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commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks, according to shipping
“analysts and PRCAT law and store reports.”
In the past three weeks, around 70 commercial ships have translated a kind of pathway through the Strait that the U.S. Navy created, off the coast of Oman, away from the Iranian coastline. It's dangerous for ships to pass near Iran without obtaining Iranian approval right now, as negotiations have stalled to reopen the Strait and then the war. But this alternative and still risky route doesn't mean that shipping through the Strait
is resuming. The number of ships that have managed to pass through with U.S. coordination in recent weeks is still very low compared to early February, before the U.S. is really attacks on Iran. The conflict with Iran and the closing of the Strait has significantly disrupted global energy supplies.
Katlonsdorf and Pair News, Washington. Another company behind the hugely popular AI model, Claude, has started the ball rolling on an IPO and Thropic Senate filed a draft for registration for the stock listing with
“the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Pair's John Ruach reports.”
And Thropic's brief announcement says the timing of the proposed initial public offering will depend on market conditions and other factors. But analysts expect anthropics mega-IPO to come later this year, along with two other blockbuster listings, Elon Musk's SpaceX and OpenAI, a crew of chatGPT. Last weekend Thropic announced that after a fresh round of fundraising the company's
valuation stood at $965 billion, that makes it bigger than OpenAI.
The potential trio of tech IPOs comes at a time of great hype and concern about artificial intelligence. AI linked stocks have been soaring, but poll show there's growing public concern about AI and the effect it'll have on society. On Ruach, NPR News Local law enforcement in 11 U.S. cities are making final preparations
for the FIFA World Cup starting in 10 days. As NPR's Martin Costi reports, tournaments security efforts are getting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of federal support. The federal government has paid for anti-drone technology training and police over time. And that's raised fears in so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that this federal cooperation
may also include ice immigration enforcement.
In Seattle, police chief Sean Barnes says he's confident that won't happen.
They're not a part of this. They're not a part of our planning, they're not a part of our intelligence. We're not sharing any information with them. There's no part of FIFA planning that I'm aware of that intersects with their work. Host cities are also taking precautions to protect fans from potential vehicle attacks by
setting up barricades near stadiums and fan event sites. Martin Costi and PR News. Bill prices rose following the latest fighting in Iran, but U.S. stock prices still ticked up to more records. This is NPR News from Washington.
The state of Florida has filed a lawsuit against open AI and CEO Sam Altman claiming the company knowingly released an aggressively marketed chat GPT to the public while concealing serious risks, Florida Attorney General James Uthmiar says the company suppressed internal safety warnings and deceived users about the true nature and dangers of the product. The civil complaint alleges that open AI and Altman prioritized speed to market and commercial
gain over user safety, disregarded repeated warnings from experts both inside and outside the company. The Atlantic Hurricane season begins today, and PR's Julia Simon says forecasters are predicting a below average number of named storms. Last month forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said they
expected this year's Atlantic Hurricane season to be relatively quiet. Noah is predicting three to six hurricanes, while seven is the average annual number. That's in large part because the El Niño weather pattern will likely emerge this year. El Niño's typically increase the strong winds that can tear apart developing storms, but while the Atlantic region may catch a break this year, the eastern Pacific could face more
storms. The federal emergency management agency is going into this hurricane season with far less staff, Julia Simon and Pernus. Therapy donkeys are helping patients with mental health conditions at a psychiatric hospital near Paris.
The program offers weekly sessions where patients walk and care for donkeys. Patients say the interaction provides relief, similar to medication. The program began in 2016 and now includes other animals like guinea pigs and rabbits. It's NPR. The surreal horror film Backrooms is a smash.
The director is a 20-year-old YouTuber and it's based on his popular web series.
“Why is this online phenomenon taking off at the box office?”
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