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The US and China sat down in New York over the weekend for talks on AI safety, just days before a scheduled summit between President Trump and President Xi. The meeting signals that even amid broader tensions, both governments recognize that coordinating on artificial intelligence isn't optional — it's urgent.
Staying with AI, a new Financial Times analysis finds that chatbots give wrong answers to financial questions most of the time. That's a striking finding, and it underscores a tension the industry keeps dancing around — these tools feel authoritative, but confidence and accuracy are not the same thing, and in finance, the gap can be costly.
And from the world of prediction markets, Kalshi is pushing back against allegations of fake crypto-style volume inflation. The company says those headline numbers reflect maximum potential payouts, not actual cash changing hands — a convention used across the industry. The defense may be technically accurate, but it's a reminder that how you count things shapes what people believe about your credibility.
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