Anthropic in Disagreement With Pentagon Over AI Surveillance
Bloomberg Television· 2026-02-17 10:57
How much nervousness is there in the relationship between the Department of War and Anthropic at the moment. This is a really super fascinating story we were talking about earlier in the show that basically the Clyde tool, they want safeguards against basically mass surveillance, presumably for American populations and of course, having basically kill orders being required to be given by human beings. Absolutely.And these kill orders have been something that they've been sort of getting a lot of attention o ...
Anthropic’s Pentagon Talks Snag, Pound Falls After UK Wage Data | The Opening Trade 2/17/2026
Bloomberg Television· 2026-02-17 10:42
Anthropic’s talks about extending a contract with the Pentagon are being held up over additional protections the artificial intelligence company wants to put on its Claude tool, a person familiar with the matter said. Anthropic wants to put guardrails in place to stop Claude from being used for mass surveillance of Americans or to develop weapons that can be deployed without a human involved, the person said, asking not to be identified because the negotiations are private. The Pentagon wants to be able to ...
High-stakes diplomatic talks taking place in Geneva
MSNBC· 2026-02-17 10:40
The U.S. and Iran hold indirect talks in Geneva on Tuesday aimed at resolving their long-running nuclear dispute, with little clear indication of compromise as Washington masses a battle force in the region. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. Same mission. New name. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more context and news coverage of the most important s ...
How China's 'Perfect' Spy Got Caught | Exclusive Preview
Bloomberg Originals· 2026-02-17 09:30
Uh, you got >> No, I'm I'm I'm just going. >> Yes. >> He was kind of awkward. He was very goofy.He does not read like a Chinese spy. >> I at least had in my head this idea of a spy of James Bond, somebody jumping out of airplanes. And that is Nachi.$100,000. Is that monthly. >> Uh they they pay me uh every six months.>> This story is about aviation secrets in particular jet engine trade secrets. These are technologies that China wants very badly. >> It's in the paper every day what China has alleged to be s ...
Futures Slip Ahead of US Return; Iran-US Talks in Focus | Horizons Middle East & Africa 2/17/2026
Bloomberg Television· 2026-02-17 08:57
JOUMANNA: GOOD MORNING. IT IS "HORIZONS MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA." OUR TOP STORIES THIS MORNING. U.S. FUTURES FALLING AND TREASURIES EDGE HIGHER UNDERSCORING A MOVE HEADING INTO THE MARKET’S REOPENING AFTER A HOLIDAY.WTI CRUDE RISING AS TRADERS PRICE IN HIGHER GEO-POLITICAL RISKS AS IRAN HOLDS NAVAL EXERCISES BEFORE TALKS WITH THE U.S. IN GENEVA TODAY. THE WORLD’S LARGEST MINER REPORTS HIGH FIRST QUARTER PROFIT VIA THE COPPER RALLY. YESTERDAY WAS VERY THIN LIQUIDITY IN THESE MARKETS.IT IS LUNAR NEW YEAR. HAPP ...
UK Jobs Data Gives Green Light to March BOE Cut
Bloomberg Television· 2026-02-17 08:17
We saw that week number out of Japan in terms of growth, are we primed basically for sort of a very bullish case within Japan for the new sort of prime minister to come in and really do some damage. Or do you think that maybe that's oversold a bit. Yeah, I think there's definitely a bullish case to be made for Japan.You kind of see that in the post-election reaction to equity markets. I think the bigger question for the market is, you know, what happens with borrowing costs. You know, we've done this kind o ...
US-Iran Nuclear Talks in Geneva; Trump Will Be 'Indirectly' Involved | Daybreak Europe 02/17/2026
Bloomberg Television· 2026-02-17 08:16
>> LIVE FROM DUBAI. THIS IS BLOOMBERG DAYBREAK EUROPE. I’M JOUMANNA BERCETCHE WITH YOUR TOP STORIES.U.S. FUTURES SLIDE AHEAD OF WALL STREET’S ROPING TODAY. JOBS DATA SHOWS MORE COOL IN THE U.K. LABOR MARKET. GENEVA TAKES CENTER STAGE AS THE U.S. AND IRAN HOLD TALKS TO END THEIR LONG RUNNING NUCLEAR DISPUTES.AND ANOTHER ROUND OF DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE. WE’LL HEAR FROM THE CFO TO HAVE WORLD’S LARGEST MINER LATER THIS HOUR. IF YOU’RE JUST TUNING IN, WE ARE COMING OFF WHAT HAS BEEN A THINNER TRA ...
Political catastrophe: Republican governor botches ICE prison decision
MSNBC· 2026-02-17 07:58
Rachel Maddow looks at the panicked indecision of New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte over the unpopular issue of allowing ICE to put an immigrant prison in the town of Merrimack. State Rep. Wendy Thomas, who represents Merrimack, talks with Rachel Maddow about the opposition to the prison and Ayotte's weirdly squishy position on the matter. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow » Sign up to receive the Maddow newsletter every weekday: http://maddownewsletter.com/ MS NOW is the go-to destina ...
Maddow: Trump's bag of tricks lose their magic as his poll numbers crater
MSNBC· 2026-02-17 06:57
Rachel Maddow reviews the latest batch of terrible poll numbers for Donald Trump, including on issues that are meant to be his political strength, and points out that his familiar trick of making empty promises he has no idea how to keep are insufficient distraction from the cruelty of ICE and the paucity of his economic ideas that are turning Americans against him. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow » Sign up to receive the Maddow newsletter every weekday: http://maddownewsletter.com/ MS ...
'Ignorance is Strength': Judge shuts down Trump's history re-write in devastating ruling
MSNBC· 2026-02-17 06:10
president to live in the White House was the second U .S. President was John Adams. John Adams moved into the White House in November of the year 1800.Before that while he was president, but before he moved into the White House, before the White House was complete, John Adams lived in Philly. Both John Adams, the nation's second president and George Washington, the nation's first president, they both lived in Philadelphia in the 1790s while the U .S. Capitol and the White House were being built in D .C.And ...