IMF: Middle East war risks sparking government debt doom loop April 14, 2026 Ballooning levels of government debt have left the global economy dangerously exposed to the aftereffects of the Middle East war, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which warned a fresh wave of inflation could trigger a historic bond crisis. In its latest Financial Stability Report, the financial body said that countries’ inability to rein [...]
Degreed Named a Strategic Leader in the 2026 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Learning Systems Amid Recent AI Innovation Announcements April 8, 2026 Degreed, the leading enterprise learning system for workforce transformation, was named a Strategic Leader in the 2026 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Learning Systems for the fourth year in a row. The recognition comes as the company announced additional milestones, reinforcing its strategic focus on artificial intelligence and its commitment to enabling continuous transformation for businesses. Fosway [...]
Reply Selected by Microsoft as Launch Partner for Agent 365, Supporting the Governance and Scaling of AI agents April 8, 2026 Reply [EXM, STAR: REY] has been confirmed one of a small number of Launch Partners for Agent 365, supporting the general availability of Microsoft’s new platform designed to provide enterprise-grade governance, observability and lifecycle management for AI agents. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260408212380/en/ Microsoft Agent 365 introduces a structured [...]
A generation risks being put off university just when we need graduates most April 8, 2026 Current public debate, with headlines about student debt, graduate underemployment and a supposedly collapsing graduate jobs market risk the impression that university is no longer a worthwhile investment When Daniela Amodei, co-founder of world-leading AI firm Anthropic, was asked recently whether she regretted her English literature degree, her answer was unequivocal: no. In fact, she [...]
MiQ Acquires Rocket Lab to Accelerate AI-Powered App Growth Globally April 7, 2026 Deal brings in-app growth and total-market reach together in one unified advertising solution
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Goldman Sachs flagship private credit fund bucks industry sell-off April 7, 2026 Goldman Sachs’ flagship private credit fund has said investors looked to pull less than five per cent of their holdings in the first three months of this year, dodging an industry-wide redemptions wave that has forced some rivals to gate their funds. The investment bank’s direct lending arm, which functions like a private equity fund [...]
US AI firms team up to avoid another Deepseek moment April 7, 2026 US artificial intelligence (AI) heavyweights are together stepping up to protect their commercial edge, as Chinese rivals increasingly chip away at their pricing power. Google, Anthropic and OpenAI have begun sharing information on rivals trying to replicate their models through distillation, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The united effort has been coordinated through an industry non-profit, [...]
Premier League criticise government over proposed AI copyright reform April 7, 2026 The Premier League has criticised the government over proposed changes to copyright laws relating to the use of AI. The reforms, which have been criticised by a plethora of musical artists, are aimed at making the UK an attractive tech hub, but have been met with concern relating to ownership of copyright information and access [...]
OpenAI calls for ‘tax on automated labour’ as it sounds alarm on economic risks April 7, 2026 OpenAI has called for a tax on automated labour as the firm laid bare the scale of the structural risks to the global economy that could be wrought by the rise in artificial intelligence. In a wide-ranging set of proposals in a paper described as “Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age”, the ChatGPT maker called [...]