch for relevance with a major infrastructure push at London Tech Week.
The big theme today: AI is colliding with the real world all at once, agents are no longer just answering questions, they're spending money.
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IREN and Bloom Energy led the pack, both finishing green and up more than 4.5% on the day, while Alphabet also held up with a modest gain.
Micron was the biggest decliner, down 1.43%, with Amazon close behind at -1.23%.
Meta was basically flat on the day, off just 0.35%.
Headlines
Anthropic disables its most advanced AI models after US order The Guardian
Anthropic sends staff to DC to resolve US export restrictions on models WSJ
AI deepfakes getting weirder and harder to spot ahead of midterms WSJ
Consumers show growing trust in AI shopping agents — Accenture report Artificial Intelligence News
Huawei’s HarmonyOS 7 fills AI gap left by Apple in China Artificial Intelligence News
Visa enables AI agents to shop and pay via ChatGPT integration Yahoo Tech
Coinbase introduces AI agents for automated crypto portfolio trading Artificial Intelligence News
UK sets out major AI infrastructure push at London Tech Week The Guardian
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