According to Axios, Anthropic said its Claude models were used in attempts tied to Iran, Yemen and China-linked actors, including efforts to target U.S. naval forces, help build missile guidance software and hunt Uyghurs in Syria. The company said it spent the past eight months tracking and disrupting misuse of its models, and also cited a case in which Claude helped build surveillance tools for 25 million phones in Mali. Anthropic said Claude blocked requests for dangerous virus research, but the work was then routed to another AI model with weaker safeguards.

India is seeking to build consensus among an expanded BRICS group despite divisions over the Iran war, ties with the US and the bloc's role in the global order, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg News Senior Reporter Dan Strumpf said the summit is also highlighting a tentative India-China rapprochement, with President Xi Jinping visiting New Delhi and China Southern Airlines preparing to restore its Guangzhou-New Delhi service after a six-year suspension.

US stocks rebounded Friday after August CPI came in slightly above expectations, with the market largely confirming a Federal Reserve hike next week.The S&P 500 rose 0.9%, the Dow gained about 1% and the Nasdaq 1%. All three still ended the week lower.Investors treated a clear rate path as preferable to ambiguity — reducing policy uncertainty and avoiding more aggressive expectations later.The Mechanism Applied Across Asset ClassesThe same logic drove crypto. Bitcoin rebounded more than $3,000 from a low of $76,046 to clear $79,000, trading at $79,301 for a 24-hour gain of 2.68%.That parallel matters for interpreting both moves. Bitcoin and equities rallying together on a hawkish print is not a debasement-trade signature or a risk-on rotation. It is markets pricing the removal of a distribution of outcomes.Hike odds had been split across venues before the release — 76% on CME FedWatch, roughly two-thirds per QCP, 61% on Polymarket. A 15-point spread on a binary event indicated genuine disagreement. The print collapsed it.Core CPI rose 0.3% against 0.2% expected, the only figure in the release that missed. Headline came in at 0.4% monthly and 3.4% annually with core at 2.4% year-over-year, all in line.Yields Went the Other WayThe bond market did not participate in the relief.The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 4.974%, approaching the 5% threshold and up significantly from 4.783% a week earlier — a move of 19 basis points across five sessions.That divergence is the session's most important detail. Equities and Bitcoin rallied on reduced uncertainty while the asset that actually prices the rate path pushed toward a psychological level it has not breached this cycle.A 5% handle on the 10-year would be the first since 2007. QCP framed the problem for Bitcoin specifically before the print: "This is the worst mix for Bitcoin: a competing 5% risk-free rate without the nominal-growth impulse that usually accompanies yield moves."RBC Moved From Cuts to Three HikesThe forecast revision quantifies how far the outlook has shifted.RBC Capital Markets revised its expectations for this year from rate cuts to three rate hikes, warning that high rates could further weigh on corporate earnings and equity valuations.That is a reversal of direction rather than a recalibration of magnitude. A house expecting easing at the start of the period now expects 75 basis points of tightening.Markets currently price a 25 basis point move at next week's meeting. Rates have sat at 3.50%-3.75% since December 2025, making a September increase the first since July 2023.Saudi Arabia Closed the East-West PipelineThe energy picture deteriorated further, and one development deserves more attention than it received.Brent closed at $104.61, up more than 8% on the week. Houthi attacks on Saudi energy facilities and transportation risks in the Strait of Hormuz contributed, but Saudi Arabia's closure of the East-West pipeline is the structurally significant item.That pipeline runs from the Eastern Province oil fields to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, and its entire strategic purpose is providing an export route that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. Closing it removes the alternative.With Hormuz shipping disrupted and the bypass shut, Saudi crude has no unconstrained path to market. That is the mechanical explanation for production falling 1.9 million barrels per day to 6.238 million — the lowest since 1990. A producer that cannot export cannot sustain output.The Question Has Shifted From Direction to DurationWall Street's framing has moved from whether the Fed will raise rates to how long high rates persist, and whether inflation can be contained without damaging the economy and corporate earnings.That reframing changes what matters at Wednesday's meeting. The decision itself is largely priced. The dot plot, the updated projections and Chair Kevin Warsh's press conference carry the information.Warsh has rejected forward guidance as a practice, which complicates the market's need for exactly that. The Wall Street Journal's Nick Timiraos identified the bind before CPI: the Jackson Hole speech convinced investors a hike was likelier without specifying a trigger, leaving a single data release to authorize a decision Warsh has argued against making that way.The same absence of guidance now applies to the duration question.High Oil and High Rates Together Keep Volatility ElevatedThe combination is what keeps the outlook unstable regardless of Friday's recovery.Elevated crude feeds inflation, which supports higher rates, which compresses valuations — while the energy shock simultaneously pressures corporate margins from the cost side. Neither variable resolves the other.For crypto, the demand picture entering the weekend had not turned. CryptoQuant's spot demand metric sits at −145,000 BTC after nearly reaching positive at −5,000 in late August. The Coinbase premium index fell to −0.036. Crypto ETFs saw $308 million of net outflows Thursday, the worst single day in two months.Spot Bitcoin ETF trading pauses until Monday, and the Clarity Act cloture vote falls September 15 with the Fed decision the following day.

According to CNBC, General Motors is in the early stages of developing next-generation battery cells that it believes can reduce U.S. dependence on China while increasing the use of domestically sourced materials. Kurt Kelty, GM's vice president of battery and sustainability, said the company is working to build a domestic supply chain over the next two to three years and wants domestic sourcing in place when the cells reach market. GM is partnering with Denver-based startup Peak Energy on sodium-ion battery cells for energy storage systems, with commercial production expected around 2029. The automaker said it is also prioritizing domestic battery cell production for future all-electric vehicles. GM currently makes lithium iron phosphate, or LFP, cells with LG Energy Solution in the U.S. for energy storage systems, while it is producing other battery chemistries that still use undisclosed amounts of materials from China. The company is spending $900 million on new battery lab facilities at its global tech campus in suburban Detroit, including a more than 500,000-square-foot prototyping facility set to begin operations later this year.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a bigger role for BRICS nations in setting global rules, according to Bloomberg.

According to Jin10, Skyworth Digital said at its earnings briefing that the core driver of its first-half performance growth came from a broad recovery in its smart terminal business, which generated revenue of 4.4 billion yuan, up 52.45% year on year, with sales volume, revenue scale, and gross margin all rising together. The company said the growth was supported by three factors: intensive rollout of operator bulk-purchase projects, with shipments of its Smart Lingxi screen exceeding 300,000 units; continued optimization of its product mix, as it voluntarily gave up some low-gross-margin traditional bulk-purchase orders and focused on higher-value-added products; and strong overseas expansion, with the Nex Playground motion-sensing game console posting standout sales in North America. Skyworth Digital said it remains upbeat on full-year performance as operator bulk-purchase projects continue to be delivered in the second half, overseas peak-season sales begin, and vehicle display and other projects gradually enter mass production.

BRICS nations including Iran and the United Arab Emirates said they were deeply concerned about escalating tensions in the Middle East and called for maximum restraint in a joint statement published on Saturday, according to Bloomberg.

Iraq dismissed the commander of Maysan province after drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline were determined to have been launched from inside Iraq, according to Bloomberg. The pipeline closure triggered further fallout on Saturday.

Inflation pressures intensified across the global economy this week as surging energy costs from the Iran war continued to feed through to consumer and producer prices, according to Bloomberg. The move raised the risk of slower growth and tighter monetary policy.

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