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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by twenty-five basis points for the first time since July of twenty twenty-three, pushing the benchmark fed funds rate to a range of three point seven-five to four percent. The move was widely expected, but Bitcoin spiked anyway, reminding us that crypto markets still treat monetary policy as a catalyst rather than a signal.
Shifting to artificial intelligence, a growing conversation in the industry is pushing AI labs to bring auditors in-house as a check on rogue agent behavior. But critics are pointing to something more fundamental — that the real vulnerability may not be inside the audit process at all, but in how openly these systems are exposed in the first place. Sometimes the simplest fix is also the most overlooked one.
And in space, a NASA spacecraft has spotted a brand new crater on the surface of the moon. It is a small discovery in the grand scheme of lunar science, but a meaningful reminder that even our closest neighbor still has surprises left to offer — and that the tools we send out there keep getting sharper.
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