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Anthropic Pushes Claude Beyond Chat Into Enterprise Workflows

Anthropic Pushes Claude Beyond Chat Into Enterprise Workflows
Anthropic Pushes Claude Beyond Chat Into Enterprise Workflows
February 24, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Anthropic is expanding how enterprises can deploy Claude inside day-to-day work, rolling out new Cowork updates and a broader set of plugins and connectors designed...

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White House Economist Rejects AI Doomsday Fears
White House Economist Rejects AI Doomsday Fears
February 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A White House economist said a report that warned of potential risks to the economy posed by artificial intelligence (AI) “violates some of the basic...

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The Conference Board Finds Labor Market Optimism Lifts Consumer Confidence
The Conference Board Finds Labor Market Optimism Lifts Consumer Confidence
February 24, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Slight improvements in consumers’ expectations for business conditions, labor market conditions and incomes drove a turnaround in consumer confidence in February, The Conference Board said Tuesday...

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$154B in Illicit Crypto Flows Raises Stablecoin Questions
$154B in Illicit Crypto Flows Raises Stablecoin Questions
February 24, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

There’s an unavoidable paradox at the heart of stablecoins’ growth story. The tokenized assets promise to modernize money by making dollars programmable, portable and instantaneous,...

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Contracting for Agentic AI Is Starting to Look Like Outsourcing
Contracting for Agentic AI Is Starting to Look Like Outsourcing
February 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Enterprise software contracts were built for tools. Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is forcing lawyers and procurement teams to rethink them for AI systems. Get the...

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White House Weighs Requiring Citizenship Checks for Bank Customers
White House Weighs Requiring Citizenship Checks for Bank Customers
February 24, 2026  |  Banking

The Trump administration is considering requiring banks to collect citizenship information from both new and existing customers, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Feb. 24),...

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Federal Reserve Powers Internal Operations With New General-Purpose AI
Federal Reserve Powers Internal Operations With New General-Purpose AI
February 24, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

The Federal Reserve is building artificial intelligence into its daily work to achieve operational efficiencies in payments, financial management, human resources and the financial services...

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Planet Fitness Banks on Gen Z and AI Amid Record Club Openings
Planet Fitness Banks on Gen Z and AI Amid Record Club Openings
February 24, 2026  |  Earnings

Planet Fitness continues to lean on Generation Z engagement to navigate a shifting wellness landscape. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Wisconsin Reveals Conduent Breach Affected 25 Million Americans
Wisconsin Reveals Conduent Breach Affected 25 Million Americans
February 24, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

A data breach at Conduent Business Services, an operator of back-end systems for state governments, has affected more than 25 million people across the country,...

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