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The US government has lifted export controls on Anthropic’s most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools, just weeks after ordering it to restrict access to them over national security concerns, the company has said. Anthropic said in a social media post that it will begin restoring access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on Wednesday…

Firstly, because some producers are heavily exposed to disruption in the Middle East. ExxonMobil, for instance, has operations at Qatar’s Ras Laffan industrial hub, where production has been shut down since early March, and which has now been hit by Iranian missile attacks, causing “extensive damage”.

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. United Arab Emirates state energy company Adnoc has emerged as the frontrunner to buy Russia’s controlling stake in Serbia’s sole oil refinery, as Belgrade grows increasingly frustrated with Moscow’s foot-dragging under US sanctions. Adnoc, or…

Last autumn, Intelligent Land Investments (ILI) – a company with a background in clean energy development and battery storage projects – announced ambitious plans for a data cluster called the Stoics, spread across sites in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Fife.