Good evening, this is Markets Desk with the stories moving the needle tonight.
A Columbia Law School study is raising serious questions about the AI shopping agents deployed by Amazon and Walmart, finding that both platforms systematically suppress American-made products in favor of foreign goods, and that when pressed, the AI systems acknowledged this is a deliberate business decision, not an algorithmic accident.
Shifting to monetary policy, trimmed mean inflation measures are drawing fresh attention as Kevin Warsh steps into the Fed chair role under mounting political pressure. While headline numbers have been noisy, these underlying indicators are painting a notably cooler picture, suggesting the inflation story may be more contained than the loudest voices in Washington are letting on.
And on the defense technology front, National Guard units trained to respond to biological and chemical threats are now deploying sensor systems capable of distinguishing unmanned drones from birds in real time. The technology reflects a broader push to harden domestic response capabilities against threats that blend traditional and emerging warfare tactics.
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