Also: A tax revolt is under way in America
Illustration of a computer screen with pixelated hands holding the bars of a cage on it
Release tension
Why Anthropic and OpenAI are locking up their latest models
Allowing only a privileged few companies to use them may make commercial sense
People protest in New York City calling for billionaires to pay more tax.
Happy filing day
A tax revolt is under way in America 
Republicans and Democrats alike want to take an axe to taxes
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Sovereign wealth of woe
War will drain the Gulf’s $6trn treasure chest
The conflict complicates life for the custodians of Middle Eastern oil fortunes
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks toward Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine.
The Department of Warring
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon is a lethality-maxxing wasps’ nest
America’s armed forces are supremely capable and roiled by infighting
A line of missiles increasing in size.
Blundering to Armageddon
A third world war is plausible. Here’s how to avoid one
The key is to understand that great wars can happen by accident
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